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USERRA Does Not Require Paid Military Leave...Or Does It?

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The landscape of federal military leave law may be shifting. In the past three years, four federal appellate courts have held that an employer may be required to offer paid leave for an employee’s military service where the...more

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Eleventh Circuit Holds That Military Leave Is Comparable to Paid Administrative Leave Under USERRA

On June 8, 2023, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit held in Myrick v. City of Hoover, Alabama that military leave is comparable to paid administrative leave under the Uniformed Services Employment and...more

Willcox & Savage

Does USERRA Require Paid Leave for Service in the Military and Reserves? The Potential Answer May Surprise You.

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Most employers are well aware that the Uniform Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act, (“USERRA”) requires businesses to grant protected leave to employees called to active duty or engaged in reserve training. ...more

Miles & Stockbridge P.C.

It’s Time for Employers to Review Military Leave Policies

The Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act (USERRA) applies to all private employers in the U.S., regardless of size, and requires them to provide unpaid leave for up to five years for certain absences...more

Seyfarth Shaw LLP

San Francisco Employees Now Entitled To Differential Pay For Military Leave

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On January 20, 2023, San Francisco became the first jurisdiction in the nation to require private employers to provide differential pay to employees who are called to active military. Addressing disparities between public and...more

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San Francisco Passes Ordinance Requiring Private Employers to Provide Paid Military Leave

On January 20, 2023, San Francisco Mayor London Breed approved a city ordinance that will require large, private employers to provide differential paid leave for military reservists called up to active duty. The “Military...more

Quarles & Brady LLP

Legal Update: Pay for Military Leave Gaining Federal Court Support

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In February of 2021, we published an Alert on the Seventh Circuit’s groundbreaking decision in White v. United Airlines, Inc., et al., in which it became the first federal appellate court to address the issue of pay for...more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

You Get Paid Leave! And You Get Paid Leave! USERRA Gets You Paid Military Leave!

The Third Circuit Court of Appeals recently held that the Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act of 1994 (USERRA) entitles employees to paid short-term military leave in certain circumstances, following the...more

Sherman & Howard L.L.C.

Anchors Away, Leave For Reservists With Pay?

Since 1940, the United States has provided some form of job protection to civilian employees who also serve their country as members of the military. Most recently, in 1994, Congress enacted the Uniformed Services...more

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Employers Beware: You May Be Required to Provide Paid Military Leave

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The Uniformed Services Employee and Reemployment Rights Act (USERRA) provides employees with a variety of leave entitlements for absences related to military service. The law does not explicitly require paying employees out...more

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Third Circuit Joins Seventh Circuit in Holding Paid Leave May Be Required During Military Service

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The US Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit held on August 10 in Travers v. Federal Express Corporation that paid leave is among the “rights and benefits” that the Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act...more

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O Say Can You See? Federal Courts Say Military Members Entitled To Paid Leave

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This week, the federal appellate court in Pennsylvania ruled that workers who take leave to serve in the military must be paid for that time if their employers offer other forms of comparable short-term paid leave. The Third...more

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Third Circuit Rules Reservists May Need to Be Paid for Military Leave

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The Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act of 1994 (USERRA) establishes rights and benefits for employees and employment applicants who have served in the military or have engaged in other forms of...more

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Federal Court Rules Military Leave Is Not Comparable to Other Types of Employer-Provided Paid Leaves

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Earlier this year, we wrote about the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit’s decision in White v. United Airlines, Inc., in which the court concluded that paid military leave falls within the “rights and benefits”...more

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Seventh Circuit Rules USERRA May Require Employers to Provide Paid Military Leave

Key Points - Last week, in White v. United Airlines, Inc.1, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 7th Circuit held that USERRA requires employers to provide short-term paid military leave, if they provide paid leave for...more

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Seventh Circuit Fires Warning Shot, USERRA May Require Paid Military Leave

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In a case that it characterized as one of first impression in the federal courts of appeals, the Seventh Circuit held last week that the Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act, 38 U.S.C. § 4301 et seq....more

Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP

Attention All Employers! Illinois Revises its Military Leave Laws

This summer, Illinois passed the Illinois Service Member Employment and Reemployment Rights Act (ISERRA). This law is effective January 1, 2019. The new ISERRA explicitly incorporates the federal Uniform Services Employment...more

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