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The Veterans' Preference Act, enacted by the 78th United States Congress on June 27, 1944, is a landmark federal law that establishes and defines preferences and benefits for honorably discharged veterans in Federal employment. These preferences include considerations for service-connected disabilities, wartime service, and other qualifications.
From 5 U.S.C. § 2103: (a) For the purpose of this title, the excepted service consists of those civil service positions which are not in the competitive service or the Senior Executive Service. (b) As used in other Acts of the United States Congress, “unclassified civil service” or “unclassified service” means the “excepted service”.
Standard Form 50. Standard Form 50 (SF 50), officially titled Notification of Personnel Action, is a United States government form used to process various personnel actions for government employees. The form is very important for government employees: any errors in the form can affect eligibility for certain benefits (such as when an employee ...
The Vietnam Era Veterans' Readjustment Assistance Act of 1974 (or VEVRAA) is an act of the 93rd United States Congress signed into law by President Gerald Ford related to employment discrimination against Vietnam -era veterans, disabled veterans, and any other veterans who served active duty time in a war event that qualifies for a campaign badge.
District of Massachusetts reversed and remanded. U.S. Const. amend. XIV. Personnel Administrator of Massachusetts v. Feeney, 442 U.S. 256 (1979), was a case heard by the Supreme Court of the United States. The decision upheld the constitutionality of a state law, which granted a hiring preference to veterans over non-veterans.
The United States has compensated military veterans for service-related injuries since the Revolutionary War, with the current indemnity model established near the end of World War I. The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) began to provide disability benefits for post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in the 1980s after the diagnosis became ...
The Veterans' Access to Care through Choice, Accountability, and Transparency Act of 2014 (H.R. 3230; Pub. L. 113–146 (text) (PDF)), also known as the Veterans Choice Act, is a United States public law that is intended to address the ongoing Veterans Health Administration scandal of 2014. The law expanded the number of options veterans have ...
The Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act of 1994 (USERRA, Pub. L. 103–353, codified as amended at 38 U.S.C. §§ 4301 – 4335) was passed by U.S. Congress and signed into law by U.S. President Bill Clinton on October 13, 1994 to protect the civilian employment of active and reserve military personnel in the United States ...