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Short title. This Act may be cited as the Veterans Preference in Private Employment Act. (Source: P.A. 99-152, eff. 1-1-16.)
Illinois · statute · 330 ILCS 56 · 6 active provisions
Short title. This Act may be cited as the Veterans Preference in Private Employment Act. (Source: P.A. 99-152, eff. 1-1-16.)
Purpose. The General Assembly intends to establish a permissive preference in private employment for certain veterans. (Source: P.A. 99-152, eff. 1-1-16.)
Definitions. As used in this Act: "Armed forces of the United States" means the United States Army, Marine Corps, Navy, Air Force, and Coast Guard, or the reserve component of any of those, and includes the Illinois National Guard. "Private employer" means any non-public sole proprietor, corporation, partnership, limit…
Veterans' preference employment policy. A private employer may adopt and apply a voluntary veterans' preference employment policy if: (1) the veterans' preference employment policy is in writing; (2) the veterans' preference employment policy is publicly posted by the private employer at the place of employment or on a…
Verification of eligibility. A private employer who maintains a veterans' preference employment policy pursuant to Section 15 of this Act may require and rely on an applicant's or employee's Department of Defense DD214/DD215 forms or their predecessor or successor forms, an applicant's or employee's NGB-22 discharge fo…
(Amendatory provisions; text omitted). (Source: P.A. 99-152, eff. 1-1-16; text omitted.)