Have You Been Denied Re-Employment After Military Service?
The United States protects the jobs of the people who serve our country. If you are in the Army Reserve, National Guard or other military reserves, and your employer has not honored your rights as an employee by denying you re-employment, or your employer discriminated against you when you returned to employment following military leave, the lawyers at Harris & Helwig can help.
At Harris & Helwig, we represent veterans who are seeking to return to their pre-service civilian employment. Under the Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act of 1994 (USERRA), returning veterans who took military leave from civilian employment may be entitled to return to their civilian jobs with full seniority. USERRA is strictly enforced. Veterans have the right to get their job back or a reasonably comparable position of similar seniority.
Harris & Helwig attorney Kathryn Piscitelli co-wrote the book on this complicated area of employment law: The USERRA Manual: Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment. She is also a board certified by the Florida bar in labor and employment law. She helps veterans enforce their re-employment and nondiscrimination rights in court and in proceedings before Veterans Employment and Training Service of the U.S. Department of Labor.
If you have been discriminated against by an employer after returning from military service, contact us today. In most USERRA cases, we represent clients on a contingent fee basis, which means that we do not charge an hourly rate for our services, but we are paid by receiving a percentage of your award, if you win your case. This means that you pay no legal fee upfront and only pay an attorney fee if we receive compensation for you.
