Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act (USERRA)

Cases—December 1st through 7th, 2019

Discrimination ~ Retaliation Greer v. City of Witchita (10th Cir., December 3, 2019) (reversing summary judgment in defendants’ favor on Greer’s claims under the Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act: the factfinder could reasonably infer that military status motivated denial of interview, and that Greer would have obtained interview had she not been military) […]

United States Supreme Court: If a Supervisor Performs an Act Motivated by Antimilitary Animus, Employers May Be Liable Even If a Different Supervisor Fires the Employee

D. Scott Crook - March 1, 2011 - Defenses, Discrimination, Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act (USERRA), United States Supreme Court

In Staub v. Proctor Hospital, an opinion issued today, the United States Supreme Court ruled that an employer can be liable for a violation of the Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act (USERRA) even if the supervisor who ultimately made the decision to discipline an employee was not motivated by anti-military animus. The Court […]