Escambia County Veterans Preference in County Jobs

Florida's chapter 295 requires preference in public employment; see the Florida entry. Escambia County's Human Resources page says how the county applies it. Who. The groups in section 295.07: a disabled veteran with a compensable service-connected disability or receiving VA or Defense compensation, disability retirement or pension; the spouse of a totally and permanently disabled veteran who cannot work because of it, or of a member missing in action, captured or detained; a wartime veteran with one day of active wartime service; the unremarried widow or widower of a veteran who died of a service-connected disability; the parent, guardian or unremarried widow or widower of a member who died under combat-related conditions; any honorably discharged veteran; and current reserve and Florida National Guard members. Claiming it. Complete the veterans' preference section of the application and upload the documents, with a DD-214 required. "Documents that arrive after the closing of a posting will not be accepted", and without them preference is not awarded. Documents can also go to [email protected], by fax to 850-595-3020, or to Human Resources, 221 Palafox Place, Suite 200, Pensacola 32502. Where the page departs from the statute. It says preference "does not apply to certain exempt positions, such as department directors". For a county, section 295.07(5)(b) exempts only elected officers and those appointed to fill elected offices, members of boards and commissions, temporary employees without benefits, and positions requiring membership of The Florida Bar. Returning employees. A county employee who leaves to serve and returns with an honorable discharge is entitled under section 295.09 to reinstatement, if he or she returns within a year of separation, and to preference in the first promotion after it; the county's page describes this as being "eligible for Veteran's Preference for promotion".