DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE SUES WAL-MART FOR REFUSING TO RE-HIRE VETERAN AFTER MILITARY SERVICE
- Feds Sue Wal-Mart Over Airman's Job [Associated Press]
The lawsuit on behalf of Sean Thornton, a former airman with the United States Air Force, alleges Wal-Mart violated the Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act of 1994 by failing to reinstate him as a cashier at an Orange City store after he was discharged.
Feds Sue Wal-Mart Over Airman's JobMar 31, 2008 ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — The Department of Justice has sued Wal-Mart Stores Inc. on behalf of a former airman, claiming the company didn't give him his job back after he was discharged from the military, the department announced Monday. The lawsuit on behalf of Sean Thornton, a former airman with the United States Air Force, alleges Wal-Mart violated the Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act of 1994 by failing to reinstate him as a cashier at an Orange City store after he was discharged. The act requires that workers who leave their jobs to serve in the military be given their job back when they return, the statement said. "No person should be disadvantaged in the workplace for serving our country in the military," Acting Assistant Attorney General for the Civil Rights Division Grace Chung Becker said in the justice department statement. The Justice Department said it filed the suit in U.S. District Court in Orlando. A Wal-Mart spokesman declined comment on the allegations Monday because he couldn't confirm Wal-Mart had received a copy of the complaint. The Justice Department didn't say whether it is claiming Thornton was not rehired at all.
- Feds sue Wal-Mart over failure to reinstate ex-airman as cashier [USA Today]
"The complaint, filed in the U.S. District Court in Orlando, Fla., alleges that Wal-Mart violated USERRA by failing and refusing to reinstate Thornton to his civilian employment position as a cashier at a Wal-Mart store in Orange City, Fla., after he was discharged by the Air Force," the feds say in a press release.
The Justice Department announced yesterday that it's suing Wal-Mart on behalf of a former airman who claims that the retailer didn't give him his job back after he got out of the military. "The complaint, filed in the U.S. District Court in Orlando, Fla., alleges that Wal-Mart violated USERRA by failing and refusing to reinstate Thornton to his civilian employment position as a cashier at a Wal-Mart store in Orange City, Fla., after he was discharged by the Air Force," the feds say in a press release. "Subject to certain limitations, USERRA requires that individuals who leave their jobs to serve in the United States military be reemployed by their civilian employers in the same position that they would have held had they not left to serve in the military." The Associated Press says a Wal-Mart spokesman was unable to comment on the allegations. Posted by Mike Carney at 08:31 AM/ET, |
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