Effective March 31, 2021, the national percentage of veterans in the civilian labor force, as published on the OFCCP website, is now 5.6% (down from 5.7% last year). If your organization adopts the national percentage as the annual protected veteran benchmark, and your AAP start date is on or after March 31, you should use the new 5.6% Continue Reading...
DOL-VETS Seeking Input on VETS-4212 Report
The Department of Labor’s Veterans’ Employment and Training Service (DOL-VETS) is currently seeking to extend approval for the current VETS-4212 form for another three years and is soliciting public comment regarding whether and to what extent the agency should make any changes to the current form. Note that the agency itself is not proposing any Continue Reading...
OFCCP Lowers Veteran Hiring Benchmark to 5.7% Effective 03/31/2020
Effective March 31, 2020, the national percentage of veterans in the civilian labor force, as published on the OFCCP website, is now 5.7%. If your organization adopts the national percentage as the annual protected veteran benchmark, and your AAP start date is on or after March 31, you should use the 5.7% figure. Although the Continue Reading...
OFCCP Proposes to Collect Detailed Applicant- and Employee-Level Transaction and Compensation Data in 503 and VEVRAA Focused Reviews
Yesterday OFCCP Director Craig Leen and ODEP Deputy Assistant Secretary Jennifer Sheehy participated in a National Industry Liaison Group (NILG) webinar entitled, “OFCCP and ODEP: Section 503 Compliance & Focused Reviews.” The presentation provided a road map of sorts for what OFCCP will be looking for in upcoming 503 (disability) focused Continue Reading...
HIRE Vets Medallion Program
The OFCCP has just announced important details related to the U.S. Department of Labor's new HIRE Vets Medallion Award. Created by legislation signed by President Trump in 2017, the HIRE Vets Medallion Award is the only federal veterans’ employment award that recognizes small, medium, and large employers' commitment to veteran hiring, retention, Continue Reading...
