Should I expect financial compensation from my employer for getting and retaining a Civilian CAC?
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My employer (of 2 years) recently landed a contract with the Military. I'm in IT and our entire team is being required to get a CAC. I've had other clients do simple background checks on us, so at first I didn't think much of it, but I also had no idea what a CAC was before this. I'm now going through the online application and the process is seeming like something that is above and beyond a normal employee agreement. I'm understanding I'll have to submit finger prints and probably a drug test in this process as well. I don't have a good understanding of things I could do that would make me lose this CAC legally, probably things that typically my employer wouldn't care about (they do not care about drug tests at all), meaning that this causes another level of what I have to be careful about in my life. My employer is just acting like this is no big deal, a simple task to do to work on this client, but I am feeling a bit weird about it. Is it normal for employers in this situation to provide financial compensation to employees that need to get and retain a CAC for a new client? A little money would make me feel a bit better about it and at least show that my employer understands the seriousness of asking me to provide all this personal information to the government. Obviously, if I refuse, I'm likely to be fired as this contract is taking over our team. Am I over thinking the CAC process and does anyone have insight for me?
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