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Tracking Veteran Status

Learn how to track veteran status for your employees with Patriot HR.

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If your business is a government contractor subject to the Vietnam Era Veterans Readjustment Assistance Act (VEVRAA), you may be required to track and report the veteran status of your employees on form VETS-4212. For more information, check out our article, “Are You Keeping up With Your VETS Reporting Responsibilities?”

If you have Patriot’s HR Software add-on, you can track employee Veteran Status on the employee record.


How to Track Employee Veteran Status

  1. Go to Payroll > Employee List > {Employee Name} >Employee Profile tab.

  2. Click Edit on the Employee Info section.

  3. Add the Veterans status of the employee.

  4. Click “Save.”

  5. You will be able to run a demographics report that will provide you with the data you need to enter on the VETS-4212 report each year. Check out our Employee Demographics Report help article for more information.

💡 If the employee has registered for their employee portal, they can self-identify their veteran status on their Personal Info page and this will automatically show in their record. Employees are asked, but not required, to indicate whether they are a protected veteran.

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