Fact Sheet: Presidential Memorandum Supporting Veterans’ Employment and Reemployment Across the Federal Workforce
President
Obama has made helping veterans find civilian employment and
reintegrate into our nation’s workforce and economy a top priority. In
November 2011, the President signed into law the Returning Heroes Tax
Credit, which provides businesses that hire unemployed veterans with a
credit of up to $5,600 per veteran, and the Wounded Warriors Tax Credit,
which offers businesses that hire veterans with service-connected
disabilities a credit of up to $9,600 per veteran. The First Lady and
Dr. Biden’s Joining Forces Initiative has helped 90,000 veterans and
military spouses find jobs. And we have developed online tools to help
connect veterans to employers
The
federal government has led efforts to recruit and retain individuals
who have served our country in the armed forces. In Executive Order
13518, the President established the Veterans Employment Initiative to
bolster recruitment and retention of veterans in the federal workforce.
This initiative has been extraordinarily successful, ushering in
200,000 new veteran hires and at least 25,000 new Reservists to the
federal workforce. Veterans comprise more than one-fourth (27.3% in
FY2011) of the federal workforce, the highest share in 15 years. Our
service members, their families, and our country all benefit from
veterans’ talents, experience, and dedication.
For more information please click this link
https://www.whitehouse.gov/
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