Enforcement statistics released recently by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Veterans’ Employment and Training Service (DOL-VETS) show that discrimination complaints filed with the agency under the Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act (USERRA) for fiscal year (FY) 2022 increased by 17 percent over FY 2021, reversing a decade-long downward trend. USERRA protects the employment and reemployment rights of employees who have been called to active military duty.
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