{"data":{"id":"us/20-cfr-1002.101","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"20 CFR 1002.101","heading":"Does the five-year service limit include periods of service that the employee performed when he or she worked for a previous employer?","body":"No. An employee is entitled to a leave of absence for uniformed service for up to five years with each employer for whom he or she works. When the employee takes a position with a new employer, the five-year period begins again regardless of how much service he or she performed while working in any previous employment relationship. If an employee is employed by more than one employer, a separate five-year period runs as to each employer independently, even if those employers share or co-determine the employee's terms and conditions of employment.","path":["Title 20—Employees' Benefits","CHAPTER IX—OFFICE OF THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR VETERANS' EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF LABOR","PART 1002—REGULATIONS UNDER THE UNIFORMED SERVICES EMPLOYMENT AND REEMPLOYMENT RIGHTS ACT OF 1994","Subpart C—Eligibility For Reemployment"],"source_url":"https://www.ecfr.gov/api/versioner/v1/full/2026-08-25/title-20.xml","current_through":"2026-08-25","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T02:24:45Z","sha256":"155f883ac59edc3f1402ee6487770eed93e3d42021d2c1e6eb7a7b5ae0f150de","source_id":"us-cfr","stale":true,"prev":"us/20-cfr-1002.100","next":"us/20-cfr-1002.102"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}