USERRA
What is the full name for USERRA?
For USERRA, full name is Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act of 1994; size rule is no employee-count threshold; what triggers coverage instead is any person, institution, organization, or other entity that pays salary or wages for work performed or that has control over employment opportunities; requirement is shall not be denied initial employment, reemployment, retention in employment, promotion, or any benefit of employment by an employer on the basis of that membership, application for membership, performance of service, application for service, or obligation, recorded from its source on 2026-09-29; source re-checked 2026-11-01.
(4)(A) Except as provided in subparagraphs (B) and (C), the term "employer" means any person, institution, organization, or other entity that pays salary or wages for work performed or that has control over employment opportunities, including-
— uscode.house.gov, retrieved 2026-09-29
- Law
- USERRA our reading
- Full name
- Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act of 1994 verified
- Size rule
- no employee-count threshold our reading
- What triggers coverage instead
- any person, institution, organization, or other entity that pays salary or wages for work performed or that has control over employment opportunities verified
- Requirement
- shall not be denied initial employment, reemployment, retention in employment, promotion, or any benefit of employment by an employer on the basis of that membership, application for membership, performance of service, application for service, or obligation verified
Values marked our reading are our classification of what the source says — the source does not print them in those words. The quote below is the evidence for each one; judge it yourself.
Where each value comes from
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Law and Full name
The Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act of 1994 (USERRA) protects individuals performing, or who performed, uniformed service in accordance with 38 U.S.C. 4301–4335 from adverse employment discrimination on the basis of their uniformed service, and provides for their prompt restoration to civilian employment when they return to civilian life.
Size rule and What triggers coverage instead
(4)(A) Except as provided in subparagraphs (B) and (C), the term "employer" means any person, institution, organization, or other entity that pays salary or wages for work performed or that has control over employment opportunities, including-
Requirement
(a) A person who is a member of, applies to be a member of, performs, has performed, applies to perform, or has an obligation to perform service in a uniformed service shall not be denied initial employment, reemployment, retention in employment, promotion, or any benefit of employment by an employer on the basis of that membership, application for membership, performance of service, application for service, or obligation.
— all from uscode.house.gov, retrieved 2026-09-29
Sources
- uscode.house.govhttps://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title38-section4303&num=0&edition=prelim
- uscode.house.govhttps://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title38-section4311&num=0&edition=prelim
- uscode.house.govhttps://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title38-section4301&num=0&edition=prelim