Oversight Hearings on Employment Programs for Veterans and Veterans' Preference in Federal Employment: Hearing Before the Subcommittee in Education, Training, and Employment of the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, House of Representatives, Ninety-sixth Congress, Second Session, August 21 and 26, 1980 |
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Page 188 - Persons honorably discharged from the military or naval service by reason of disability resulting from wounds or sickness incurred in the line of duty, shall be preferred for appointments to civil offices, provided they are found to possess the business capacity necessary for the proper discharge of the duties of such offices.
Page 211 - PREFERENCE SEC. 712. Nothing contained in this title shall be construed to repeal or modify any Federal, State, territorial, or local law creating special rights or preference for veterans.
Page 190 - Provided, That in the event of reductions being made in the force in any of the executive departments no honorably discharged soldier or sailor whose record in said department is rated good shall be discharged or dropped, or reduced in rank or salary.
Page 171 - Under current law, more than 1 5 million men and women who served honorably in the armed forces of the United States are entitled to priority in Wagner-Peyser funded employment services. The Commission recommends reducing the population of eligible veterans to those who are disabled or who have barriers to employment, but limits all other veterans to those separated within four years.
Page 190 - That hereafter in making appointments to clerical and other positions in the executive branch of the Government in the District of Columbia or elsewhere preference shall be given to honorably discharged soldiers, sailors, and marines, and widows of such, and to the wives of injured soldiers, sailors, and marines, who themselves are not qualified, but whose wives are qualified, to hold such positions: Provided further.
Page 183 - ... them being exposed to personal danger and hardships. It was felt that the readjustment to civilian life would be difficult for many, that those who remained at home had acquired a tremendous head start financially over the serviceman and that, therefore, some assistance should be given to the veterans In readjusting and regaining lost ground. Veterans' preference in the Civil Service Is only one phase of the total program.
Page 150 - Such notice shall state the contractor's obligation under the law to take affirmative action to employ and advance in employment qualified disabled veterans and veterans of the Vietnam era for employment, and the rights of applicants and employees.
Page 183 - ... Preference Act of 1944 was debated, Congressman Starnes of Alabama, in urging adoption of the bill, commented in part as follows (Evelyn H. Tager, Veterans ' Preference in the Federal Civil Service (Washington, DC : Library of Commerce, February 10, 1983), CRS-12): ...The biggest problem in the post-war is providing jobs for able-bodied American citizens who have served in the Armed Forces -- jobs by which they can support themselves and their families, jobs which will permit them to retain their...
Page 206 - Task Force on Family Law and Policy of the Citizens Advisory Council on Status of Women, notes that: Military service benefits, especially for the young with limited education or training, accompany the responsibility. Since October 1966, some 246,000 young men who did not meet the normal mental or physical requirements, have been given opportunities for training and correcting physical problems, while such opportunities are not open to their sisters.
Page 56 - Form 100 (EEO-1) promulgated jointly by the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs and the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission...