Mapping T5UVETT to revised 2014 VETS Reporting OFCCP

Question

With the 2014 VETS reporting changes, the OFCCP released the following revised identification options:
1)        1)-Disabled veteran
2)        2)-Recently separated veteran
3)        3)-Active wartime or campaign badge veteran
4)        4)-Armed Forces service medal veteran
5)        5)-I am a protected veteran, but I choose not to self-identify the classifications to which I belong.
6)        6)-I am NOT a protected veteran.
7)        7)-I don't wish to answer
We’ve applied SAP’s notes 1922035, 1971178, 1976932, 1995948 and 1995949.  Once these are all applied, the following are in T5UVET/T5UVETT:
V1           Non Veteran
V2           Special Disabled Veteran
V3           Vietnam Era Veteran
V4           Other Protected Veteran
V5           Recently Separated Veteran
V6           Armed Forces Service Medal Veteran
V7           Disabled Veteran
V8           Not a Protected Veteran
V9           Prefers Not to Answer
My question is – how are OFCCP options #3 (Active wartime…) and #5 (Protected veteran, choose not to self-identify…) accounted for in SAP’s configuration? According to OFCCP, “Active wartime or campaign badge veteran” replaces “Other Protected Veteran”. So are customers changing the V4 text to match OFCCP? If so, what is being used for option #5?
The detail in the SAP notes do not clarify these questions, as far as I can tell.
Thanks!

Answer 1

Hi Shyla,
I heard back from SAP - they said they were waiting on additional direction from the OFCCP before making additional programming changes to their software.
My HR staff needed to go forward with the changes, and they needed SAP's options to match OFCCP's form. So I recycled the VETS3 field to point to the "Veteran, no self-identify" option. And then we copied the VETS-100A report and adjusted the logic to pull in the VETS3 field. We are doing a full census of all existing employees, so we were okay with this approach for now.
I'm not sure that I recommend this approach, since it won't follow SAP's logic. But we couldn't wait any longer and wanted our system to match the OFCCP form requirements. Yes, try another message with SAP - maybe they will rethink the approach with more visibility.