An improved mobile phone app for Defence Connect has been launched. It allows personnel to view their pay, check and submit leave applications and expenses, see what benefits they are eligible for and tap into what is happening in regiments and sub-units. Individuals can also advertise their knowledge, skills and experience in their personal profile.… Read More
Standard Approach There is a standard approach across the single Services to bereavement leave, which is covered by the use of Compassionate leave, and is outlined in ‘Joint Service Publication (JSP) 760: Tri-Service Regulations for Leave and Other Types of Absence’. The authorisation and duration of compassionate leave rests with the individual’s Commanding Officer (CO),… Read More
In a word, yes. Introduction If a child cannot be brought up by their birth family, ‘civilian people’ looking to adopt can become their legal parents with the same rights and responsibilities – and this is no different for ‘military people’. SSAFA – an Armed Forces charity formerly known as the Soldiers, Sailors, Airmen and… Read More
In 2016-17, Service personnel had an average Individual Leave Allowance (ILA) entitlement of 50.3 days, similar to 51.2 days in 2015-16. Of this entitlement (2015-16 figures in brackets) (AFPRB, 2018, p.13): 40.1 days were used (42.5 days); 8.9 days were carried forward (7.7 days); 1.2 days were lost (1.1 days); and Some element of ILA… Read More
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