{"id":12348,"date":"2022-03-04T11:05:00","date_gmt":"2022-03-04T16:05:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/?post_type=press-releases&#038;p=12348"},"modified":"2022-03-08T11:06:55","modified_gmt":"2022-03-08T16:06:55","slug":"sen-ossoff-working-to-create-more-flexible-job-opportunities-for-military-spouses","status":"publish","type":"press-releases","link":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/press-releases\/sen-ossoff-working-to-create-more-flexible-job-opportunities-for-military-spouses\/","title":{"rendered":"Sen. Ossoff Working to Create More Flexible Job Opportunities for Military Spouses"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><em>Legislation would ease the job search for military spouses when families are relocated&nbsp;<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Washington, D.C.<\/strong>&nbsp;\u2013 U.S. Senator Jon Ossoff is working to create more flexible job opportunities for military spouses.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sen. Ossoff is working to pass the bipartisan&nbsp;<em>Military Spouse Licensing Relief Act<\/em>, which would require states to recognize the professional licenses of military spouses from other states when their family\u2019s duty station changes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In many cases under current law, military spouses whose work requires a professional license \u2013\u2013 like teachers, nurses, electricians, and lawyers \u2013\u2013 must obtain a new professional license every time they move to a new state.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cGeorgia military spouses need and deserve the flexibility to do their jobs and earn income while their families may move from time-to-time around the country. That\u2019s why I\u2019m working with colleagues from both parties to advance this bill,\u201d&nbsp;<strong>Sen. Ossoff said<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/ivmf.syracuse.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/MilitarySpouseEmploymentReportACC_03.20.18.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Institute for Veterans and Military Families<\/a>, 50% of military spouses work in a field that requires licensing.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For the 25,443 military spouses in Georgia, the&nbsp;<em>Military Spouse Licensing Relief Act<\/em>&nbsp;will ensure that their Georgia professional licenses are valid when they relocate to another state with their family.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.congress.gov\/117\/bills\/s1084\/BILLS-117s1084is.pdf\">Click here<\/a>&nbsp;to read the&nbsp;<em>Military Spouse Licensing Relief Act<\/em>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"># # #<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Legislation would ease the job search for military spouses when families are relocated&nbsp; Washington, D.C.&nbsp;\u2013 U.S. Senator Jon Ossoff is working to create more flexible job opportunities for military spouses. Sen. Ossoff is working to pass the bipartisan&nbsp;Military Spouse Licensing Relief Act, which would require states to recognize the professional licenses of military spouses from [&hellip;]<\/p>","protected":false},"author":57,"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12348","press-releases","type-press-releases","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/press_releases\/12348","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/press_releases"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/press-releases"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/57"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/press_releases\/12348\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12350,"href":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/press_releases\/12348\/revisions\/12350"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12348"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12348"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12348"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}