OFCCP Week In Review: June 15, 2015

by | Jun 15, 2015 | Week In Review (WIR)

The “OFCCP Week in Review” is a simple, fast and direct summary of relevant happenings in the OFCCP regulatory environment published every Monday. Here are this week’s developments:
John C. Fox and Candee Chambers

June 11, 2015: OFCCP and VETS agree on data collected during self-identification of Protected Veterans. Many federal contractors have expressed concern about the Protected Veteran Self-Identification process in light of the release of the new VETS-4212 report. Tracking Recently Separated Veterans has been confusing since that category only applies to individuals released from active duty within the last three years. Employers were unsure if they should request discharge date to remove these employees from Protected Veteran status once the three-year period had passed.

OFCCP and VETS agreed last week that employers do not need to ask the category of Protected Veteran into which the individual falls or track when the Recently Separated Veterans should be removed from Protected Veteran status within the employer’s HRIS.

This now confirms that employers can use the same pre-offer and post-offer self-identification forms for Protected Veterans with only the traditional ‘yes/no/decline to answer’ options.

THIS COLUMN IS MEANT TO ASSIST IN A GENERAL UNDERSTANDING OF THE CURRENT LAW AND PRACTICE RELATING TO OFCCP. IT IS NOT TO BE REGARDED AS LEGAL ADVICE. COMPANIES OR INDIVIDUALS WITH PARTICULAR QUESTIONS SHOULD SEEK ADVICE OF COUNSEL.

Reminder: If you have specific OFCCP compliance questions and/or concerns or wish to offer suggestions about future topics for the OFCCP Week In Review, please contact your membership representative at 866-268-6206 (for DE members), or send me an email at candee@directemployers.org with your ideas.

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