Military leave — Iowa

The Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act (USERRA) establishes certain rights for employees of private employers who serve in the uniformed services. Specifically, USERRA:

• prohibits private employers from discriminating or retaliating against such employees based on their uniformed service
• ensures that those employees receive certain benefits and reemployment rights, as well as limited protection from termination, upon return from military leave.

Iowa also has a military leave statute that offers certain protections to employees who are absent from work due to military leave. The state law protects the following:

• any officer or enlisted person of either:
  • the National Guard
  • organized reserves of the armed forces of the United States
• any member of the civil air patrol.

This topic provides a summary of USERRA’s provisions (which generally prevail), with references to Iowa law where it differs from USERRA.

Coverage

Employees

Any person who is a member of the “uniformed services” of the United States (or who applies to...

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