Plain English Breakdown
The source states employers 'may grant' preferences for spouses, indicating this is optional rather than mandatory.
Veterans' Preferences: Eligible Spouses
This law adds active duty service members to the list of people who must be ranked first on job eligibility lists and allows employers to give hiring preferences or test credits to eligible spouses.
What This Bill Does
- Requires that active duty service members who pass an entrance exam be placed in the top rank of the resulting eligibility list, just like veterans and their families currently are.
- Allows authorizing employers to choose whether to grant a preference in hiring and promotion to eligible spouses of military-connected individuals.
- Authorizes eligible spouses of active duty service members, widows or widowers of veterans, and spouses of 100% disabled veterans to receive credit points on selection tests related to hiring and promotions.
Who It Names or Affects
- Active duty service members taking state civil service exams
- Eligible spouses of active duty service members, widows or widowers of veterans, and spouses of 100% disabled veterans
- State employers who hire for competitive jobs
Terms To Know
- Veterans' preference
- A rule that gives extra points or a higher rank to people with military service when applying for state government jobs.
- Eligibility list
- The ranked list of applicants who passed an exam and are being considered for a job opening.
Limits and Unknowns
- Employers may choose to give the preference, but they do not have to.
- The official source text does not include an effective date or specify when this law will start.