COLONEL of Truth: Vets Have Employment Rights

The women and men who serve in our military have MAJOR employment rights. USERRA is the GENERAL law that protects the job rights of individuals who voluntarily or involuntarily leave employment positions to undertake military service or certain types of service in the National Disaster Medical System. 
The law applies to PRIVATE and public sector jobs.

Be sure to in-CORPORAL-ate these rights and duties to afford our veterans their rights:

REEMPLOYMENT RIGHTS

Vets who are eligible for reemployment must be restored to the job and benefits they would have attained if not been absent due to military service or, in some cases, a comparable job. This is called the escalator clause—it is a FIRST CLASS right.

RIGHT TO BE FREE FROM DISCRIMINATION AND RETALIATION

This often involves issues about accommodating time away from work, when many reservists are not accommodated and face discriminatory treatment.

HEALTH INSURANCE PROTECTION

Vets who leave a job to perform military service have the right to elect to continue existing employer-based health plan coverage for themselves and their dependents.

For more, see here https://www.dol.gov/vets/programs/userra/USERRA_Private.pdf.