Employers Must Reemploy Service Members After Military Leave
A recent settlement on behalf of U.S. Army reservist Miguel Orozco Garduo (Orozco), obtained in a lawsuit brought by the U.S. Justice Department (DOJ) against Titan Laboratories Inc. (Titan),...
View ArticleDOJ Files Suit Against Employer To Enforce Reemployment Rights Of Service Member
The Justice Department (DOJ) has filed a lawsuit alleging that Air Methods Corp. and LifeMed Alaska LLC willfully violated the Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act of 1994 (USERRA)...
View ArticleProposed Legislation Expands USERRA Rights Of Veterans On Medical Leave
U.S. Rep. Lloyd Doggett has reintroduced the Wounded Veteran Job Security Act (H.R. 2875), legislation which he authored that expands the rights of veterans under the Uniformed Services and...
View ArticleLowe’s Allegedly Terminated Service Member Without Just Cause
Lowe’s, a national hardware store chain, has agreed to settle a complaint brought by the U.S. Department of Justice’s (DOJ) which alleged that the company violated the Uniform Services Employment and...
View ArticleDOL Issues Notice of Proposed Rulemaking to Amend FMLA
Secretary of Labor Hilda L. Solis announced that the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) is issuing a notice of proposed rulemaking to amend the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) by expanding military...
View ArticleUSPS Ordered to Rehire Soldier After Allegedly Terminating Him for Taking...
A heavily decorated Army Green Beret, allegedly terminated by the U.S. Postal Service in 2000 for taking military leave, must be reinstated in his mail job and retroactively paid by the USPS for back...
View ArticleDOL Issues Final Rule on FMLA Related to Military and Aviation
The US Department of Labor (DOL) has issued a Final Rule amending certain regulations of the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 (FMLA) pertaining to the military leave provisions of the FMLA made by...
View ArticleEmployers With 50 or More Employees Must Post New FMLA Notice
In 2009, the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) was amended to expand the provisions for military leave (See Final Rule). The amendments, which cover military caregiver leave for a veteran,...
View ArticleProposed Legislation Requires Military Exigency Leave for More Workers
Congressman Matt Cartwright has introduced the bipartisan “Military Family Leave Act” with 25 original co-sponsors. The bill would allow parents, children and spouses of military service...
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