Military Leave Benefits Win Upheld for Alabama Police Officers

Hoover, Ala., is liable to four officers for not providing them with the same leave benefits for time missed while on military duty as officers absent for jury duty, while under investigation, or on similar leaves, the Eleventh Circuit said Thursday in a novel ruling.

The decision upholding a lower court win by the officers, who are all military reservists, turned on an interpretation of the Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act. That law requires employers to provide the same rights and benefits to employees on military leave as provided to similarly situated employees on comparable forms of non-military ...