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• We Support The Troops…Kind of - Stupid Military Leave Policy Caveats

• Sign Up for Shift Group, You.

• Partnership for Your Success (Army PaYS Program)

• Unit Collabs

• News

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We Support The Troops…Kind of - Stupid Military Leave Policy Caveats

One of the most critical aspects of what Friendly Forces does is that it digs past the surface level to find out what an employer’s military leave policy looks like.

We look at the conditions that are attached to it.

All companies will tell you they offer military leave if you ask. Cool. They are legally obligated to let you perform your required military service. However, they might also neglect to mention that it’s unpaid military leave.

Many companies will tell you that they offer paid military leave. Cool.

Oh, they forgot to mention it’s only paid for 5 days a year with a lifetime cap of 10 days. Oh, and you have to have worked for the company for a year first to be eligible to use it. Oh, and you have to be deploying to a combat zone—not PME, or Annual Training, or a non-combat rotation. Those don’t count, FREELOADER.

Sometimes the caveats in these policies seem completely arbitrary. This is because they are often crafted by HR types who have no experience whatsoever with the military. Many times, the policies don’t mean what they say, and they don’t say what they mean.

My own company policy dictates that an employee must have worked with the organization a minimum of 60 days before becoming eligible for paid military leave.

I know someone that has a short-term military school coming up that just found this out the hard way.

How dare they have a military obligation less than 60 days into a job.

Way to support the troops.

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And, as always, we want to get more companies added to the Friendlies List to best service the Reservist community.

Good or bad, reach out and let us know your company’s policy. If it’s good—we want to add them to our list. If it’s bad, we want to partner and help them—and you.

Reach out to [email protected] to submit.

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