USERRA (quick, name that acronym, answer down below) is a oft-misunderstood federal statute that addresses employment issues for reservists and active duty members of the armed forces.
A recent Second Circuit decision (Hart v. Family Dental Group, decided May 31, 2011), arising from a federal court filing
This past week, I received a DVD in the mail from an organization called Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve (ESGR).
While I have several friends and relatives serving in the military, I must confess that I hadn’t heard much about them before.
So what is ESGR?? Well, its a Department of Defense agency
Nine months after a jury found his employer liable for firing a reservist called to active duty after the 9/11 attacks, a federal judge awarded Michael Serricchio over $1.3M in damages on his federal claim in a decision handed down late last week.
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t is believed to be the largest judgment ever awarded under The Uniformed