HR6960-119

What This Bill Does

The Thomas M. Conway Veterans Access to Resources in the Workplace Act creates a workplace posting requirement for veterans benefits. Covered employers are employers engaged in commerce with at least 50 employees for each working day during 20 or more calendar workweeks in the current or preceding year, including public agencies, GAO, and the Library of Congress. One year after enactment, each covered employer must post, where employee and applicant notices are customarily posted, a State-specific veterans benefits notice. Within 270 days, the Secretary of Labor, acting through the Veterans' Employment and Training Service and coordinating with VA in consultation with the Veterans Experience Office, must develop and publish a notice for each State. States get 45 days to provide State-law veterans benefit information. DOL and VA must review and update notices at least twice each year, make them public on both department websites, format them for 8.5 by 11 inch paper, and run a 180-day campaign to inform employers of the notice and posting requirement. Notices must include the Veterans Crisis Line, benefit-application information, and State benefits when provided.

Who Benefits and How

Veteran employees and veteran job applicants benefit because benefits information, crisis-line access, and application instructions would appear at worksites where employment notices are already posted. State veterans agencies benefit because their State-law benefit information can be included in a federally maintained workplace notice. DOL VETS and VA benefit from a standardized outreach channel for veterans resources.

Who Bears the Burden and How

Covered employers must comply by posting and keeping notices in conspicuous workplace locations, updating posted versions when DOL revises the notice, and managing compliance across premises. DOL VETS staff must develop 50-State and territory-specific notices, run the 180-day employer campaign, maintain website copies, and review notices twice each year. VA staff and the Veterans Experience Office must coordinate content and updates. State agencies must provide benefit information during the 45-day window or risk omission from the notice.

Key Provisions

• Requires covered employers with at least 50 employees to post State-specific veterans benefits notices.
• Directs DOL VETS, with VA coordination, to develop notices within 270 days.
• Requires notices to include the Veterans Crisis Line, benefit-application information, and State veterans benefits when provided.
• Requires DOL and VA to publish notices online and review them at least twice each year.
• Requires a 180-day employer information campaign and delays the posting mandate for one year.