{"data":{"id":"us-ar/ark.-code-ann.-11-15-103","jurisdiction":"us-ar","citation":"Ark. Code Ann. § 11-15-103","heading":"Voluntary veterans' preference employment policy - Private employment - Local government employment","body":"(a) (1) A private employer or local government employer may have a voluntary veterans' preference employment policy. (2) The veterans' preference employment policy: (A) Shall be in writing; (B) Shall be applied uniformly to employment decisions regarding the hiring, promotion, or retention during a reduction in force; and (C) May be modeled after § 21-3-302(d) -(g) and § 21-3-303 et seq. (b) A veteran, spouse of a disabled veteran, or surviving spouse of a veteran shall submit a DD 214 of the veteran to a private employer or local government employer with a veterans' preference employment policy to be eligible for the preference. Added by Act 2013, No. 598,§ 1, eff. 8/16/2013.\n\n(a) (1) A private employer or local government employer may have a voluntary veterans' preference employment policy. (2) The veterans' preference employment policy: (A) Shall be in writing; (B) Shall be applied uniformly to employment decisions regarding the hiring, promotion, or retention during a reduction in force; and (C) May be modeled after § 21-3-302(d) -(g) and § 21-3-303 et seq.\n\n(1) A private employer or local government employer may have a voluntary veterans' preference employment policy.\n\n(2) The veterans' preference employment policy: (A) Shall be in writing; (B) Shall be applied uniformly to employment decisions regarding the hiring, promotion, or retention during a reduction in force; and (C) May be modeled after § 21-3-302(d) -(g) and § 21-3-303 et seq.\n\n(A) Shall be in writing;\n\n(B) Shall be applied uniformly to employment decisions regarding the hiring, promotion, or retention during a reduction in force; and\n\n(C) May be modeled after § 21-3-302(d) -(g) and § 21-3-303 et seq.\n\n(b) A veteran, spouse of a disabled veteran, or surviving spouse of a veteran shall submit a DD 214 of the veteran to a private employer or local government employer with a veterans' preference employment policy to be eligible for the preference.","path":["AR Code","Title 11","Chapter 15"],"source_url":"https://oss-data-us.vaquill.ai/v2026.08/us_ar_statutes.parquet","current_through":"2026-08-14","vintage":"open-us-law v2026.08, retrieved 2026-09-14","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T18:32:41Z","sha256":"46ebd6bfccdb93b7bd43694c1c75e8b998a1ee38ec2df0945f28c446062ec517","source_id":"us-ar","stale":false,"prev":"us-ar/ark.-code-ann.-11-15-102","next":"us-ar/ark.-code-ann.-11-15-104"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}