Alabama Your Rights Under USERRA Poster Mandatory

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YOUR RIGHTS UNDER USERRA	 	
THE UNIFORMED SERVICES EMPLOYMENT 	
AND REEMPLOYMENT RIGHTS ACT	
USERRA protects the job rights of individuals who voluntarily or involun\
tarily leave employment positions to undertake 
military service or certain types of service in the National Disaster Medical System.  USERRA also prohibits employers from  discriminating against past and present members of the uniformed services, and applicants to the uniformed services.	
REEMPLOYMENT RIGHTS
You have the right to be reemployed in your civilian job if you leave tha\
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job to perform service in the uniformed service and:
✩✩ you ensure that your employer receives advance written or verbal
notice of your service;
✩✩ you have five years or less of cumulative service in the uniformed
services while with that particular employer;
✩✩ you return to work or apply for reemployment in a timely manner
after conclusion of service; and
✩✩ you have not been separated from service with a disqualifying
discharge or under other than honorable conditions.
If you are eligible to be reemployed, you must be restored to the job 
and benefits you would have attained if you had not been absent due to 
military service or, in some cases, a comparable job.
RIGHT TO BE FREE FROM DISCRIMINATION AND RETALIATION
If you: ✩✩ are a past or present member of the uniformed service;
✩✩ have applied for membership in the uniformed service; or
✩✩ are obligated to serve in the uniformed service;
then an employer may not deny you:
✩✩ initial employment;
✩✩ reemployment;
✩✩ retention in employment;
✩✩ promotion; or
✩✩ any benefit of employment
because of this status.
In addition, an employer may not retaliate against anyone assisting in 
the enforcement of USERRA rights, including testifying or making a 
statement in connection with a proceeding under USERRA, even if that 
person has no service connection. 	
HEALTH INSURANCE PROTECTION
✩✩ If you leave your job to perform military service, you have the right
to elect to continue your existing employer-based health plan
coverage for you and your dependents for up to 24 months while in
the military.
✩✩ Even if you don’t elect to continue coverage during your military
service, you have the right to be reinstated in your employer’s
health plan when you are reemployed, generally without any waiting
periods or exclusions (e.g., pre-existing condition exclusions) except
for service-connected illnesses or injuries.
ENFORCEMENT

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 The  U.S.  Department	  of	  Labor,  Veterans  Employment	  and  Training 
Service  (VETS)  is authorized  to investigate	  and  resolve  complaints  of 
USERRA	
  violations.

✩
 For assistance  in	
  filing  a complaint,	  or  for  any  ot	 her information  on 
USERRA,	
  contact  VETS at 1-866-4-USA-DOL  or visit	  its  website  at 
https://www.dol.gov/agencies/vets/.   An interactive online USERRA 
Advisor	
  can  be viewed	  at  https://webapps.dol.gov/elaws/vets/userra

✩
 If	
  you  file a complaint	
  with	  VETS  and VETS  is unable	  to  resolve  it, you 
may	
  request  that your  case be	  referred  to the  Department  of	  Justice  or 
the  Office	
  of  Special	  Counsel,  as applicable,  for representation.

✩
 You may also bypass the VETS process and bring a civil action a	
gainst 
an employer for violations of USERRA.
 The rights
 listed here may  vary depen ding on  the circumstances.  The text  of this  notice was  prepared by VETS, and may  	
be viewed on the internet  at t his 
address: https://www.dol.gov/agencies/vets/programs/userra/poster   Federal law requires employers  to n ot	
ify  employees  of their rights  under US	 ERRA, and 
employers may  meet	  this  req uirement  by displaying the text  of this  notice where they  customarily  place notices  for employees.
	
U.S. Department of Labor
1-866-487-2365 U.S. Department of Justice
Office of Special Counsel 1-800-336-4590

Publication Date — May 2022
	
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