Implementation and Progress of the Help Through Industry Retraining and Employment Program (HIRE)

Help Through Industry Retraining and Employment Program (HIRE) was announced by the Secretary of Labor in January 1977 as a program primarily to assist disabled veterans and Vietnam-era veterans obtain employment. HIRE has two segments a reimbursable activity for qualifying firms that wish to be compensated for extraordinary training costs incurred in training eligible persons and a voluntary activity for firms that are willing to employ eligible individuals without reimbursement.