Capstone Mechanical is a
Government contractor subject to the Vietnam Era Veterans' Readjustment
Assistance Act of 1974, as amended by the Jobs for Veterans Act of 2002, 38
U.S.C. 4212 (VEVRAA), 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.
These classifications are defined as follows:
·
A “disabled veteran” is one
of the following:
o 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
Veterans Affairs; or
o a person who was discharged or released from active duty
because of a service-connected disability.
·
A “recently separated
veteran” means 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.
·
An “active duty wartime or
campaign badge veteran” means a veteran who served on active duty 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.
·
An “Armed forces service
medal veteran” means 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 service medal was awarded pursuant
to Executive Order 12985.
Submission of this information is
voluntary and refusal to provide it will not subject you to any adverse
treatment. The information provided will be used only in ways that are not
inconsistent with the Vietnam Era Veterans' Readjustment Assistance Act of
1974, as amended.
If you believe you belong to any
of the categories of protected veterans listed above, please indicate by
checking the appropriate box below. As a Government contractor subject to
VEVRAA, we request this information in order to
measure the effectiveness of the outreach and positive recruitment efforts we
undertake pursuant to VEVRAA.