ST. PAUL, MN — JanSan chemical manufacturer Ecolab Inc. has agreed to pay $118,000 to an Army veteran they did not rehire after he returned from a tour of duty in Iraq, according to the St. Paul Business Journal.
Ecolab violated the Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act (USERRA) of 1994 by not rehiring Stephen Alasin when he returned from a three-year tour of duty in 2006, the story stated.
Alasin was a senior service specialist at Ecolab when he enlisted in the Army in 2003, the story noted.
Ecolab and Alasin engaged in a consent agreement to settle the complaint, the story added.
The USERRA requires that civilian employers of people who leave their jobs to serve in the military be rehired in the same or comparable position when they return.
According to the story, Ecolab considers this “an isolated and regrettable incident” and changes have been made to ensure such incidents won’t happen in the future.
Friday, March 6, 2009
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