Employers required by law to support our troops; note recent changes
Every time this country goes to war, employment laws relating to military personnel get tweaked. (How we wish we never have to say that again!)
It happened with Vietnam, the (first) Gulf War, and now Afghanistan and Iraq.
The Veterans Benefits Improvement Act of 2004, signed by President Bush on December 10, 2004, includes amendments to portions of the Uniform Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act (USERRA).
Two points are of specific interest to employers. First,
the Act expands the maximum period for which employer-sponsored health coverage must be continued (at the employee’s expense) for individuals on military leave from 18 to 24 months. This provision went into effect on December 10, 2004.
Second, the law requires employers to notify all employees annually of their legal rights under USERRA. Employers must comply with this notification requirement on or before March 10, 2005. The Secretary of Labor is to provide to employers the text of the required notice within 90 days after the law’s enactment.
Here’s the full text of this Act.
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