USERRA Rights May Apply Even if Employee Refuses Position for Other Reasons: Eleventh Circuit | Practical Law
In US v. Alabama Department of Mental Health and Mental Retardation, the US Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit held that a state agency violated the Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act (USERRA) by not immediately rehiring an employee who returned from military duty, even though the employee rejected a transfer to another city for other reasons.