Stacy Bannerman, author of When War Comes Home, has been in Washington, D.C. recently, lobbying Congress to pass a national military family leave act.

“The legislation would require employers to provide an unpaid leave of 15 working days for the immediate family of a military person who has been mobilized for active duty for at least 180 days and who would be serving a hazardous duty role.”

While I did not care for Stacy’s book because I thought it focused too much on the hardships of deployment and offered little to no hope for those going through deployment, I do have to agree with her on this effort.

I have heard too many times now of women who have had no cooperation from their employers for time off before their husbands have deployed, or no time off when their husbands come home for R&R or are home for good. Women have had to make the choice sometimes of quitting their jobs in order to have that time with their husbands and in today’s economy, that may not be the best choice for some families.

Here’s the article – what are your thoughts?

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