Alabama

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Alabama: New Hiring Preferences for Veterans and Their Spouses

Effective January 1, 2027, HB 307 allows private employers to voluntarily adopt hiring and promotion preference policies for veterans, spouses of veterans, and spouses of active-duty service members. An active-duty service member is defined as on active duty as a member of the National Guard or a reserve or active component of the Armed Forces of the United States. A veteran is an individual who has ever served in the National Guard or a reserve or active component of the Armed Forces of the United States and has been honorable discharged. All preferential policies must be in writing and uniformly applied.

 

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