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4212 – Federal Contractor Reporting of Veteran Employment
This dataset contains required veteran employment data by federal contractors/subcontractors, who are required to report annually the number of employees in their workforces who are veterans covered under VEVRAA.
The U.S. Department of Labor's Veterans' Employment and Training Service (VETS) and Office of Federal Contractor Compliance Programs (OFCCP) have supported actions to employ and advance the employment of covered veterans since 2008. As legislatively mandated under 38 U.S. Code Section 4212, codified at 41 CFR 61-300, contractors and subcontractors who enter into, or modify a contract or subcontract with the federal government, and whose contract meets the criteria set forth in the above legislation / regulations, are required to report annually on their affirmative action efforts in employing veterans. Data reported through form VETS-4212 is used by OFCCP in compliance evaluations.
Data are updated weekly (every Friday at 11PM ET).
Complete Metadata
| @type | dcat:Dataset |
|---|---|
| accessLevel | restricted public |
| accrualPeriodicity | R/P1W |
| bureauCode |
[
"000:00"
]
|
| contactPoint |
{
"fn": "DOL-VETS-Compliance",
"@type": "vcard:Contact",
"hasEmail": "mailto:vetscompliance@dol.gov"
}
|
| describedBy | https://www.dol.gov/sites/dolgov/files/VETS/files/VETS-4212-rev-2025.pdf |
| describedByType | application/pdf |
| description | This dataset contains required veteran employment data by federal contractors/subcontractors, who are required to report annually the number of employees in their workforces who are veterans covered under VEVRAA. The U.S. Department of Labor's Veterans' Employment and Training Service (VETS) and Office of Federal Contractor Compliance Programs (OFCCP) have supported actions to employ and advance the employment of covered veterans since 2008. As legislatively mandated under 38 U.S. Code Section 4212, codified at 41 CFR 61-300, contractors and subcontractors who enter into, or modify a contract or subcontract with the federal government, and whose contract meets the criteria set forth in the above legislation / regulations, are required to report annually on their affirmative action efforts in employing veterans. Data reported through form VETS-4212 is used by OFCCP in compliance evaluations. Data are updated weekly (every Friday at 11PM ET). |
| identifier | VETS-29-012:043-361 |
| keyword |
[
"4212",
"Compliance",
"VETS",
"VETS Office of National Program",
"VEVRAA",
"federal contractors",
"number of new employees",
"number of new hires",
"protected veterans",
"subcontractors",
"veterans"
]
|
| language |
[
"en-US"
]
|
| modified | 2025-12-19T17:31:20.154Z |
| programCode |
[
"000:000"
]
|
| publisher |
{
"name": "Office of the Chief Information Officer",
"@type": "org:Organization",
"subOrganizationOf": {
"name": "Office of the Chief Information Officer",
"@type": "org:Organization"
}
}
|
| references |
[
"https://www.dol.gov/sites/dolgov/files/VETS/files/VETS-4212-rev-2023.pdf"
]
|
| rights | This data includes personally identifiable information |
| spatial | Street Address of Federal Contractor's Parent Company and Hiring Location |
| title | 4212 – Federal Contractor Reporting of Veteran Employment |
