Petty v. Metropolitan Gov't of Nashville & Davidson County case

Petty v. Metropolitan Gov't of Nashville & Davidson County case
Name: Woodrow Rowel
Lecturer: Dr. Robert Waldo
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Legal issues in this case
Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act (USERRA) is known for it guarantee to the returning veterans reemployment with their former employees and prohibits employees from discriminating against veterans based on their military service. This act protects police officers and makes sure that they are treated s per their rights while being reemployed. In Petty v. Metropolitan Gov`t of Nashville and Davidson County case, the legal issue in the case was whether the employee had been sincere about the reasons for his discharge from the service and as well the issue regarding the postponement in re-employing a returning Army reservist which is seen to be violated in the Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act (USERRA) though in Petty case, the delay was based his alleged dishonesty.
How the reemployment provisions of the USERRA were violated in this case.
USERRA act had one goal which was to safeguard the rights to reinstate veterans when looking for re-employment upon return to the service. In Petty case, the act was violated in one way all the other though both parties played a role in violating the act. For instance, this police department had a return -to- work process for the officers who have been away from the police department, and in their comeback, they were top provide details like personal history updates questionnaire, a medical examination, a computer voice stress analysis, drug screening among other vital document that could show one has qualified once again to join his/her previous position (Piscitelli2008).
Even though, the key role played by USERRA is to protect the rights of the returning veterans when seeking re-employment, the reemployment provisions in Petty`s case were violated since Metro delayed re-hiring Petty by him through the ret...