Firm agrees to pay $118,000 for failing to re-hire war veteran

Wednesday, March 4, 2009

Firm agrees to pay $118,000 for failing to re-hire war veteran
Paul Egan / The Detroit News
DETROIT -- The U.S. Justice Department has won an $118,000 civil settlement for an Oakland County man whose employer refused to rehire him when he returned from fighting in Iraq.

Ecolab Inc., a multinational sanitation and pesticide company based in St. Paul, Minn., violated the Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act of 1994 by refusing to rehire Stephen Alasin when he returned in 2006 from decorated service in Iraq, the Justice Department alleged in a lawsuit filed Wednesday on Alasin's behalf.

U.S. District Judge Victoria A. Roberts also issued an order Wednesday approving a settlement agreed to by the parties.
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