Veteran Status Post-Offer Solicitation
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ame: ____________________________________________________________________ Date:___________________
Wilmington University as a Government contractor is 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 veterans in employment:
(1) disabled veterans
(2) recently separated veterans
(3) active duty
wartime or campaign badge veterans
(4) Armed Forces service medal veterans
These classifications are defined as follows:
A “disabled veteran” is one of the following:
o a 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.
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rotected veterans may have additional rights under USERRA - the Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment
Rights Act. In particular, if you were absent from employment in order to perform service in the uniformed service, you
may be entitled to be reemployed by your employer in the position you would have obtained with reasonable certainty
if not for the absence due to service. For more information, call the U.S. Department of Labor's Veterans Employment
and Training Service (VETS), toll-free, at 1-866-4-USA-DOL.
As a government contractor subject to VEVRAA, we are required to submit a report to the United States Department of
Labor each year identifying the number of our employees belonging to each specified protected veteran category. If you
believe you belong to any of the categories of protected veterans listed above, please indicate by checking the
appropriate box below.
I BELONG TO THE FOLLOWING CLASSIFICATIONS OF PROTECTED VETERANS (CHOOSE ALL THAT APPLY):
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am not a protected veteran
Disabled veteran
Recently separated veteran
Active wartime or campaign badge veteran
Armed Forces service medal veteran
I am a protected veteran, but I choose not to self-identify the classification to which I belong
I decline to disclose my veteran status
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f you are a disabled veteran, it would assist us if you tell us whether there are accommodations we could make that
would enable you to perform the essential functions of the job, including special equipment, changes in the physical
layout of the job, changes in the way the job is customarily performed, provision of personal assistance services, or
other accommodations. This information will assist us in making reasonable accommodations for your disability.
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ubmission 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 consistent with the Vietnam Era Veterans' Readjustment
Assistance Act of 1974, as amended.
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he information you submit will be kept confidential, except that (i) supervisors and managers may be informed
regarding restrictions on the work or duties of disabled veterans, and regarding necessary accommodations; (ii) first aid
and safety personnel may be informed, when and to the extent appropriate, if you have a condition that might require
emergency treatment; and (iii) Government officials engaged in enforcing laws administered by the Office of Federal
Contract Compliance Programs, or enforcing the Americans with Disabilities Act, may be informed.