Military and Veterans Code section 395.5

(a)

The Military Department shall comply with the provisions of Section 4301 of Title 38 of the United States Code, the Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act (USERRA).

(b)

For purposes of USERRA, Military Department personnel who are on state active duty and are deployed, mobilized, or otherwise subject to any federal active service under voluntary or involuntary conditions, shall be considered employees and provided the same federal reemployment protections and benefits given to other employees under USERRA.

Source: Section 395.5, https://leginfo.­legislature.­ca.­gov/faces/codes_displaySection.­xhtml?lawCode=MVC§ionNum=395.­5.­ (updated Jan. 1, 2007; accessed Sep. 8, 2025).

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