An advocacy group for part-time troops launched a new tool Friday aiming to measure what it means to be a military-friendly employer as companies like to tout their support of service members with few metrics to back up those claims.
Guardsmen and reserve troops often have to balance full-time civilian jobs with having to take time off work to perform their military duties. The National Guard especially has been tasked frequently in recent years with both overseas obligations and serving on state missions. That state service has become a go-to for governors who have faced labor shortages since the beginning of the pandemic.
Friendly Forces, an advocacy group, aims to give part-timers a tool to gauge which employers might be more supportive of their service and offer companies an opportunity to show off their backing for the rank and file.
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“I need actionable things that [help] me as a serving reservist,” Eric Evans, an Army Reserve captain and CEO of Friendly Forces, told Military.com. “Just saying you love veterans and troops doesn't really help me if you don't have a policy that supports them getting called up for a domestic emergency or deployment or anything like that, because you can talk all day about loving veterans, but it really comes down to, are your policies truly…
