Urges Employment Accommodations for Returning Veterans
RESOLVED, That the American Bar Association urges Congress to amend the Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act of 1994 (“USERRA” or “the Act”), 38 U.S.C. §§ 4301–4335, by adding provisions to require employers to provide certain reasonable accommodations for returning veterans with combat injuries that may not manifest themselves until after a return to work.
FURTHER RESOLVED, That the American Bar Association urges Congress to amend the USERRA to provide authority for the award of comprehensive attorney’s fees, costs, and damages to redress violations of the Act.
FURTHER RESOLVED, That the American Bar Association urges Congress to amend the USERRA to make unenforceable any clause of any agreement between an employer and an employee that requires arbitration of a dispute under the Act.
FURTHER RESOLVED, That the American Bar Association urges Congress to authorize the U.S. Department of Labor to initiate investigation and prosecution of appropriate claims to address patterns and practices of USERRA violations that rise to the level of a nationally-compelling interest.
RESOLVED, That the American Bar Association urges Congress to amend the Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act of 1994 (“USERRA” or “the Act”), 38 U.S.C. §§ 4301–4335, by adding provisions to require employers to provide certain reasonable accommodations for returning veterans with combat injuries that may not manifest themselves until after a return to work.
FURTHER RESOLVED, That the American Bar Association urges Congress to amend the USERRA to provide authority for the award of comprehensive attorney’s fees, costs, and damages to redress violations of the Act.
FURTHER RESOLVED, That the American Bar Association urges Congress to amend the USERRA to make unenforceable any clause of any agreement between an employer and an employee that requires arbitration of a dispute under the Act.
FURTHER RESOLVED, That the American Bar Association urges Congress to authorize the U.S. Department of Labor to initiate investigation and prosecution of appropriate claims to address patterns and practices of USERRA violations that rise to the level of a nationally-compelling interest.
