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The Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act, with 2012 Cumulative Supplement

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Gain a full understanding of the complexities of USERRA requirements

“This text is a valuable tool for human relations personnel, judge advocates, employers, employees, and attorneys. USERRA is a recognition of the importance of military service to the nation, and provides a balance of employer and employee interest when that service comes into play. This book is an excellent guide to this important legislation.”
—The Colorado Lawyer (Aug. 2011), book review by Gary R. Brown (Main Volume)

With the number of Americans in military service remaining high and large numbers of troops returning from duty, employer/employee rights and obligations regarding an employee taking military leave and returning from leave are of great importance. This makes knowledge of the Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act (USERRA)—the federal act governing military leave and discrimination/retaliation issues resulting from military service—critical in today’s workplace. But given USERRA’s relative infancy, courts have not provided substantial guidance with respect to its application and interpretation, which makes the release of The Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act extremely important to lawyers who have to deal with military leave issues.

USERRA is one of the broadest statutes that exists with regard to granting employees leave from employment; in fact, it covers every employer in the United States. The new treatise provides a comprehensive analysis of USERRA’s breadth and the myriad complicated issues involved with its application and enforcement. The authors include both practitioners who represent employers and those who represent employees, thereby providing a more balanced view of USERRA and its rights and obligations. The treatise analyzes all of the critical questions under USERRA including:

  • A history of USERRA and its predecessors
  • Coverage of employers and employees under USERRA
  • Leave entitlements and the requirements placed on both employers and employees regarding leave requests
  • Issues of leave scheduling and notice requirements
  • Pay and benefits when an employee is taking a leave of absence under USERRA
  • Healthcare and non-healthcare benefits that a returning employee is entitled to receive
  • Discrimination and retaliation rights
  • Remedies and enforcement mechanisms
  • USERRA’s relationship with other statutes, both on the federal level and those enacted by various states

Having practitioners from both sides of the aisle provide their views of the major issues surrounding the Act and its implementation in this exceptional treatise allows for detailed analysis of the pitfalls of this broad statute. The cooperative basis through which The Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act has been developed is sure to assist all attorneys working with USERRA to have a better understanding of its proper interpretation and purposes.

 

Supplement Information

The 2012 Cumulative Supplement offers: 

  • An update on all significant USERRA decisions and statutory amendments through 2011
  • An updated analysis of the “cat’s paw” theory of liability, following the United States Supreme Court’s recent decision in Staub v. Proctor Hospital
  • A discussion of the VOW to Hire Heroes Act of 2011, which added language to USERRA that is intended to permit a claim for a hostile work environment

Main Volume Information

2009/534 pp. Hardcover/Order #9055P

 

Supplement Information

2012/Softcover/ISBN 9781617460555/Order #2055

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