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Lawmakers One Step Closer to Protecting Returning Soldiers’ Jobs

By T.M. Lindsey 1/24/08

(Update: The Iowa House of Representatives passed House File 2065 this morning. There were no votes against the bill, which now heads to the Senate. Employers who fail to follow the law face possible simple misdemeanor charges with up to 30 days in jail and fines up to $625. Under the proposed changes to the [...]

Lawmakers to Propose Job-Protection Measure for Returning Iowa Soldiers

By T.M. Lindsey 10/19/07

The last thing Iowa’s National Guard and reserve soldiers need to worry about while deployed to war is whether or not they’ll have a job when they return to their civilian lives. Knowing this, the federal government passed USERRA (Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act) in 1994 to help protect the soldiers’ jobs, and [...]

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