10.2190/AD6H-W37V-W5CX-QEHQ AD6HW37VW5CXQEHQ 253 THE UNIFORMED SERVICES EMPLOYMENT AND REEMPLOYMENT RIGHTS ACT AND ITS' COURT HISTORY 253 269 20050916 20050916 20050916 20050916 AD6HW37VW5CXQEHQ.pdf http://baywood.metapress.com/link.asp?target=contribution&id=AD6HW37VW5CXQEHQ 3 HENRY FINDLEY LEE VARDAMAN ROBERT WHEATLEY TISH MATUSZEK Troy University The Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act (USERRA) and its court interpretations have received little academic scrutiny. Given the hundreds of thousands of National Guards and reservists that are being mobilized and demobilized in a conflict that has no end in sight, it is worthy of review. This article reviews the major provisions of the USERRA and shows their application through an analysis of more than forty related court cases. We close with a set of guiding principles for managers. Essentially, we argue that there are serious gaps in the USERRA that need to be addressed at the national level, including differentials between company and military pay, the payment of premiums on health-care plans while on military leave, and performance-related types of pay. Because of these gaps, many potential military personnel could be rethinking their commitments to the military.