"Iraq Vets Raise Employment Issues," Cal Law

In this article, Littler's AnnaMary Gannon is quoted extensively on the increase of USERRA claims on the rise due to the increase of employees going off to war in Iraq. "There is no question that because of our involvement in Iraq, we are getting more questions under the statute," she said. "More employers have employees who are on extended military leave and that's because we are staffing the Iraq war with [so many] reservists." 'Gannon said companies usually come to her with such common compliance questions as: How soon after returning must an employee get his job back? And if the worker returns with a disability, what efforts must be made to accommodate him?'

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