Filing Period for VETS-100A Report to Begin on August 1; VETS Releases Information on Previous Filers

The filing for the VETS-100A report is scheduled to begin on August 1 and end on September 30.  The Department of Labor’s Veterans Employment and Training Service (VETS) has frequently experienced problems with the system used to file the VETS-100A report, and thus there is no guarantee as to when the reporting period for 2014 will open or close.  In light of OFCCP’s expanded interest in issues concerning veterans, it will be important for federal contractors and subcontractors to properly file the VETS-100A report this year.  One of the mistakes that some companies continue to make is to file the VETS-100 report rather than the VETS-100A report.  The VETS-100 report uses veteran categories found in older versions of the federal regulations for veterans.  It would be difficult to find a company that continues to be covered by these older regulations, and thus any company that has filed a VETS-100 report in the past should file a VETS-100A report this year.  The site to file the VETS-100A report can be found at http://www.dol.gov/vets/vets-100.html.

Something new this year on the VETS site is a file that contains information on all companies that filed the VETS-100 or VETS-100A report during 2013.  That file can be found as a link under the heading "Filing Information".  It is interesting to note that it appears a surprisingly large number of companies still file the VETS-100 report rather than the VETS-100A report.