Berkshire Can Help with Non-Discrimination

While some compliance requirements for federal contractors have changed, the Vietnam Era Veterans’ Readjustment Assistance Act (VEVRAA) remains in place and creates compliance obligations for federal contractors related to protected veterans. This includes a requirement to complete a nondiscrimination plan for protected veterans, which is comprised of data analyses, comparison of the contractor’s veteran hiring rates to national benchmarks, and other actions like completing targeted outreach and reviewing physical and mental job qualification standards.

Who Does this Apply To?

Under VEVRAA, a business with a federal contract of $150,000 or more is required to treat qualified individuals without discrimination based on their status as a protected veteran in all employment practices, and to take affirmative action to employ and advance in employment protected veterans. Government contractors who have at least 50 employees and a federal contract of $150,000 or more are required to also create a protected veterans nondiscrimination plan. 

How Can Berkshire Help?

Berkshire’s experienced consultants will work with you every step of the way to complete your protected veteran nondiscrimination plan. We will review the required data elements with you, and once your organization provides the necessary data, we will complete a thorough data-scrubbing process and resolve all data errors and inconsistencies with your assistance. We will review your job titles to ensure proper classification in EEO-1 categories, and work with you to customize template narratives to accurately reflect the efforts your company is making in this area. Once the plan is completed, your consultant will walk through the results and recommended action items on a review call to ensure your team understands the results of the data analyses, the required compliance elements, and recommend next steps.

Reports and narratives will be delivered through Berkshire’s proprietary service delivery portal, the Berkshire Client Portal. This portal empowers you to easily view and interpret your results, securely exchange files with your dedicated consultant, and seamlessly download and share reports based on each AAP.