USERRA Complaint Filings in FY 2023 Still Near Record High

October 22, 2024

What's New

The number of complaints filed by military service members under USERRA dipped slightly for fiscal year 2023 but is still near a historic high, data from the Labor Department’s Veterans’ Employment and Training Service (DOL-VETS) show. Military service members submitted 981 USERRA complaints to DOL-VETS in FY 2023, a 3% drop from the 1,009 complaints in FY 2022. There have been higher numbers of USERRA complaints in the past two years than in the previous six years.

The Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act protects the employment and reemployment rights of employees who have been called to active military duty.

What It Means

The enforcement statistics, which appear in DOL-VETS’ Fiscal Year 2023 USERRA Annual Report to Congress, indicate that the number of complaints decreased slightly following last year’s big increase.

What You Should Do

CWC members can consult the table of comparative USERRA enforcement statistics that CWC has updated. It shows the total number of complaints and bases filed with DOL-VETS each year, along with a breakdown by basis of complaint allegation over the past ten years.

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