Move part of a package of measures to boost the TA
The government is considering new laws to stop companies discriminating against potential recruits who say they are members of the Territorial Army, the Ministry of Defence confirmed this morning.
The move is part of a package of measures to boost the TA to be announced by defence secretary Philip Hammond later this week.
Other measures could be two weeks' paid 'reserve leave' for TA soldiers employed in the public sector.
Further proposals understood to be under consideration are compensation for businesses when employees are on operations and a kite mark to show that companies support the TA.
