U.S. Senator Claire McCaskill has announced a hearing to examine the progress
made by government contractors in the hiring of military veterans. Under federal
law, contractors and subcontractors are required to take steps to promote
opportunities for qualified veterans, and this hearing of the Subcommittee on
Contracting Oversight (SOCO) will review whether these requirements are
improving hiring and employment of veterans.
“If you’re getting government contracts,
especially through the Department of Defense, you need to be taking steps to
make sure that military veterans are well represented in your employee
workforce,” said McCaskill. “It’s the law and it’s just good business.”
The hearing, which takes place on Tuesday, June
5, will bring representatives from Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America,
VetJobs, Missouri-based The Mission Continues, and two large government
contractors together to discuss hiring practices and how they can be improved.
In preparation for the hearing, McCaskill’s
subcommittee released a Veterans Fact Sheet detailing data that had been
provided by government contractors to the Department of Labor about veterans
hiring practices. The fact sheet shows that much of the data collected by the
Department of Labor is incomplete or inaccurate.
Senator McCaskill has been an outspoken
advocate for military veterans since coming to the Senate in 2006, and was a
founding member of The Veterans Jobs Caucus.
She was as a leading advocate for the Vow to Hire Veterans
Act, and has repeatedly rallied support for additional care for veterans returning from
combat duty.
A link to the Veterans Fact Sheet is available
HERE.
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