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7 LONG TITLE
8 General Description:
9 This bill provides that private employers who provide a veterans preference may extend
10 that preference to the spouses of veterans.
11 Highlighted Provisions:
12 This bill:
13 ▸ allows private employers to extend veterans preference to spouses of veterans.
14 Money Appropriated in this Bill:
15 None
16 Other Special Clauses:
17 None
18 Utah Code Sections Affected:
19 AMENDS:
20 34-50-103, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2016, Chapter 230
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22 Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Utah:
23 Section 1. Section 34-50-103 is amended to read:
24 34-50-103. Voluntary veterans preference employment policy -- Private
25 employment -- Antidiscrimination requirements.
26 (1) A private sector employer may create a veterans employment preference policy that
27 may also apply to a veteran's spouse.
28 (2) The veterans employment preference policy shall be:
29 (a) in writing; and
30 (b) applied uniformly to employment decisions regarding hiring, promotion, or
31 retention including during a reduction in force.
32 (3) A private employer may require a veteran to submit a discharge document form to
33 be eligible for the preference. If the applicant is the spouse of a veteran, the employer may
34 require that the spouse submit the veteran's discharge document.
35 (4) A private employer's veterans employment preference policy shall be publicly
36 posted by the employer at the place of employment or on the Internet if the employer has a
37 website or uses the Internet to advertise employment opportunities.