20 CFR § 1002.21 - Do the Act's prohibitions against discrimination and retaliation apply to all employment positions?
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identifier: "/us/cfr/t20/s1002.21"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "20 CFR § 1002.21 - Do the Act's prohibitions against discrimination and retaliation apply to all employment positions?"
title_number: 20
title_name: "Employees' Benefits"
section_number: "1002.21"
section_name: "Do the Act's prohibitions against discrimination and retaliation apply to all employment positions?"
chapter_name: "OFFICE OF THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR VETERANS' EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF LABOR"
part_number: "1002"
part_name: "REGULATIONS UNDER THE UNIFORMED SERVICES EMPLOYMENT AND REEMPLOYMENT RIGHTS ACT OF 1994"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-04-05"
last_updated: "2026-04-05"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
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)."
regulatory_source: "70 FR 75292, Dec. 19, 2005, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "1002"
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# 1002.21 Do the Act's prohibitions against discrimination and retaliation apply to all employment positions?
The prohibitions against discrimination and retaliation apply to all covered employers (including hiring halls and potential employers, see sections 1002.36 and .38) and employment positions, including those that are for a brief, nonrecurrent period, and for which there is no reasonable expectation that the employment position will continue indefinitely or for a significant period. However, USERRA's reemployment rights and benefits do not apply to such brief, nonrecurrent positions of employment.