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U.S. lawsuit says United denied benefits to pilot on active duty
Source: Reuters
AEROSPACE & DEFENSE | Mon Aug 15, 2016 2:09pm EDT
U.S. lawsuit says United denied benefits to pilot on active duty
By Jonathan Stempel
United Airlines Inc was accused in a U.S. government lawsuit on Monday of wrongly denying employment benefits to a pilot who was called to active duty by the U.S. Air Force, where he was a reservist.
According to a complaint filed with the federal court in Chicago, United failed to credit Lieutenant Colonel Daniel Fandrei with sick leave while he was deployed as a KC-10 pilot in southwest Asia from December 2012 to March 2013.
The U.S. Department of Justice said the Chicago-based carrier did this despite offering the benefits to other employees on similar leave, violating the federal Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act (USERRA).
"USERRA ensures that service members like Lt. Col. Fandrei who answer our nation's call to duty don't return to civilian life and find their employment benefits denied and their civil rights violated," Vanita Gupta, head of the Justice Department's civil rights division, said in a statement.
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U.S. lawsuit says United denied benefits to pilot on active duty
By Jonathan Stempel
United Airlines Inc was accused in a U.S. government lawsuit on Monday of wrongly denying employment benefits to a pilot who was called to active duty by the U.S. Air Force, where he was a reservist.
According to a complaint filed with the federal court in Chicago, United failed to credit Lieutenant Colonel Daniel Fandrei with sick leave while he was deployed as a KC-10 pilot in southwest Asia from December 2012 to March 2013.
The U.S. Department of Justice said the Chicago-based carrier did this despite offering the benefits to other employees on similar leave, violating the federal Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act (USERRA).
"USERRA ensures that service members like Lt. Col. Fandrei who answer our nation's call to duty don't return to civilian life and find their employment benefits denied and their civil rights violated," Vanita Gupta, head of the Justice Department's civil rights division, said in a statement.
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Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/us-ual-lawsuit-reservist-idUSKCN10Q1ON
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