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COVID-19: How do Servicemember Employee USERRA Rights Impact Employers?

May 15, 2020 | Filed under: ESGR, USERRA

In this time of extraordinary economic upheaval and record-high unemployment due to COVID-19 quarantining and shutdowns, employers are implementing employment policies, layoffs, and terminations without fully understanding the rights of their servicemember employees or what they need to do to maintain compliance with the Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights …

MN-DEED Publishes USERRA Guidance for Employers

April 6, 2018 | Filed under: ESGR, USERRA

For those who have not dealt with the Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development (MN DEED), you would be proud to know that our tax dollars are well spent on these knowledgeable and professional public servants. Over the years Minnesota ESGR has worked hand-in-hand with MN DEED, and partnered …

Employer’s Heightened Burdens Under USERRA Discrimination Claim: Case Note

Introduction: The Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act of 1994 (USERRA) is the latest in a series of laws that have …

Waiting for Boot Camp: USERRA Protections While on the Delayed Entry Program

Every year some 180,000 individuals enlist in the armed services, and another 20,000 seek commissions as officers. Typically, many of these individuals …

“Friendly Fire” in the Workplace: USERRA and Hostile Work Environment Claims

Since the Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act (USERRA) was enacted in 1994, plaintiff servicemembers have tried to incorporate the “hostile …

USERRA Guidance: Critical Issues and Tips for Those Employing Servicemembers

To educate and inform servicemembers and their civilian employers, I prepared a summary of the Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act …

Is your business violating USERRA? #2:

How much time do you have to provide your employee before and after military service? As mentioned in my previous post, I …

Is your business violating USERRA? #1:

Are you giving them your “best“? Servicemembers are entitled to the Employer’s “most-favorable leave-of-absence policy” At all three USERRA briefings I conducted …

DOJ Alleges Violation of USERRA’s Disability Provisions

  On Monday, March 24, the Department of Justice (DOJ) Civil Rights Division commenced an enforcement action against an employer based upon …

Presentation to the Southwest Twin Cities Beyond the Yellow Ribbon Coalition

Last Thursday (January 16) I had the honor of presenting a briefing to the Southwest Twin Cities Beyond The Yellow Ribbon Coalition …

Continuing Legal Education Course on USERRA

Yesterday I presented a CLE on USERRA cosponsored by the Military & Veterans Affairs section of the Minnesota State Bar Association and …

What is ESGR? A Worthy Cause for Worthy Heroes

Like many of us who have been on the sidelines since 9/11, I have sought to serve in my own way by …

Broad Disability Provisions Under USERRA

Did you know? The Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act of 1994 (USERRA) contains much broader disability provisions than the Americans …

Uniform Deployed Parents Visitation and Custody Act

Child custody issues involving deployed servicemembers are not only difficult to navigate, especially when involving different laws in different jurisdictions, but they …

PTSD/PTSI Minnesota CLE Spring of 2014

PTSD – or as many prefer, “Post Traumatic Stress Injury” (PTSI) – is becoming a major issue in many areas of the law. From …

Military & Veterans Affairs Section of the Minn. State Bar

As you may know, I am the Chair of the Military & Veterans Affairs Section of the Minnesota State Bar Association. It is …

CLE: USERRA Overview and Recent Developments

Do you know what the “escalator” principle is for a servicemember returning from a lengthy deployment? What do employers need to know …

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