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USERRA: Ohio

USERRA requirements for other states

Federal law and guidance on this subject should be reviewed together with this section.

Author: Judson D. Stelter, Frantz Ward LLP

Updating Author: Brightmine Editorial Team

Summary

  • Ohio law expressly adopts the employee protections provided by the Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act (USERRA), the federal law that provides leave rights for employees with military obligations. See Ohio Military Leave.
  • An employee who is the spouse, the parent or a person who has or had custody of a member of the uniformed services when that member is deployed or injured is entitled to two weeks of unpaid leave under certain circumstances. See Ohio Military Family Leave Act.