A federal board has again ordered the U.S. Postal Service to reinstate a National Guardsman wrongly fired from his job as a postal worker because he took military leave, telling the agency to pay him what could add up to millions in back pay, benefits and legal fees.
On Monday, the U.S. Merit Systems Protection Board, which rules on
disputed federal personnel actions, reiterated that the decision in 2000
to fire Sgt. Maj. Richard Erickson, now 50, violated federal laws
designed to protect troops’ civilian jobs.
The board made a similar ruling in 2012 and ordered the Postal Service
to immediately reinstate Erickson, a decorated long-time Special Forces
member, even if it planned to appeal. But the Postal Service appealed
the ruling without reinstating Erickson.
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