S. 2293 · 117th Congress
Civilian Reservist Emergency Workforce Act of 2021
- Stage
- Signed by the president
- Sponsor
- Gary Peters
- Introduced
- 2021-06-24
- Latest action
- 2022-09-29 · Signed by President.
Summary
Civilian Reservist Emergency Workforce Act of 2021 or the CREW Act
This act makes employment protections under the Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act (USERRA) applicable to Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) reservists who deploy to major disaster and emergency sites. It allows such reservists to claim such rights under USERRA even if they do not provide notice of their absence from work due to deployment.