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Disabilities: Injured Vets Return from the Field; Hints for Hiring Workers with Service-Related Disabilities
May 2012
As the U.S. continues to draw down its forces in Iraq and Afghanistan, more and more veterans are coming home and looking for jobs. Unfortunately, more than 25 percent of recent veterans return with service-related disabilities. . . . more

Discrimination: Worker Sues for Military Service Discrimination; Can a Supervisor Be Held Personally Liable?
February 2012
When you think of employment discrimination, you probably think of protected traits like gender, race, disabilities, age, or religion, among others. But the country's involvement in two hot wars over the past decade has put another type of discrimination on the radar screen: discrimination based on military service. . . . more

Featured Resource: FMLA Leave for Military Family Members
February 2012
The federal Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) provides eligible employees 12 weeks of unpaid leave for "qualifying exigencies" that arise because a spouse, son, daughter, or parent is on active duty in the military or has been notified of an impending call or order to active duty. . . . more

Bulletin: New initiatives aimed at hiring of veterans, applicants with disabilities
September 2008
The U.S. Department of Labor's Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) has unveiled two initiatives aimed at promoting the hiring of veterans and protecting the rights of applicants wit . . . more

Disabled Veterans: EEOC Provides Guidance for Employers on Hiring and Reemploying Veterans with Service-Connected Disabilities
June 2008
As more military personnel return from Iraq and Afghanistan, many of them injured, employers have to grapple with the laws and protections that pertain to disabled veterans in the workplace. The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) recently released a question . . . more

Veterans: Jobs for Veterans Act Takes Effect This Year; What the Changes Mean to Federal Contractors
June 2003
It's time for federal contractors and subcontractors to prepare for changes that will affect their employment practices with respect to veterans. Late last year, President Bush signed into law the Jobs for Veterans Act (JVA), which makes significant . . . more

Requirements For Hiring Veterans: Change For Federal Contractors
January 1999
Besides issuing new guidelines for audits of federal contractors (see related story, January 1999), the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) has been busy revising its regula . . . more

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