SYSTEM NAME:

Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act (USERRA) Complaint File.

SECURITY CLASSIFICATION:

None.

SYSTEM LOCATION:

Veterans' Employment and Training Service (VETS') State Offices, Regional Offices, and National Office.

CATEGORIES OF INDIVIDUALS COVERED BY THE SYSTEM:

Complainants who are veterans, enlistees, examinees, reservists or members of the National Guard of the U.S. Armed Forces on active or reserve service or training duty, and other complainants.

CATEGORIES OF RECORDS IN THE SYSTEM:

The system of records contains data related to civil investigations which include: initial investigative complaint form, background, investigators' fact finding records, witness statements, supporting documents provided by claimants and employers, other information relevant to a determination of veterans reemployment rights.

AUTHORITY FOR MAINTENANCE OF THE SYSTEM:

38 U.S.C. 4301 et seq.

PURPOSE:

Records are maintained for enforcement of federal laws pertaining to rights of veterans, reservists and members of the National Guard upon their return to pre-military civilian employment following periods of active and inactive military duty and related to non-discrimination based on such service or periods of duty.

ROUTINE USES OF RECORDS MAINTAINED IN THE SYSTEM, INCLUDING CATEGORIES OF USERS AND THE PURPOSES OF SUCH USES:

In addition to those universal routine uses listed in the General Prefatory Statement, relevant records and information may be disclosed to the employer against whom a complaint has been made so that the complaint can proceed to a resolution. Disclosure may also be made when relevant and necessary to the Department of Veterans Affairs, to the Department of Defense, to the Department of Justice, and to the Office of Special Counsel when complaints have proceeded to an advanced stage.

DISCLOSURE TO CONSUMER REPORTING AGENCIES:

None.

POLICIES AND PRACTICES FOR STORING, RETRIEVING, ACCESSING, RETAINING, AND DISPOSING OF RECORDS IN THE SYSTEM:

 

STORAGE:

Files are stored electronically and/or on paper.

RETRIEVABILITY:

Files are retrieved by name of complainant, name of employer, or assigned case number.

SAFEGUARDS:

Access by authorized personnel only. Computer security safeguards are used for electronically stored data and locked locations for paper files.

RETENTION AND DISPOSAL:

Records are retained until litigation is completed, then transferred to Federal Records Center two years after cutoff. Records are destroyed when they are ten years old, except in case files involving pensions in which the claimant was not in retired status from his/her civilian employer at the time of cutoff; these will be retained for fifty years after cutoff (N1-174-88-1) and Veterans' Employment and Training Service Director's Memorandum 1-01 (Change-1). Limited electronic information is retained indefinitely.

SYSTEM MANAGER(S) AND ADDRESS:

Chief of Investigations and Compliance, United States Department of Labor, Veterans' Employment and Training Service, 200 Constitution Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20210.

NOTIFICATION PROCEDURES:

Inquiries should be mailed to the System Manager.

RECORD ACCESS PROCEDURES:

A request for access should be mailed to the Systems Manager.

CONTESTING RECORD PROCEDURES:

A petition for amendment should be mailed to the System Manager.

RECORD SOURCE CATEGORIES:

Veterans, Reserve and National Guard members, employees, employers, former employees, Departments of Defense, Department of Veterans Affairs, physicians, union officers and maybe the public.

SYSTEMS EXEMPTIONS FROM CERTAIN PROVISIONS OF THE ACT:

In accordance with 5 U.S.C. 552a(k)(2), investigatory material in this system of records compiled for law enforcement purposes is exempt from subsections (c)(3); (d); (e)(1); (e)(4)(G), (H), and (I); and (f) of 5 U.S.C. 552a, provided however, that if any individual is denied any right, privilege, or benefit that he or she would otherwise be entitled to by Federal law, or for which he or she would otherwise be eligible, as a result of the maintenance of these records, such material shall be provided to the individual, except to the extent that the disclosure of such material would reveal the identity of a source who furnished information to the Government under an express promise that the identity of the source would be held in confidence, or prior to January 1, 1975, under an implied promise that the identity of the source would be held in confidence.