Description:
Ensure your agency fully complies 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.
Duration:
1 day
Level:
Intermediate
Who Should Attend?
Anyone who adjudicates veterans' preference claims or performs delegated examining work.
Credits:
0.6 CEU'sLearning 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
No sessions scheduled
Other Recommended Courses:
- Calculating Service Computation Dates (STAF7602)
- Behavioral Job Interviewing to Hire the Best (STAF8012)
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
Veterans Preference and Reduction-In-Force
Summary
- Post-course Assessment