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May 2016
May 26 – Governor Bel Edwards signed a law allowing private employers to give hiring preferences to veterans and certain family members
On May 26, 2016, Governor Bel Edwards signed a law allowing private employers to give hiring preferences to the following:
- an honorably discharged veteran
- the spouse of a veteran with a service-connected disability
- the unremarried widow or widower of a veteran who died of a service-connected disability
- the unremarried widow of a member of the U.S. Armed Forces who died in the line of duty under combat-related conditions
The law goes into effect on August 1, 2016.
For more information, read Louisiana Senate Bill 72.
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