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The days of patchwork state statutory control over military leave for families of soldiers may be finally coming to an end. President Bush recently signed a law that expands FMLA leave to cover family members of injured soldiers coming home from war. That, coupled with new FMLA final regulations from the Department of Labor will [...]

[ed. note: This one is for us here in Chicago. All the same, many of the agencies and support organizations mentioned in this post have corollaries in your state. A google search of your state and "veteran aid" will get you started.]
It is encouraging to see members of Congress championing these issues on multiple fronts, [...]

Senator Edward Kennedy and Former Senator Max Cleland had a commentary in the Boston Globe yesterday about veterans’ job prospects and the success (or lack thereof) of the government agencies in helping those with problems.
The point of the article, in 50 words or less, is that USERRA is a great law that isn’t enforced and [...]

[ed. note: While our goal at Current Employment is always to present this information in as lighthearted a way as possible, sometimes the situation is too important to run the risk of watering it down in humor, such is the case today.]
Since yesterday was Veteran’s Day, we’re devoting the day to veterans employment issues. Like [...]