Pre-Offer Invitation to Self-Identify Protected Veteran Status
This employer is a government contractor subject to the Vietnam Era Veterans' Readjustment Assistance Act of 1974, as amended (Section 4212), which requires government contractors to take affirmative action to employ and advance in employment: (1) disabled veterans; (2) recently separated veterans; (3) active duty wartime or campaign badge veterans; and (4) Armed Forces service medal veterans.
Our affirmative action policy prohibits discrimination and requires us to take affirmative action to employ and advance in employment qualified protected veterans at all levels of employment. The below invitation is made pursuant to this policy.
Disclosure of this information is voluntary and refusing to provide it will not subject you to any adverse treatment. The information will be used only in ways that are consistent with Section 4212. The information you submit will be kept confidential, except that (i) supervisors and managers may be informed regarding restrictions on the work or duties of disabled veterans, and regarding necessary accommodations; (ii) first aid and safety personnel may be informed, when and to the extent appropriate, if you have a condition that might require emergency treatment; and
(iii) government officials engaged in enforcing laws administered by the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs, or enforcing the Americans with Disabilities Act, may be informed.
INVITATION TO SELF-IDENTIFY PLEASE ANSWER THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS
Do you identify as one (or more) of the following protected veteran categories? Please check the appropriate box below.
Disabled Veteran: (i) a veteran of the U.S. military, ground, naval, or air service who is entitled to compensation (or who but for the receipt of military retired pay would be entitled to compensation) under laws administered by the Secretary of Veteran Affairs; or (ii) a person who was discharged or released from active duty because of a service-connected disability.
Recently Separated Veteran: any veteran during the three-year period beginning on the date of such veteran's discharge or release from active duty in the U.S. military, ground, naval, or air service.
Armed Forces Service Medal Veteran: a veteran who, while serving on active duty in the U.S. military, ground, naval, or air service, participated in a United States military operation for which an Armed Forces medal was awarded pursuant to Executive Order 12985.
Active Duty Wartime or Campaign Badge Veteran: a veteran who served 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.