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  1. Title 20 —Employees' Benefits
  2. Chapter IX —Office of the Assistant Secretary for Veterans' Employment and Training Service, Department of Labor
  3. Part 1002 —Regulations Under the Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act of 1994
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Title 20Employees' BenefitsPart / Section
Chapter IXOffice of the Assistant Secretary for Veterans' Employment and Training Service, Department of Labor1000 – 1099
Part 1002Regulations Under the Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act of 19941002.1 – 1002.314
Subpart EReemployment Rights and Benefits1002.180 – 1002.267
Prompt Reemployment1002.180 – 1002.181
§ 1002.180When is an employee entitled to be reemployed by his or her civilian employer?
§ 1002.181How is “prompt reemployment” defined?
Reemployment Position1002.191 – 1002.199
§ 1002.191What position is the employee entitled to upon reemployment?
§ 1002.192How is the specific reemployment position determined?
§ 1002.193Does the reemployment position include elements such as seniority, status, and rate of pay?
§ 1002.194Can the application of the escalator principle result in adverse consequences when the employee is reemployed?
§ 1002.195What other factors can determine the reemployment position?
§ 1002.196What is the employee's reemployment position if the period of service was less than 91 days?
§ 1002.197What is the reemployment position if the employee's period of service in the uniformed services was more than 90 days?
§ 1002.198What efforts must the employer make to help the employee become qualified for the reemployment position?
§ 1002.199What priority must the employer follow if two or more returning employees are entitled to reemployment in the same position?
Seniority Rights and Benefits1002.210 – 1002.213
§ 1002.210What seniority rights does an employee have when reemployed following a period of uniformed service?
§ 1002.211Does USERRA require the employer to use a seniority system?
§ 1002.212How does a person know whether a particular right or benefit is a seniority-based right or benefit?
§ 1002.213How can the employee demonstrate a reasonable certainty that he or she would have received the seniority right or benefit if he or she had remained continuously employed during the period of service?
Disabled Employees1002.225 – 1002.226
§ 1002.225Is the employee entitled to any specific reemployment benefits if he or she has a disability that was incurred in, or aggravated during, the period of service?
§ 1002.226If the employee has a disability that was incurred in, or aggravated during, the period of service, what efforts must the employer make to help him or her become qualified for the reemployment position?
Rate of Pay1002.236
§ 1002.236How is the employee's rate of pay determined when he or she returns from a period of service?
Protection Against Discharge1002.247 – 1002.248
§ 1002.247Does USERRA provide the employee with protection against discharge?
§ 1002.248What constitutes cause for discharge under USERRA?
Pension Plan Benefits1002.259 – 1002.267
§ 1002.259How does USERRA protect an employee's pension benefits?
§ 1002.260What pension benefit plans are covered under USERRA?
§ 1002.261Who is responsible for funding any plan obligation to provide the employee with pension benefits?
§ 1002.262When is the employer required to make the plan contribution that is attributable to the employee's period of uniformed service?
§ 1002.263Does the employee pay interest when he or she makes up missed contributions or elective deferrals?
§ 1002.264Is the employee allowed to repay a previous distribution from a pension benefits plan upon being reemployed?
§ 1002.265If the employee is reemployed with his or her pre-service employer, is the employee's pension benefit the same as if he or she had remained continuously employed?
§ 1002.266What are the obligations of a multiemployer pension benefit plan under USERRA?
§ 1002.267How is compensation during the period of service calculated in order to determine the employee's pension benefits, if benefits are based on compensation?
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