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U.S. Department of Labor Publishes Rules To Improve Employment Of People With Disabilities And Veterans

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Today’s post was shared by Gelman on Workplace Injuries and comes from www.dol.gov. As the firm highlighted on Facebook the other day, private companies like Starbucks are starting to see the value of investing in veterans as employees. So I am glad to see the federal government also implement some rules towards those goals. Happy Veterans Day!

The U.S. Department of Labor today announced that the Federal Register published two final rules to improve hiring and employment of veterans and for people with disabilities. The rules were first announced Aug. 27, 2013, and more information is available at http://www.dol.gov/opa/media/press/ofccp/OFCCP20131578.htm.

The rules will become effective March 24, 2014, and federal contractors will be required to comply with most of the final rule’s requirements by that date. However, some contractors may have additional time to comply with the requirements in subpart C, which relates to affirmative action plans. Contractors with affirmative action plans in place on March 24 may maintain them until the end of their plan year and delay their compliance with the final rule’s affirmative action plan requirements until the start of their next plan cycle.

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