The Employment Rights Lawyers at Costello & Mains, P.C., recently filed a Law Suit currently pending in Federal Court for Mark Harris, a 15 year veteran of the Army National Guard and a Sergeant who was most recently deployed to Afghanistan as a combat engineer.
"This guy is in actual combat and actually defuses anti-personal mines and other ordinance directed at our troops," says partner Kevin Costello. "Yet the federal law meant to protect the jobs of these brave men and women so that the jobs are there for them when they return from combat wasn't obeyed by the employer in this case. Although the employer was required by law to hold the job open for Sgt. Harris, when he returned, the employer had not obeyed the law. That's why we have filed a Law Suit under USERRA, the Federal Law that protects jobs for service people so that the jobs are there for them when they return from serving our country."
Sgt. Harris is a diving instructor and was employed at a local diving school which corresponded with him and intimated that they would hold the job open only to let Sgt Harris down when he returned; the job was not opened to him. Married with four children and having proudly served his country repeatedly, Harris was genuinely disappointed and has asked the Law Firm of Costello & Mains, P.C., Employment and Civil Rights Attorneys, to seek redress under USERRA, the statute which protects service people in situations like this.
