TweetA bipartisan group of seven senators have introduced legislation to expand the Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act (USERRA) to include protection for Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officers who are called to active duty. USERRA mandates that members of the uniformed services who hold civilian jobs are entitled to return to their civilian jobs [...]

Tweet  The Department of Justice (DOJ) recently settled a lawsuit against Lowe’s, a major hardware department store chain, citing violations of the Uniform Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act (USERRA). USERRA mandates employers to rehire employees returning from a military deployment and not to terminate their employment for at least one year. The DOJ determined [...]

Tweet The U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit affirmed a jury verdict of nearly $705k for veteran Stephen E. Fryer against A.S.A.P. Fire and Safety Corporation for violating the Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act (USERRA), 38 U.S.C.  § 4311 et seq., Massachusetts anti-discrimination law, and Massachusetts wage law. Fryer was employed [...]

TweetJustice Scalia delivered the opinion of the Supreme Court in Staub v. Proctor Hospital, reversing the Seventh Circuit and holding that an employer is liable under USERRA when a supervisor’s discriminatory animus is the proximate cause of the adverse employment action against the employee even when the decision to take the adverse employment action was [...]