I'm a student and I work shift hours partime in a small firm, so I "kind of" get unpaid leave when it comes to field days, but I can't get every field day / weekend that is on the programme but I get as many as I can.
No one seems to recognise that the vast majority of the lower ranks (ptes + cpls especially) are students, both secondary and third level, and have partime jobs
The people who come up with training programmes, duties etc seen to assume that no one has anything to do outside work (full-time with regular hours) and RDF, just look at the fact that the PDF want RDF to cover duties in a number of barracks for a month (for which you WILL NOT receive security duty allowance)
You can see an employers point in not wanting to lose an employee for 1+ weeks each year and holidays
On an aside:
RDFRA has be seeking guarantees on civilian employment and unpaid leave but the DOD says its a matter for the Dept of Entreprise, but under current legislation, representative bodies (ie PDFORRA, RACO, RDFRA) can't talk to anyone outside DOD
No one seems to recognise that the vast majority of the lower ranks (ptes + cpls especially) are students, both secondary and third level, and have partime jobs
The people who come up with training programmes, duties etc seen to assume that no one has anything to do outside work (full-time with regular hours) and RDF, just look at the fact that the PDF want RDF to cover duties in a number of barracks for a month (for which you WILL NOT receive security duty allowance)
You can see an employers point in not wanting to lose an employee for 1+ weeks each year and holidays
On an aside:
RDFRA has be seeking guarantees on civilian employment and unpaid leave but the DOD says its a matter for the Dept of Entreprise, but under current legislation, representative bodies (ie PDFORRA, RACO, RDFRA) can't talk to anyone outside DOD
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