COs must confirm that the invitation for applicants to self-identify as protected veterans under VEVRAA is voluntary. The contractor must not use an applicant’s refusal to self-identify to subject the applicant to any adverse treatment.

What makes you a protected veteran?

– Active Duty Wartime or Campaign Badge Veteran means a veteran who served on active duty in the U.S. military, ground, naval or air service during a war or in a campaign or expedition for which a campaign badge has been authorized under the laws administered by the Department of Defense.

What’s the difference between a veteran and a protected veteran?

A recently separated veteran is a protected veteran when they separate from the military/stop serving on active duty and for three years afterward. This three year period begins on the date of discharge/release from active duty.

What does I am not a protected veteran mean on a job application?

Under VEVRAA, a veteran may be classified as a ”disabled veteran,” ”recently separated veteran,” ”active duty wartime or campaign badge veteran,” or ”Armed Forces service medal veteran. If you answered “no” to any of the questions, you may not be considered a protected veteran.

Can I identify as a veteran?

If you wish to identify yourself as a person with a disability or a Protected Veteran, please complete the Voluntary Self-Identification of Disability or the Self-Identification of Veteran Status for Employees form and return the form in person or by email to the Equal Opportunity Office.

Is it bad to identify as a protected veteran?

Not a bad outcome. Employers must make their workplaces open to Department of Labor inspectors to ensure compliance with VEVRAA. If a veteran feels he or she has been discriminated against despite VEVRAA, they can file a claim with the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP).

Why do employers ask if you are a protected veteran?

This requirement is to ensure that companies doing business with the government are not discriminating against veterans or protected veterans and that they’re taking active steps to recruit and hire them. Many companies who aren’t federal contractors are still serious about hiring veterans.

Does being a protected veteran help get a job?

Rights under the Protected Veterans Status: “As a protected veteran under Section 4212, you have the right to work in an environment free of discrimination. You cannot be denied employment, harassed, demoted, terminated, paid less or treated less favorably because of your veteran status.

Is veteran status a protected class?

California Governor Jerry Brown (D) has signed an amendment to the California Fair Employment and Housing Act (“FEHA”), Cal. Civ. Code § 12920 et seq., to include military or veteran status as a class protected from employment discrimination.

Is a Gulf War veteran a protected veteran?

For VA benefits eligibility purposes, the Gulf War period is still in effect. For example, the Veterans Pension benefit requires service during a wartime period. Therefore, any Veteran who served on active military service for any period from August 2, 1990, to the present meets the wartime service requirement.

What does it mean to be a non veteran?

: a person who is not a former member of the armed forces: someone who is not a military veteran But he has pledged to shrink the size of government, which would affect veterans and nonveterans alike.— Lisa Rein.

What does protected veteran declines to self identify mean?

If you refuse to self-identify as a veteran belonging to one or more of the categories of veterans, your refusal will have no bearing on your application and will not subject you to any adverse treatment.

What is veteran self identification status?

Voluntary Self-Identification of “Protected” Veteran Status VEVRAA requires Government contractors to take affirmative action to employ and advance in employment protected veterans.

Can an employer ask if you are a veteran?

3. May an employer ask if an applicant is a “disabled veteran” if it is seeking to hire someone with a disability? Yes. Although employers generally may not ask for medical information from applicants prior to making a job offer, they may do so for affirmative action purposes.

Does a veteran have to be retired?

The layman’s definition of a veteran means to do something for a long time; however, for the armed forces, these two things mean different things. All people retired from the military are veterans, but not all veterans are military retirees.