The MOD has held a workshop where representatives from major companies were encouraged to share their thoughts on a range of subjects that affect their businesses and the reservists they employ.

The delegates discussed subjects including how to minimise the impact that reservists’ mobilisation and deployment has on employers, developing mutual trust through rewards and incentives for employers, developing mutual trust through skills development, and openness and preventing disadvantage to reservists in the workplace.

The workshop was part of the Future Reserves 2020 Consultation which aims to consider what changes are required to the Reserve Forces in order to generate and sustain the numbers and capabilities we need from them to meet our defence requirements.

Those being urged to give us their views on the proposed changes to the Reserve Forces are the reservists themselves, their families, regular Armed Forces personnel, employers and anyone else with an interest in reservists.

The MOD aims to strengthen Defence’s relationship with the employers of reservists in order to maintain a dialogue between all three parties – the employer, the reservist and Defence.

The Future Reserves 2020 Consultation closed on Friday.

  • Diary dates - Monday, Wrens Association meets at 13.30hrs at The CVs Building, 19 Sunbridge Road, Bradford; Royal British Legion, Thornton Branch, meets at 19.45hrs at Thornton Conservative Club. Tuesday, January 29, Yorkshire Volunteers Association meets at 19.30hrs at Keighley Drill Hall; Royal British Legion, Bradford Central Branch, meets at 13.00hrs at Unit 16, Listerhills Science Park.
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