The 2022 Annual Vietnam Era Veterans’ Readjustment Assistance Act (VEVRAA) national hiring benchmark was recently updated on the VEVRAA Hiring Benchmark Database. Effective March 31, 2022, the current national benchmark is 5.5%.
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 June 15, 2016, the U.S. Department of Labor's Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) published its 2016 Annual Vietnam Era Veterans' Readjustment Assistance Act (VEVRAA) annual hiring benchmark for the employment of protected veterans by federal contractors and subcontractors. OFCCP’s annual benchmark is one of two types of benchmarks available to federal contractors [...]