Ensure your personnel actions fully comply with all current and applicable veterans' preference laws, rules, and regulations. Understand who meets the definition of veteran; who is entitled to preference in employment in the competitive and excepted services; and the circumstances under which veterans' preference applies, including competitive appointments, noncompetitive appointments, and merit promotion.
Anyone who adjudicates veterans' preference claims or performs delegated examining work.
Learning Outcomes:
Know the circumstances when Veterans' Preference applies
Identify the types of veterans' preference, including veteran, spouse, widow/widower, and mother
Correctly adjudicate veterans' preference claims
Apply veterans' preference to competitive and excepted service appointments
Apply special appointing authorities for veterans in the following: Veterans' Recruitment Appointments (VRA); 30 Percent or More Disabled Veterans; Disabled veterans enrolled in a VA training program; and Veterans Employment Opportunity Act of 1998
Outline:
Day One
Introduction
Pre-course Assessment
Definitions and History of Veterans' Preference
Applicable Laws, Rules, and Regulations
Types of veterans' preference
Adjudicating veterans' preference claims
Veterans' Preference in the Competitive and Excepted Services
Applying veterans' preference
Special Appointing Authorities and Entitlements for Veterans
