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Ed Offley of Military.com writes:

The 1994 "Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act" (USERRA) requires employers to save the job position held by a Guardsman or reservist called to active duty. But labor experts warn that over the last year there has been a startling increase in incidents where civilian firms have "reorganized" their operations so that returning part-time soldiers have come home to the unemployment line. In a number of cases, employers have directly issued layoff orders for returning reservists despite USERRA. ...

Worse, some experts say, this is probably only the tip of the iceberg. Since the vast majority of the 300,000 reservists and Guardsmen mobilized in the aftermath of 9/11 remain on active duty, the vast majority of incidents will probably not occur for a year or more, said Bridget J. Wilson, a San Diego attorney who works in both military law and employment issues. ...

"We have never used the reserves like we are doing now," Wilson told DefenseWatch. "The [National] Guard is no longer the state militia it once was."

Wilson said that USERRA is a "great" law that for the most part has worked to protect part-time military personnel from arbitrary and unfair actions by their civilian employers.

Gosh... In a conflict between corporations and employees, which side will the Bush administration take?