Texas Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve is an organization of the Department of Defense and operates under the direction of the National Committee for the Employer Support for the Guard and Reserve in Washington, D. C. Our Committee offers a variety of special cost-free services to employers and Reserve Component units, to include:

EMPLOYER OUTREACH 

• Operate a proactive program to educate employers, employees, and communities on the role of the National Guard and Reserve forces in the Department of Defense Total Force Policy, USERRA and the federal and state missions of the military organizations
• Encouraging employers' voluntary compliance with federal and state statutes governing employment and reemployment rights of Reserve component members
• Manage a proactive awards program to recognize employers providing exceptional support to their employees serving in the Reserve components 

   

  MILITARY OUTREACH 

• Encourage open communications and interactions between Reserve Component units and their communities to promote public understanding of the military unit's role in federal and state missions
• Educating Reserve Component members on their obligations and responsibilities to employers
• Involving the assistance of military agencies, military schools, and military and civilian associations in the education of Reserve forces on their rights and responsibilities to an employer, as stipulated in the Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act (USERRA)

 

OMBUDSMAN SERVICES

• Assist employers and Reservists in compliance with USERRA through education and informal, objective mediation
• Assist employers and military unit commanders in preventing and resolving employer-employee conflicts and misunderstandings arising from reserve Component membership or military service obligations

 

COMMITTEE OPERATIONS

• Recruit, train and develop volunteers to effectively implement the committee's programs and services
• Effectively manage resources to promote achievement of strategic goals and objectives   

 

 

We have opportunities throughout Texas for interested persons to assist in conducting ESGR programs and services. For more information on how you can become an ESGR Volunteer click on the following link: volunteers@txesgr.net and you will  be contacted within 48 hours.

 

 

TEXAS ESGR PROGRAM DIRECTORS

 

State Chair                                    Jerry Icenhower 

Vice Chair                                     Findley Brewster

Executive Director                         John Steele

Awards Chair                                Frank Bertone

Employer Outreach Director          Vacant           

Military Outreach Director             Christopher Powers

Ombudsman Director                    Charlie Cannon

Planning Coordinator                     Gary Walston      

Public Relations Chair                    Ken Benson         

Training Director                            Jules Franklin