What if a new benefit is introduced while an employee is on military leave?
Leave-of-absence rights and benefits to which persons on military leave are entitled include not only those available at the time their military service begins, but also any that become effective during their military service. If there is a variation among rights and benefits of different types of nonmilitary leaves of absence, the most favorable treatment must be provided to employees on military leave. However, persons on military leave are not entitled to leave-of-absence rights and benefits greater than those they would have had if they had remained continuously employed. Can employees on military leave be required to pay for their benefits? Employers can require employees to pay for these benefits during military leave. However, this is true only to the same extent that other employees on leave of absence are required to pay. Is health plan continuation coverage available? USERRA gives employees on military leave a right to COBRA-like health benefit continuation, even if their emp
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