When should Federal contractors covered by the Jobs for Veterans Act (JVA) regulations begin inviting applicants to self-identify using the new categories of protected veterans?
Contractors covered by the Part 60-300 rule should begin using the new categories of protected veterans in their invitations to self-identify as soon as possible. OFCCP understands that many contractors have already taken significant steps to develop and implement new data systems for extending to all applicants an invitation to self-identify as a veteran who may be covered under the JVA. However, some contractors have delayed implementation in anticipation of the issuance of the Veterans’ Employment and Training Service (VETS) final rule implementing the JVA amendments to the reporting requirements under VEVRAA. On May 19, 2008, VETS published its final rule (41 CFR Part 61-300). Although the general effective date of this rule is June 18, 2008, VETS has extended the effective date of the rule’s reporting requirements. The extension requires contractors to begin collecting and maintaining the data prescribed by the new VETS regulations at the close of the 2008 reporting cycle, and to
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