Servicemember Protections
Guides across the site that deal with servicemember protections.
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Veterans & Military Families
The Servicemembers Civil Relief Act: Interest Caps and Stays
The SCRA caps interest on debts taken on before service, pauses civil proceedings, and lets a servicemember out of leases and phone contracts on qualifying orders.
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Veterans & Military Families
USERRA: Reemployment Rights After Military Service
USERRA requires most employers to take a returning servicemember back promptly, in the position seniority would have reached, if notice and reporting rules were met.
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Veterans & Military Families
Military Housing Allowances and Landlord Disputes
A basic allowance for housing belongs to the servicemember and does not make the military a party to the lease. What actually governs is the lease, federal exit rights, and state law.