Bill Text: MI HB5418 | 2013-2014 | 97th Legislature | Enrolled

Michigan House Bill 5418 (Prior Session Legislation)

Bill Title: Labor; employment preference; voluntary veterans' preference; allow for private businesses. Creates new act.

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 7-3)

Status: (Passed) 2014-12-31 - Assigned Pa 508'14 With Immediate Effect 2014 Addenda [HB5418 Detail]

Download: Michigan-2013-HB5418-Enrolled.html

STATE OF MICHIGAN

97TH LEGISLATURE

REGULAR SESSION OF 2014

Introduced by Reps. Knezek, Graves, Santana, Darany, Faris, Hobbs, MacMaster, Brunner, Smiley and Schmidt

ENROLLED HOUSE BILL No. 5418

AN ACT to authorize private employers to adopt and apply a veterans’ preference employment policy.

The People of the State of Michigan enact:

Sec. 1. (1) This act shall be known and may be cited as the “private employer’s veterans’ preference policy act”.

(2) As used in this act:

(a) “Private employer” means a sole proprietor, corporation, partnership, limited liability company, or other private entity with 1 or more employees.

(b) “Veteran” means an individual who meets 1 or more of the following:

(i) Has served on active duty with the armed forces of the United States for a period of more than 180 days and was discharged or released from active duty with other than a dishonorable discharge.

(ii) Was discharged or released from active duty with the armed forces of the United States because of a service‑connected disability.

(iii) Was discharged or released from duty with other than a dishonorable discharge from service as a member of a reserve or national guard component of the armed forces of the United States under an order to active duty, excluding active duty for training.

(c) “Veterans’ preference employment policy” means a private employer’s voluntary preference for hiring, promoting, or retaining a veteran over another equally qualified applicant or employee.

Sec. 2. (1) A private employer may adopt and apply a voluntary veterans’ preference employment policy.

(2) A veterans’ preference employment policy shall be in writing and shall be applied uniformly to employment decisions regarding the hiring or promotion of veterans or the retention of veterans during a reduction in the workforce.

This act is ordered to take immediate effect.

Clerk of the House of Representatives

Secretary of the Senate

Approved

Governor