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Va. bills that offer job help for vets, spouses advance [View all]
http://hamptonroads.com/2014/01/va-bills-offer-job-help-vets-spouses-advanceVa. bills that offer job help for vets, spouses advance
By Philip Walzer
The Virginian-Pilot
© January 26, 2014
Two bills championed by local state senators to provide job help for some veterans and their spouses are moving along in Richmond.
Sen. Frank Wagner, a Republican from Virginia Beach, sponsored SB516, which would clarify that private employers in Virginia may offer preferences in hiring and promotion to veterans with a “service-connected permanent and total disability” – or their spouses.
Noting the sacrifices made by military personnel and their families, Wagner said Friday: “Shouldn’t we grant them the same preferences that we grant other folks?”
It’s important to cover spouses, he said, because “in many cases the totally disabled veteran may not be able to work at all.”
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