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...
Annual VEVRAA Hiring Benchmark is 6.4 Percent
Today the 2018 Annual Vietnam Era Veterans’ Readjustment Assistance Act (VEVRAA) hiring benchmark was updated on the VEVRAA Benchmark Database. Effective on March 31, 2018, the new benchmark is 6.4%. Looking for prior national percentages? View a chart of the annual national percentage of veterans in the civilian labor force from prior years on Continue Reading...
VETS 4212 Reporting for Colleges and Universities – EEO Data Maintenance Insight
For over a decade, the VETS annual survey form had been revised to accommodate the changes in both the protected veteran categories and the EEO job classifications. Prior to the current VETS 4212 there was the VETS-100 survey form. VETS-100 addressed the protected veteran categories under 41 CFR Section 60-250 and the EEOC's nine (9) EEO-1 job Continue Reading...