United States Department of Labor sent this bulletin at 06/15/2016 04:00 PM EDT
2016 Annual VEVRAA Hiring Benchmark is 6.9 Percent
OFCCP
has published the 2016 Annual Vietnam Era Veterans’ Readjustment Assistance Act
(VEVRAA) Benchmark on its Web site based on data released by the Bureau of
Labor Statistics (BLS) on March 4, 2016.The benchmark – 6.9 percent – is effective as of that BLS release
date.
Contractors
who adopted the previous year’s national benchmark of 7 percent after March 4,
2016, but prior to this announcement may keep their benchmark at 7 percent.Going forward, the effective date for the
Annual VEVRAA Benchmark will match the date that BLS publishes the data from
which OFCCP calculates the Annual VEVRAA Benchmark – around the beginning of
March.
National and state information has also been
updated in the VEVRAA Benchmark Database for federal contractors and
subcontractors who calculate an individualized hiring benchmark using the
five-factor method. The VEVRAA Benchmark Database is available athttps://ofccp.dol-esa.gov/errd/VEVRAA.jsp.