Employment Archives

March 7, 2018/

When Federal Employees Need Legal Representation- Part 3

MSPB – Prohibited Personnel Practices – https://www.mspb.gov/ The Merit Systems Protection Board protects federal employees from “Prohibited Personnel Practices.” This includes protecting employees from wrongful termination, nepotism, whistleblowing, misclassification, political activity, etc.. The MSPB also administers the Uniformed Service Employment and Reemployment Rights Act of 1994 (USERRA https://www.mspb.gov/mspbsearch/viewdocs.aspx?docnumber=367903&version=368536&application=HTML) which protects non-career uniformed service members by […]

January 7, 2018/

Most Veterans Doing Slightly Better Financially Than Civilians

By Debbie Gregory. While many veterans are a bit ahead of their civilian counterparts when it comes to money, they still struggle with credit card debt and timely mortgage payments. The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority Foundation’s recent study included more than 3,000 veterans and 23,000 non-veterans. There are approximately 22 million military U.S. veterans in […]

November 23, 2017/

Calling All Retired Pilots

By Debbie Gregory. Retired pilots- the Air Force wants you…again! To that end, the service branch has initiated the Voluntary Retired Return to Active Duty Program (VRRAD) for pilots under the age of 60 in the rank of captain, major or lieutenant colonel, who retired within the last five years. Pilots who held a job […]

October 9, 2017/

Veterans’ Preference Hiring Program

By Debbie Gregory. Veterans’ Preference gives those who are disabled, served on active duty in the Armed Forces during certain specified time periods or in military campaigns preference over others in hiring for virtually all federal government jobs for veterans. While veterans’ preference does not guarantee jobs for military veterans, it does show our nation’s […]

October 8, 2017/

GI Bill for On-the-job Training

By Debbie Gregory. When separating from their military service, there are many newly-minted veterans who aren’t desirous of attending a traditional college or university to cash in on their veteran school benefits. A better fitting veteran education option for them might be on-the-job (OJT) training or an apprenticeship program. Both OJT and apprenticeship programs are […]

September 29, 2017/

MilitaryConnection.com and VAMBOA Hit Record Numbers on Social Media

Gregory Media CEO Debbie Gregory is proud to announce that MilitaryConnection.com and its sister organization VAMBOA, the Veterans and Military Business Owners Association, achieved new records on social media, surpassing 1.2 million combined fans and followers. This growth in social media is also having a positive impact and generating increased traffic on the websites. MilitaryConnection.com, […]

September 12, 2017/

Veterans Can Be Trained For High Tech Jobs with New Federal Program

By Debbie Gregory. While the post-9/11 GI Bill provides funding for veterans to pursue traditional education programs, technological advancements have resulted in high tech jobs for military, high tech jobs for veterans, military high tech jobs and veteran high tech jobs. These are great jobs that veterans interested in technology careers can and should fill. […]

August 25, 2017/

New Type of Soldier Needs a Renewed Veteran Support Program

By Michael Kotick We are in the longest standing war in our nation’s history where post-9/11 service members engage in multiple deployments in short succession, making the modern tour of duty as unique as the attention these individuals need upon their return civilian life. For many, this is the toughest fight. Orange County has the […]

August 13, 2017/

Report Finds Young Veterans More Successful Than Their Civilian Peers

By Debbie Gregory. There has been a lot of discussion about why veterans are great employees, why the companies who hire veterans are more successful, and why they also make great entrepreneurs. Now a new study released by The Graduate Center at the City University of New York Young has found the young veterans are […]

August 2, 2017/

Veteran Wins $170,000 Judgement Over USERRA Violations

By Debbie Gregory. A former Jamestown, NY police officer has been awarded a settlement of $170,000 in damages from the city after a judge found he was discriminated against by the police department because of spending time away from the force due to his service in the Army Reserve. Timothy Wright was deployed to Iraq […]