§ 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 § 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.
History
This law was first created in 2014. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 740 of that year’s edition of “Acts of Assembly,” the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year.
2014, c. 740.