The Labor Department is under scrutiny this month by a House subcommittee. The Education and the Workforce subcommittee on Workforce Protections is looking at the Labor Department rules that set the target goals for the number of vets and people with disabilities hired by government contractors. The quotas will only instigate expensive litigation, argued Rep. Tim Walberg (R-Mich.). But regulation backers argue that the regulations will support vets and others to become gainfully employed.<\/p>\n
The veteran unemployment rate for those who served post-Sept. 11, 2001 is significantly higher than for civilians. There is also a \u201csubstantial disparity,\u201d advocates say, between the unemployment rate for individuals with disabilities and the unemployment rate for individuals without disabilities. Advocates for veterans also say that vets have earned the quota support.<\/p>\n
According to Joe Sharpe, the director of the American Legion\u2019s economic division, employers who put an emphasis on hiring veterans when possible are doing their own (more…)<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The Labor Department is under scrutiny this month by a House subcommittee. The Education and the Workforce subcommittee on Workforce Protections is looking at the Labor Department rules that set the target goals for the number of vets and people…<\/span><\/p>\n