What protections does the ADA provide to veterans with disabilities? The guide also provides information on laws and regulations that employers may find helpful if they want to make recruiting and hiring veterans with disabilities a priority.ฤก. This guide describes how the ADA applies to recruiting, hiring, and accommodating veterans with disabilities, and briefly explains how protections for veterans with disabilities differ under USERRA and the ADA. USERRA has requirements for reemploying veterans with and without service-connected disabilities and is enforced by the U.
Any veteran with a disability who meets the ADA's definition is covered, regardless of whether the disability is service-connected. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), prohibits private and state and local government employers with 15 or more employees from discriminating against individuals on the basis of disability. Title I of the ADA, which is enforced by the U.S. Two of those laws-Title I of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and the Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act (USERRA)-protect veterans from employment discrimination. There are several federal laws that provide important protections for veterans with disabilities who are looking for jobs or are already in the workplace. Other veterans leave service due to injuries or conditions that are not considered service-connected. Common injuries incurred by these veterans include missing limbs, burns, spinal cord injuries, post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), hearing loss, traumatic brain injuries, and other impairments. About 41 percent of Gulf-War-era II (post 9/11) veterans report having a service-connected disability, as compared to about 25 percent of all veterans. Recent veterans report high rates of service-connected disabilities (i.e., disabilities that were incurred in, or aggravated during, military service).
Each year, thousands of military personnel stationed around the world leave active duty and return to jobs they held before entering the service, or begin the search for new jobs.