The U.S. Department of Labor’s Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) has released revised rules under the Vietnam Era Veterans’ Readjustment Assistance Act of 1974 (VEVRAA), implementing changes to the nondiscrimination and affirmative action requirements of federal contractors and subcontractors. The revisions were required by the 2002 Jobs for Veterans Act, which, among other things, changed the way federal contractors must list employment openings.
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The new rules permit covered federal contractors to satisfy the mandatory job listing requirement by listing openings with the appropriate state workforce agency job bank or local employment delivery system. To assist with the transmission of listings, the rules permit contractors to use third parties, such as private or nonprofit sector job banks, Internet gateway and portal sites, and recruiting services and directories.
The new rules go into effect on Sept. 7, 2007, and apply to contractors with a government contract of $100,000 or more entered into or modified on or after Dec. 1, 2003. (Note that contracts aren’t aggregated to reach the threshold dollar level.) Contractors with a government contract of $25,000 or more entered into prior to Dec. 1, 2003, remain subject to the existing VEVRAA regulations.
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