---
kind: "section"
citation: "20 C.F.R. § 1002.18"
title: "20"
number: "1002.18"
heading: "What status or activity is protected from employer discrimination by USERRA?"
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/20/1002.18"
---

# §1002.18. What status or activity is protected from employer discrimination by USERRA?


An employer must not deny initial employment, reemployment, retention in employment, promotion, or any benefit of employment to an individual on the basis of his or her membership, application for membership, performance of service, application for service, or obligation for service in the uniformed services.


## Notes

### Authority

Authority: Section 4331(a) of the Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act of 1994 (USERRA), 38 U.S.C. 4331(a) (Pub. L. 103-353, 108 Stat. 3150).

### Source

Source: 70 FR 75292, Dec. 19, 2005, unless otherwise noted.