Veterans Reemployment Rights: Department of Labor and Office of Special Counsel Need to Take Additional Steps to Ensure Demonstration Project Data Integrity

Abstract

Congress enacted the Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act of 1994 (USERRA)1 to protect the employment and reemployment rights of federal and nonfederal employees when they leave their employment to perform military or other uniformed service andreturn to civilian employment after that service.2 Under USERRA, an employee or applicant for employment who believes that his or herUSERRA rights have been violated may file a claim with the Department of Labors (DOL) Veterans Employment and Training Service (VETS), which investigates and attempts to resolve Among other rights, servicemembers who meet the statutory requirements are entitled to reinstatement to the positions they would have held if they had never left their employment or to positions of similar seniority, status, and pay.

Document Details

• Document Type: Technical Report
• Publication Date: Sep 10, 2012
• Accession Number: AD1152012

Entities

People

• Cynthia Saunders
• Dean Campbell
• Gerard Burke
• Gregory Wilmoth
• Jason Vassilicos
• Karin Fangman
• Melanie Papasian
• Shannon Finnegan
• Sharon Miller
• Trina V. Lewis
• Yvonne D. Jones

Organizations

• United States Government Accountability Office

Tags

Communities of Interest

• Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

• Accountability
• Accounting
• Air National Guard
• Business Administration
• Congress
• Demonstrations
• Electronic Mail
• Employment
• Executives
• Financial Management
• Government Employees
• Governments
• Health Services
• House Of Representatives
• Law
• Life Cycle Management
• Life Cycles
• Military Personnel
• National Guard
• Personnel Management
• Quality Control
• Training
• United States Government

Readers

• Government and Public Administration Law.
• Rehabilitation and Prosthetic Care for Military Service Members and Veterans with Limb Loss or Disability.