August 08, 2024
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Category: Compliance Reporting and Recordkeeping

2024 VETS-4212 Filing Season Underway, Submission Deadline Is September 30

The Labor Department’s Veterans’ Employment and Training Service (DOL-VETS) has opened the filing system for the VETS-4212 Report. The submission deadline is September 30, 2024. The VETS-4212 form provides a workforce snapshot by protected veteran status, as well as the number of protected veteran new hires for the preceding 12-month period. Federal contractors and subcontractors are required to file it...
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August 06, 2024
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Category: Compliance Tools

CWC’s Updated Template for Mandatory ESDS Notifications Under VEVRAA

CWC has updated a template that can assist its federal contractor members in meeting their employment service delivery system (ESDS) notice requirements. CWC’s members can use the updated template to satisfy the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs’ (OFCCP) ESDS notice obligations under the Vietnam Era Veterans’ Readjustment Assistance Act (VEVRAA) requirements codified at 41 CFR § 60-300.5(a)(4). That rule...
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June 12, 2024
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Category: Compliance Reporting and Recordkeeping

OMB Approves Use of Current Version of VETS-4212 for Another Three Years

The White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB) has approved the Labor Department’s request to continue using the current version of the Federal Contractor Veterans’ Employment Report (VETS-4212) through the 2026 filing season. The VETS-4212 is a mandatory annual report that covered federal contractors must file with DOL’s Veterans’ Employment and Training Service (DOL-VETS). The VETS-4212 is designed to collect...
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April 18, 2024
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Category: Comment Letter

CWC Comments to OMB Support DOL’s Request To Extend the VETS-4212, Without Change

The Center for Workplace Compliance (CWC), our affiliated nonprofit membership association, has filed comments with OMB supporting a request from the Labor Department’s Veterans’ Employment and Training Service (DOL-VETS) to extend the Federal Contractor Veterans’ Employment Report (VETS-4212) for three more years. Approval from the White House Office of Management and Budget, which is expected soon, is the final step...
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April 02, 2024
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Category: Affirmative Action and Diversity

OFCCP Resets Annual Vets Hiring Benchmark at 5.2%, Down 0.2% From 2023

The Department of Labor’s Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) has updated its annual Vets Hiring Benchmark to 5.2%. The annual benchmark represents the national percentage of veterans in the civilian labor force. Most federal contractors use it to measure whether their hiring of protected veterans complies with OFCCP’s affirmative action regulations under the Vietnam Era Veterans’ Readjustment Assistance...
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March 25, 2024
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Category: Compliance Reporting and Recordkeeping

DOL Formally Asks OMB To Extend VETS-4212 Form for Three More Years, Without Change

The Labor Department’s Veterans’ Employment and Training Service (DOL-VETS) has formally requested permission from the White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to continue using the current version of the VETS-4212 form for another three years. The Center for Workplace Compliance (CWC), our affiliated nonprofit membership association, supports DOL-VETS’ request. Covered federal contractors must file a VETS-4212 form annually...
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February 07, 2024
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Category: Veterans

Labor Department Now Accepting Applications for 2024 “HIRE Vets Medallion Awards”

The U.S. Department of Labor’s Veterans’ Employment and Training Service (DOL-VETS) is accepting applications for its 2024 HIRE Vets Medallion Award, an honor given annually around Veterans Day to employers that have shown commitment to hiring and retaining military veterans. Several CWC members have received the award since the program began in 2019. Employers who wish to be considered for...
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January 31, 2024
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Category: Compliance Reporting and Recordkeeping

CWC Comments to DOL Support Extension of VETS-4212 Report, Without Change

The Center for Workplace Compliance (CWC) supports the three-year extension of the Federal Contractor Veterans’ Employment Report (VETS-4212) proposed by the U.S. Labor Department’s Veterans’ Employment and Training Service (DOL-VETS). Covered federal contractors must file the VETS-4212 report annually with DOL-VETS. It provides a snapshot of a contractor’s workforce broken down by protected veteran status, location, and job category. Contractors...
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December 12, 2023
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Category: Compliance Reporting and Recordkeeping

DOL Seeking Routine Three-Year Extension of Current VETS-4212 Report

The Department of Labor’s Veterans Employment and Training Service (DOL-VETS) announced November 28, 2023, that it will ask the White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to allow it to keep using the current version of the Federal Contractor Veterans’ Employment Report (VETS-4212) for three more years. Covered federal contractors must file the report with VETS annually. Public comments...
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December 06, 2023
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Category: Data and Statistics

FY 2022 USERRA Discrimination Complaints Up 17% Over Previous Year

Enforcement statistics released recently by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Veterans’ Employment and Training Service (DOL-VETS) show that discrimination complaints filed with the agency under the Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act (USERRA) for fiscal year (FY) 2022 increased by 17 percent over FY 2021, reversing a decade-long downward trend. USERRA protects the employment and reemployment rights of employees...
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