• Drusas@kbin.run
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    2 months ago

    American employment applications typically ask if you are a veteran. Also if you are disabled. It helps them check boxes to prove that they don’t discriminate. Not sure what other benefits they get, but possibly something when it comes to veterans.

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      2 months ago

      I BELIEVE you can gain certain tax breaks if you can prove that a certain percentage of your workforce is veterans or disabled people.

      At the very least, I’m OK with it. Leveraging my autism diagnosis has gotten me a few positions in the past from employers wanting to tick those EEOC boxes.

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        2 months ago

        Yeah, I never checked it as a disabled person. I don’t trust employers.

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          I was on disability for a while. I no longer qualify, but the box often says if you are or were disabled. I still don’t check it. Like you, I don’t trust them.