The U.S. Department of Labor Veterans’ Employment and Training Service (VETS) and Office of Federal Contractor Compliance Programs (OFCCP) has supported affirmative actions to employ and advance in employment, “covered veterans” since 2008.
As legislatively mandated, contractors and subcontractors who enter into, or modify a contract or subcontract with the federal government (federal contract or subcontract of $100,000 or more), are required to report annually on their affirmative action efforts in employing veterans. Federal contractors and subcontractors must list most employment openings. Listing jobs with the State workforce agency job bank or with the local employment service delivery system where the opening occurs will satisfy the requirement.
The final rule revises the VETS-100A Report and renames it the VETS-4212 Report.
The VETS-100 Report will no longer be used. The VETS-4212 Report requires contractors to report specified information on protected veterans in their workforce in the aggregate, rather than for each category of veterans protected under the statute, reducing the required reporting elements by almost half, from 82 to 42. Under VEVRAA, the term “protected veterans” includes: disabled veterans, veterans who served on active duty during a war or campaign for which a campaign badge was authorized, veterans who were awarded an Armed Forces Service Medal and recently separated veterans.
