Truman settles police officer's job claim
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The southern Minnesota city of Truman and the federal government have settled an employment claim filed by a police officer who served in Kuwait.
The U.S. Justice Department had sued the city for not giving Navy reservist Michael Schutz his full-time job back after he served overseas in the military.
A consent decree filed in federal court Thursday says the city of Truman violated Schutz's employment rights by failing to properly re-employ him and moving to fire him.
Under the agreement, Truman must pay Schutz $11,000 -- the value of unpaid benefits -- and provide him with 40 additional hours of vacation time for 2012 and 2013.
Schutz returned to full-time work as a police office last March. He says all he wanted was his job back.
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