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Department of Labor Announces Annual HIRE Vets Award Cycle

DCI Consulting on 2/21/2025

On February 13, 2025, the Department of Labor announced the opening of the HIRE Vets Medallion Award cycle. This award is the only federal award recognizing employers for investing in recruiting, employing and retaining...more

10 Reasons to Hire Veterans

Mitratech Holdings, Inc on 11/14/2024

Veterans Day is an ideal time to recognize the value and contributions veterans bring to the workforce. Veterans possess a wide range of skills, disciplines, and perspectives that can benefit any organization and industry. ...more

OFCCP Encourages Contractors to Use Apprenticeship Programs to Hire Veterans

Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,... on 8/7/2024

On July 31, 2024, the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) released new guidance encouraging federal contractors to implement apprenticeship programs to “attract and retain” United States military veterans...more

New Veterans’ Hiring Benchmark Takes Effect: Federal Contractor Agency Makes a Nominal Decrease for 2024

Fisher Phillips on 4/2/2024

The agency that oversees affirmative action obligations for federal contractors just released its 2024 Vietnam Era Veterans’ Readjustment Assistance Act (VEVRAA) hiring benchmark. Effective March 31, the new benchmark is...more

OFCCP Releases Updated Annual Veteran Hiring Benchmark

Jackson Lewis P.C. on 3/29/2024

Effective March 31, 2024, the VEVRAA hiring benchmark will be 5.2%. The new benchmark is 0.2% lower than the previous benchmark of 5.4% and continues the Agency’s trend of reducing the benchmark each year. Since it’s...more

Just In: Federal Contractor Agency Slightly Decreases Veterans’ Hiring Benchmark for 2023

Fisher Phillips on 4/5/2023

The agency that oversees affirmative action obligations for federal contractors just released its 2023 Vietnam Era Veterans’ Readjustment Assistance Act (VEVRAA) hiring benchmark. Effective March 31, the new benchmark is...more

OFCCP Updates Vietnam Era Veterans’ Readjustment Assistance Act Hiring Benchmark

Jackson Lewis P.C. on 4/3/2023

OFCCP has once again updated the Vietnam Era Veterans’ Readjustment Assistance Act (VEVRAA) hiring benchmark. Effective March 31, 2023, the new veteran hiring benchmark (the percentage of total hires who are protected...more

Veteran hiring benchmark drops

Constangy, Brooks, Smith & Prophete, LLP on 4/3/2023

Expectations lowered yet again. The Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs announced that the new annual hiring benchmark for protected veterans is 5.4 percent. Effective March 31, the benchmark dropped from 5.5...more

Construction Contractors Seeking to Take Advantage of Infrastructure Bill: Beware of Federal Compliance Obligations

FordHarrison on 6/3/2022

Construction contractors are scrambling to secure contracts funded by the $1 trillion Infrastructure Bill signed by President Biden on November 15, 2021. Although lucrative, those contracts come with extensive obligations and...more

New Veteran Hiring Benchmark Released

Jackson Lewis P.C. on 4/13/2022

As it has done annually since its inception, OFCCP has released a new veteran hiring benchmark. Effective March 31, 2022 the new veteran hiring benchmark (the percentage of total hires who are protected veterans that the...more

OFCCP Releases 2022 VEVRAA Hiring Benchmark

Proskauer - Government Contractor Compliance... on 4/7/2022

The Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (“OFCCP”) has released its 2022 Vietnam Era Veterans’ Readjustment Assistance Act (“VEVRAA”) benchmark. Effective March 31, 2022, the new benchmark is 5.5%, a slight decrease...more

OFCCP Publishes Slightly Lower VEVRAA Hiring Benchmark for 2022

Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,... on 4/6/2022

The Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) has released its 2022 Vietnam Era Veterans’ Readjustment Assistance Act (VEVRAA) hiring benchmark. The new benchmark, effective March 31, 2022, is 5.5 percent, a...more

[Webinar] One Year into the Biden Administration: Trends in Federal Contractor Audits - January 11th, 9:00 am PT

Mitratech Holdings, Inc on 1/4/2022

January 2021 marked the inauguration of President Biden as well as the appointment of Jenny Yang as the Director of the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Program. This webinar session will cover trends seen by OFCCP...more

Down the Rabbit Hole: A Trip through the OFCCP’s New Contractor Portal

Littler on 12/15/2021

On December 2, 2021 the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) issued an announcement introducing its new contractor portal. OFCCP describes the portal as a “platform where covered contractors must certify...more

For the Seventh Year in a Row, OFCCP Lowers VEVRAA Hiring Benchmark

Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,... on 4/2/2021

On March 30, 2021, the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) announced that the Vietnam Era Veterans’ Readjustment Assistance Act of 1974 (VEVRAA) hiring benchmark for 2021 would be 5.6 percent. This is a 0.1...more

OFCCP Announces 2021 Annual Veteran Hiring Benchmark

Polsinelli on 4/1/2021

On March 30, 2021, the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) announced that it was lowering the Vietnam Era Veterans’ Readjustment Assistance Act (VEVRAA) hiring benchmark again this year. Effective March...more

OFCCP Releases Annual Veteran Hiring Benchmark

Jackson Lewis P.C. on 3/31/2021

OFCCP has updated the annual veteran benchmark for 2021. The new benchmark is now set at 5.6%. This is down 0.1% from last year’s mark of 5.7%. The OFCCP relies on the annual national percentage of veterans in the civilian...more

OFCCP Starts Scheduling VEVRAA Focused Reviews

Jackson Lewis P.C. on 8/5/2020

As anticipated OFCCP has started scheduling VEVRAA Focused Reviews, the Agency announced today via e-mail. The announcement highlighted a number of VEVRAA resources available for contractors, including:...more

Ten Highlights of OFCCP Director Craig Leen’s Comments at NILG Webinar July 6, 2020

Polsinelli on 7/17/2020

Craig Leen, Director of the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) at the U.S. Department of Labor spoke on Monday, July 6, 2020 to lead off the National Industry Liaison Group’s 2020 Virtual Conference....more

OFCCP Releases FAQ Guidance on VEVRAA Focused Reviews

Polsinelli on 5/14/2020

The first round of VEVRAA focused reviews is on the horizon. Last year, OFCCP released its scheduling list identifying the federal contractors who were selected for focused reviews of their compliance with the Vietnam Era...more

OFCCP Posts Guidance On Upcoming Veteran Focused Reviews

Jackson Lewis P.C. on 5/1/2020

As anticipated, but with little fanfare, OFCCP has published a VEVRAA Focused Review landing page. Much like the page it created for Section 503 Individuals with Disabilities Focused Reviews, the Agency’s veterans technical...more

OFCCP Lowers Veteran Hiring Benchmark Again

Proskauer - Government Contractor Compliance... on 4/20/2020

The Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (“OFCCP”) has released its 2020 Vietnam Era Veterans’ Readjustment Assistance Act (“VEVRAA”) benchmark. Effective March 31, 2020, the new benchmark is 5.7%, a slight decrease...more

Another Year, Another Reduced Veteran Hiring Benchmark

Jackson Lewis P.C. on 4/20/2020

Under 41 CFR 60-300.45, OFCCP must publish the “national percentage of veterans in the civilian labor force” for contractors to use as a “hiring benchmark.” OFCCP’s initial veteran hiring benchmark (in 2014) was 7.2% . ...more

VEVRAA Hiring Benchmark Reduced . . . Again

Constangy, Brooks, Smith & Prophete, LLP on 4/20/2020

OFCCP updates annual hiring benchmark for protected veterans. The Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs has posted the new hiring benchmark for protected veterans, which is 5.7 percent effective March 31, 2020...more

Veterans Day: Going Beyond Giving a Day Off

Littler on 11/7/2019

The tradition of annually recognizing the courage and contribution of our veterans dates back to November 11, 1919, the first anniversary of the end of World War I. November 11th became a national holiday in 1938; employers...more

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