Bill Re-Introduced to Protect Postal Employees Vets Preference
From Army Times:
The new chairman of the House veterans’ economic opportunity subcommittee wants to make certain that veterans working for the federal government do not lose their veterans’ preference as a result of downsizing.
Rep. Stephanie Herseth, D-S.D., said a bill she introduced Tuesday, HR 728, “would ensure the application of veterans’ preference protections to federal and postal employees who are the unfortunate victims of downsizing actions that threaten to unfairly and involuntarily reassign them to locations far from their homes.”
It would do this by closing a loophole that allows employers to force some veterans to either accept involuntary reassignments or be fired for refusing. It would guarantee that veterans’ preference would apply in instances of reorganizations and transfers within an agency
Related Link: Herseth Introduces Bill to Stop Postal Service Circumvention of Veterans’ Preference Laws (8/1/06)
