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Tennessee Code Title 50. Employer and Employee § 50-1-107

Current as of January 02, 2024 | Updated by Findlaw Staff

(a) A private employer may adopt an employment policy that gives preference in hiring to:

(1) An honorably discharged veteran;

(2) The spouse of a veteran with a service-connected disability;

(3) The unremarried widow or widower of a veteran who died of a service-connected disability; or

(4) The unremarried widow or widower of a member of the United States armed forces who died in the line of duty.

(b) 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.

(c) A policy adopted pursuant to subsection (a) must be applied uniformly to employment decisions regarding hiring and promotion.

(d) The preferences authorized by this section are not considered violations of any state or local equal employment opportunity law.

(e) 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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