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GAO-11-312R 1 (2011-06-10)

handle is hein.gao/gaobaanyk0001 and id is 1 raw text is: G AFGAO United States Government Accountability Office Washington, DC 20548 June 10, 2011 The Honorable Patty Murray Chairman The Honorable Richard Burr Ranking Member Committee on Veterans' Affairs United States Senate The Honorable Jeff Miller Chairman The Honorable Bob Filner Ranking Member Committee on Veterans' Affairs House of Representatives Subject: Veterans' Reemployment Rights: Steps Needed to Ensure Reliability of DOL and Special Counsel Demonstration Project's Performance Information In the wake of the ongoing conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan, thousands of current and former military servicemembers are undergoing a transition between their military service and their civilian employment. Congress enacted the Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act of 1994 (USERRA)' to protect the employment and reemployment rights of federal and nonfederal employees when they leave their employment to perform military or other uniformed service.2 Among other rights, servicemembers who meet the statutory requirements are entitled to reinstatement to the positions they would have held if they had never left their employment or to positions of like seniority, status, and pay. USERRA applies to a wide range of employers, including federal, state, and local governments as well as private- sector firms. This report focuses on servicemembers who are employees of, prior employees of, and applicants to, federal executive agencies. 1Pub. L. No. 103-353, 108 Stat. 3149 (Oct. 13, 1994) (codified at 38 U.S.C. §§ 4301-4335). USERRA is the most recent in a series of laws protecting veterans' employment and reemployment rights going back to the Selective Training and Service Act of 1940. Pub. L. No. 783, 54 Stat. 885, 890 (Sept. 16, 1940). 'In addition to those serving in the armed forces and the Army and Air National Guards (when engaged in active duty for training, inactive duty training, or full-time National Guard duty), USERRA covers the commissioned corps of the Public Health Service and other persons designated by the President in time of war or national emergency. 3We have previously reported on problems related to the length of time it takes agencies to investigate and review federal employee USERRA claims, and the reliability of the data agencies report to Congress. See enc. VI for a list of related GAO products on this topic. GAO-1 1-312R Veterans' Reemployment Rights Page I

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