Agencies to Receive USERRA Notification

Week of February 25, 2008

Federal departments or agencies will now be notified whenever an employee who is a veteran files a USERRA complaint against the department or agency. USERRA is the Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act, which protects veterans' employment rights. On October 31, 2007, Senator Daniel K. Akaka (D-HI), Chairman of the U.S. Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs, held a hearing on USERRA, and other veterans' employment matters. Senator Akaka recently expressed concern about the high number of complaints veterans have filed against federal employers and the absence of any requirement that federal agencies be notified of complaints against them.

Read more on USERRA Enforcement Improvement Act.

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