Section 2C. The commissioner shall develop a comprehensive program to enhance employment opportunities and outcomes among veterans by assisting businesses to attract, hire, train and retain veterans. The program shall promote strategies for connecting employers to qualified veterans and shall include: (i) a workforce assessment and training program for participating employers; and (ii) a certification and assessment process for participating employers to set measurable goals for hiring, training and retaining veterans. The commissioner shall engage with interested stakeholders and organizations that provide services to veterans in the development of the program.
Structure Massachusetts General Laws
Part I - Administration of the Government
Chapter 115 - Veterans' Benefits
Section 2 - Powers and Duties of Commissioner of Veterans' Services
Section 2a - Enforcement of Decisions Relative to Benefits
Section 2b - Veterans Employment Opportunities Commission
Section 2c - Program to Enhance Employment Opportunities and Outcomes Among Veterans
Section 3 - Appointment of Veterans' Agents; Powers and Duties
Section 3a - Use of Photostatic Copies of Discharge Papers of Veterans
Section 4 - Applications for Veterans' Benefits
Section 5a - Lien Upon Real Estate of Certain Recipients of Veterans' Benefits
Section 6 - Reimbursement of Cities and Towns for Veterans' Benefits
Section 6a - Annuities to Certain Veterans; Veteran Defined for Secs. 6a to 6c
Section 6b - Annuities for Blind, Paraplegic or Disabled Veterans
Section 6c - Annuities to Certain Veterans; Proof of Service and Disability
Section 7 - Veterans' Burial Agent; Appointment; Powers and Duties
Section 8 - Payment and Reimbursement of Burial Expenses; Certificate
Section 9 - Care of Graves of Veterans
Section 13 - Duties of Departments of Veterans' Services
Section 15 - Municipal Departments of Veterans' Services; Audit of Accounts of Districts