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2020 Tennessee Code
Title 50 - Employer and Employee
Chapter 1 - Employment Relationship and Practices
Part 1 - Hiring Practices
§ 50-1-107. Veterans Preference
Universal Citation: TN Code § 50-1-107 (2020)
- A private employer may adopt an employment policy that gives preference in hiring to:
- An honorably discharged veteran;
- The spouse of a veteran with a service-connected disability;
- The unremarried widow or widower of a veteran who died of a service-connected disability; or
- The unremarried widow or widower of a member of the United States armed forces who died in the line of duty.
- A private employer adopting a veterans preference shall have the policy in writing and may require submission of a certificate of release or discharge from active duty, department of defense form 214 (DD 214), as proof of eligibility for the veterans preference employment policy.
- A policy adopted pursuant to subsection (a) must be applied uniformly to employment decisions regarding hiring and promotion.
- The preferences authorized by this section are not considered violations of any state or local equal employment opportunity law.
- Nothing in this section requires a private employer to provide a preference in hiring to any of the persons listed in subsection (a).
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