The Justice Department announced yesterday that it's suing Wal-Mart on behalf of a former airman who claims that the retailer didn't give him his job back after he got out of the military.

"The complaint, filed in the U.S. District Court in Orlando, Fla., alleges that Wal-Mart violated USERRA by failing and refusing to reinstate Thornton to his civilian employment position as a cashier at a Wal-Mart store in Orange City, Fla., after he was discharged by the Air Force," the feds say in a press release. "Subject to certain limitations, USERRA requires that individuals who leave their jobs to serve in the United States military be reemployed by their civilian employers in the same position that they would have held had they not left to serve in the military."

The Associated Press says a Wal-Mart spokesman was unable to comment on the allegations.