MS SB2052

Permits private employers to adopt employment policies that give hiring and promotion preference to honorably discharged veterans.

Extends preference eligibility to spouses of service-connected disabled veterans unable to work due to disability, spouses of missing or captured service members, and unremarried surviving spouses of veterans or service members who died from service-related causes.

Defines "veteran" as a person who served in active military, naval, or air service and received an honorable discharge or later received an upgraded discharge under honorable conditions.

Establishes that veteran employment preferences are not violations of state or local equal employment opportunity laws.

Takes effect July 1, 2019.