59 A.F. L. Rev. 287 (2007)
Reemployment Rights for the Guard and Reserve: Will Civilian Employers Pay the Price for National Defense

handle is hein.journals/airfor59 and id is 289 raw text is: REEMPLOYMENT RIGHTS FOR THE GUARD AND RESERVE: WILL CIVILIAN EMPLOYERS PAY THE PRICE FOR NATIONAL DEFENSE? MAJOR MICHELE A. FORTE 1. INTRODUCTION ............................................................................ 289 II. THE CHANGING OF THE GUARD: EVOLUTION OF MILITARY F O R C E .......................................................................................... 2 92 A. The Infancy of the Total Force Concept ................................ 292 B. Modem Force Structure from the Persian Gulf War ............. 294 III. USERRA RIGHTS AND PROCEDURES .......................................... 295 A. General Coverage Provisions ................................................ 296 B. Discrimination and Acts of Reprisal ..................................... 298 1. Motivating Factor and the Burden of Proof .................... 298 2. Benefit of Employment ..................................................... 301 3. Hostile Work Environment ............................................... 304 C. Reemployment of Employees Absent Due to Uniformed Service .................................................................................. 306 1. ProofRequirement for § 4312 ......................................... 306 2. Rights and Procedures for Reemployment under § 4312 .................................................................... 308 3. Circumstances Where Reemployment is Not Required .... 312 a. Impossible or Unreasonable ...................................... 313 b. U ndue H ardship ........................................................ 317 c. Tem porary Position ................................................... 317 4. Reemployment Positions for Returning Employees ......... 319 5. Reemployment and Disability Accommodation ............... 322 6. Reemployment by the Federal Government and Certain Federal Agencies ............................................................. 325 D. Rights, Benefits and Obligations of Absent Employees ....... 326 1. Seniority and Other Rights and Benefits .......................... 327 2. H ealth P lans .................................................................... 330 3. P ension P lans .................................................................. 331 Major Michele A. Forte (B.A., Waynesburg College; J.D., Duquesne University School of Law; LL.M., Labor and Employment Law, The George Washington University Law School) is a Trial Attorney at the Air Force Legal Operations Agency, Central Labor Law Office, in Arlington, VA. She is a member of the Pennsylvania Bar. The author extends her thanks to Professor Charles B. Craver for his thorough review and valuable comments.

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