The complaint centers on Mark Davisson, a former key account executive who was allegedly stripped of his client-facing duties upon returning from a one-year deployment in May 2023. Although Google maintained his base salary and title initially, it later transferred him to a role without customer accounts before terminating him seven months later. Prosecutors argue these actions systematically impeded his career growth following subsequent military leave and company-wide layoffs. The lawsuit seeks lost wages and damages alongside court-ordered workplace training reforms at the tech firm.
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Federal authorities are actively enforcing statutory job protections for military reservi…: Federal authorities are actively enforcing statutory job protections for military reservists returning to the private technology sector.
Employers face legal liability if they strip returning service members of vital job dutie…: Employers face legal liability if they strip returning service members of vital job duties, even if pay and title remain unchanged.
The government is demanding financial restitution for the fired reservist along with impr…: The government is demanding financial restitution for the fired reservist along with improved training on military employment laws for Google.
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NEW YORK, Oct 29 : The US filed a lawsuit on Thursday accusing Google of failing to give an employee his old job back or put him in a similar job following one year of military leave as a US Army reservist.
The case is a rare instance of the US government suing a private employer for violating the Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act of 1994 (USERRA), which protects the civilian employment of military personnel called to active duty.
According to a complaint filed in Manhattan federal court, Mark Davisson had spent 2-1/2 years as a Google key account executive, where he handled cloud services accounts for asset manager BlackRock and hedge fund Bridgewater Associates, and managed the US business of the former Credit Suisse.
EMPLOYEE FIRED AFTER FURTHER MILITARY LEAVE
Upon Davisson's return from leave in May 2023, Google – a unit of Mountain View, California-based Alphabet – allegedly refused to let Davisson handle any customer accounts, depriving him of career advancement though he kept his pay and title.
The complaint said Google assigned Davisson in January…
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