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In a Jan. 26 letter to the company, the Labor Department stated that after reviewing information from Securitas and Beaudine, it concluded the company was in violation of the Uniformed Service Employment and Reemployment Rights Act, a 1994 law that stiffened job-protection guarantees for returning soldiers. Securitas also got a warning letter from the human-resources director of the Oregon National Guard, who recommended Beaudine be allowed to return to work. The company, however, resisted. |
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After the first Gulf war, Congress strengthened protections with the Uniformed Service Employment and Reemployment Rights Act of 1994. A letter of warning usually is enough to resolve a dispute, said Tom Pearson, director of the Labor Department's Veterans' Employment and Training Services in Washington state. "In most cases, the employer is just not fully aware of the law," Pearson said. "Once we explain the law, they go, 'Oh, OK,' and bring them back to work." |
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