The Vietnam Era Veterans’ Readjustment Assistance Act (VEVRAA) annual national hiring benchmark was recently updated. Effective March 31st, 2023, the new benchmark is 5.4% veterans. This benchmark is down from 5.5% last year.
The VEVRAA Benchmark for hiring protected veterans, set by the OFCCP for federal government contractors, has dropped for the sixth year in a row. The OFCCP has lowered the benchmark from 5.9% to 5.7% which applies to affirmative action plan years starting on or after March 31, 2020. The benchmark is based on the national [...]
On August 7th, the OFCCP and Veteran’s Employment and Training Service (VETS) hosted a Town Hall aiming to expand outreach to the veteran community and discuss compliance matters specifically relating to the Vietnam Era Veterans Readjustment Act (VEVRAA) and Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act (USERRA). During the Town Hall, OFCCP Director Craig Leen [...]
The OFCCP published new Compliance Assistance Guides to ensure that federal contractors “have assistance tools to understand and comply with the law.” The new compliance assistance resources include OFCCP At A Glance to provide an overview of the work the agency does, guidelines on What Federal Contractors Can Expect interacting with the OFCCP, a Posting [...]
The OFCCP will be hosting a town hall meeting in partnership with the Department of Labor’s Veterans’ Employment and Training Service (VETS). The town hall will focus on the following regulations concerning veterans: Vietnam Era Veterans’ Readjustment Assistance Act (VEVRAA) and The Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act (USERRA). The town hall will take [...]