Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act, Second Edition

Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act provides comprehensive coverage of the full scope of USERRA and the complicated issues involved with its application and enforcement. Edited by experienced practitioners who have represented both employers and employees, it provides a balanced view of the issues. Now in its Second Edition, this treatise provides a comprehensive analysis of USERRA's breadth, and discusses the myriad complicated issues involved with the Act's application and enforcement. Highlights covered include: coverage of all relevant USERRA decisions since 2009; leave entitlements and the requirements placed on both employers and employees regarding leave requests; a review of all relevant reinstatement cases affecting employers, including an analysis of all factors affecting reinstatement; 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; in-depth discussion of USERRA's application of the ''motivating factor'' test for discrimination and retaliation claims; remedies and enforcement mechanisms; USERRA's relationship with other statutes, both on the federal and state level; and includes an analysis of all amendments to USERRA that impact employers and employees.