2015 Code of Virginia
Title 40.1 - Labor and Employment
§ 40.1-27.2. Preference for veterans and spouses
A. As used in this section, unless the context requires a different meaning:
"Disabled veteran" means a veteran who has been found by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs or by the retirement board of one of the several branches of the armed forces to have a compensable service-connected permanent and total disability.
"Veteran" has the same meaning ascribed to such term in ยง 2.2-2903.
B. An employer may grant preference in hiring and promotion to a veteran or the spouse of a disabled veteran.
C. Granting preference under subsection B does not violate any local or state equal employment opportunity law.
2014, c. 740.
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