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Automotive supply chain Pep Boys fired a Tucson store manager because his military Reserve duties took him away from work, according to a federal lawsuit filed here.
It may not be an isolated case. Several other reservists fired from Pep Boys in Tucson and Pennsylvania have contacted a military advocacy group with similar complaints.
Pep Boys' Tucson attorney, Todd E. Hale, declined to comment on the lawsuit, citing company policy not to discuss ongoing legal cases.
In the Tucson case, Erik Balodis, then a store manager at the 7227 E. 22nd St. Pep Boys, was fired after being called to a U.S. Naval Reserve exercise in June 2002. Balodis, a father of two young children, was unable to find work for five months.
He eventually found work as a store manager at Big Lots in October 2002 but by then the family's finances were in ruins.
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I don't thinkso, unless it's spelled out in his contract (yea, right, Pep Boys, contract :rolleyes: ). Very few companies will do this but they may have the right.
 
The Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act (USERRA), prohibits discrimination against persons because of their service in the Armed Forces Reserve, the National Guard, or other uniformed services. USERRA prohibits an employer from denying any benefit of employment on the basis of an individual’s membership, application for membership, performance of service, application for service, or obligation for service in the uniformed services. USERRA also protects the right of veterans, reservists, National Guard members, and certain other members of the uniformed services to reclaim their civilian employment after being absent due to military service or training.

USERRA authorizes OSC to investigate alleged violations of the act by federal executive agencies, and to prosecute meritorious claims before the Merit Systems Protection Board on behalf of the aggrieved person.

(details and limitations) http://uscode.house.gov/uscode-cgi/fastweb.exe?getdoc+uscview+t37t40+836+0++() AN
 
I'd love to boycott them, but there's none up here. But next time I go south, I'll make a point of not going there.
 
Translation: Either Pep Boys hires them back double quick, with back pay and one helluva apology, or their collective asses (and assets) are headed for the grinder.
 
Oh yeah. It's highly illegal and anyone with the slightest knowledge of employment law (like me) knows that it's one of five or six circumstances that you simply cannot screw with. If it's true, Pep Boys is gonna get creamed.
 
Emotions seem to be running high, tempers flaring...let's take our frustrations out on Pep Boys!!:headbang: If you would like to send an email expressing what scumbags you think they are, go here: [email protected]
 
im not too up to date w/ military laws but i thought if your drafter or if they call you to action(if enlisted) then its just as legal to not show to work as if you had been surpenaed? if it is accurate cant he sue since both unc and Q said its illegal?
 
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