---
kind: "section"
citation: "20 C.F.R. § 1002.34"
title: "20"
number: "1002.34"
heading: "Which employers are covered by USERRA?"
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/20/1002.34"
---

# §1002.34. Which employers are covered by USERRA?

- (a) USERRA applies to all public and private employers in the United States, regardless of size. For example, an employer with only one employee is covered for purposes of the Act.
- (b) USERRA applies to foreign employers doing business in the United States. A foreign employer that has a physical location or branch in the United States (including U.S. territories and possessions) must comply with USERRA for any of its employees who are employed in the United States.
- (c) An American company operating either directly or through an entity under its control in a foreign country must also comply with USERRA for all its foreign operations, unless compliance would violate the law of the foreign country in which the workplace is located.

## 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.