A veteran may not be discharged or subjected to adverse employment action for one year after the date of reinstatement, except for cause; the same rule applies to service in the reserves or National Guard. Employers must provide up to 24 months of health plan coverage to employees when they are absent on military leave.
defeat. 1. To win a victory over, as in battle or a competition: beat, best, conquer, master, overcome, prevail against (or over), rout, subdue, subjugate, surmount, triumph over, vanquish, worst. Informal: trim, whip. Slang: ace, lick. Idioms: carry the day, get the best of, get the better of, go someone one better. 2.
1 Victory awaits him who has everything in order â luck, people call it. Defeat is certain for him who has neglected to take the necessary precautions in time; this is called bad luck. 2  Roald Amundsen, The South Pole (1912).  No amount of careful planning can beat pure luck.