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GAO-08-981R 1 (2008-08-15)

handle is hein.gao/gaocrptawxh0001 and id is 1 raw text is: Sai Accountability * Integrity * Reliability United States Government Accountability Office Washington, DC 20548 August 15, 2008 Congressional Committees Subject: Military Personnel: Improvements Needed to Increase Effectiveness of DOD's Programs to Promote Positive Working Relationships between Reservists and Their Employers Since September 11, 2001, the Department of Defense (DOD) has relied on more than 650,000 members of the National Guard and Reserve to support operations at home and abroad. As demobilized reservists' return to civilian life and their civilian employment, the difficulties some face in maintaining positive working relationships with their employers is an area of interest. Maintaining employers' continued support for their reservist employees will be critical if DOD is to retain experienced reservists in these times of longer and more frequent deployments. The employment and reemployment rights of service members as they transition between their federal duties and their civilian employment are governed by the Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act (USERRA) of 1994.2 Education of reservists and employers about USERRA is primarily conducted through DOD's office of Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve (ESGR), which serves as DOD's focal point in managing the department's relations with reservists and their civilian employers. In past years, ESGR's focus was on educating service members concerning their employment rights under USERRA. Generally, service members are entitled to the reemployment rights provided by USERRA, including entitlement to reinstatement by their civilian employers consistent with the statute, if they meet certain eligibility requirements set out in the act. In fiscal year 2005, ESGR shifted its focus to educating employers. The new focus better aligns with ESGR's mission-to gain and maintain support for employee military service from all public and private employers of the men and women of the National Guard and Reserve. To fulfill its mission, ESGR has developed and implemented a number of outreach efforts to help gain employer support. The Military Reservists and Veteran Small Business Reauthorization and Opportunity Act of 20083 directed the Comptroller General of the United States to report to the Senate Committee on Armed Services, the Senate Committee on Small Business and 'For the purposes of this report, the terms reserve components and reservists refer to the collective forces of the Army National Guard, Air National Guard, Army Reserve, Air Force Reserve, Navy Reserve, and Marine Corps Reserve. 2 Pub. L. No. 103-353 (1994), as amended, codified at 38 U.S.C. §§4301-4334. 3 Pub. L. No. 110-186, §207 (2008). GAO-08-981R Reservists and Employers

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