20 CFR § 1002.87 - Is the employee required to get permission from his or her employer before leaving to perform service in the uniformed services?

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t20/s1002.87"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "20 CFR § 1002.87 - Is the employee required to get permission from his or her employer before leaving to perform service in the uniformed services?"
title_number: 20
title_name: "Employees' Benefits"
section_number: "1002.87"
section_name: "Is the employee required to get permission from his or her employer before leaving to perform service in the uniformed services?"
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: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
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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# 1002.87 Is the employee required to get permission from his or her employer before leaving to perform service in the uniformed services?

No. The employee is not required to ask for or get his or her employer's permission to leave to perform service in the uniformed services. The employee is only required to give the employer notice of pending service.