Sec. 202. Rights and protections relating to veterans’ employment and reemployment
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It shall be unlawful for an employing unit to— discriminate within the meaning of subsections
(a)and
(b)of section 4311 of title 38, United States Code, against an eligible employee; deny to an eligible employee reemployment rights within the meaning of sections 4312 and 4313 of title 38, United States Code; or deny to an eligible employee benefits within the meaning of sections 4316, 4317, and 4318 of title 38, United States Code. For purposes of this section, the term eligible employee means a covered employee performing service in the uniformed services, within the meaning of section 4303(13) of title 38, United States Code, whose service has not been terminated upon occurrence of any of the events enumerated in section 4304 of title 38, United States Code. The remedy for a violation of subsection
(a)shall be such remedy as would be appropriate if awarded under section 4323(d) of title 38, United States Code. The Board shall, pursuant to section 304, issue regulations to implement this section. The regulations issued under paragraph
(1)shall be the same as substantive regulations promulgated by the Secretary of Labor to implement the statutory provisions referred to in subsection
(a)except to the extent that the Board may determine, for good cause shown and stated together with the regulation, that a modification of such regulations would be more effective for the implementation of the rights and protections under this section. Subsections
(a)and
(b)shall be effective 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act.