DOJ Settles Class Action Lawsuit Filed Under USERRA
Did you know that the U.S. Dept. of Justice files class action lawsuits?
The DOJ announced today that it had reached an agreement with American Airlines to settle a class action filed by the DOJ for the airline’s alleged violations of the Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act of 1994 (USERRA). The DOJ’s complaint alleged that American did not allow a class of more than 300 pilots to accrue vacation and sick leave benefits while on military leave to the same extent as pilots on comparable forms of non-military leave.
According to the DOJ, the American Airlines case, filed in 2006, was the first class action it has ever filed under USERRA, a federal statute that protects servicemembers’ and veterans’ civilian employment rights.
