Michigan / State / 2017-2018 Regular Session
2018 PA 381 Required public employers to count military experience when setting a veteran’s pay
Added MCL 35.401a, effective March 19, 2019: if this state or a political subdivision of this state hires a veteran, it shall treat the veteran’s military experience as relevant professional experience for the purpose of determining the veteran’s wage or salary. It is a duty rather than a discretion and it bites at the moment the step or grade is set. Tracked because it is absent from most descriptions of Michigan’s veterans preference, which stop at the hiring preference in 35.401, and because it is the provision to cite when a Michigan public employer offers a starting salary that credits nothing for a military career.
Progress
Path to law: Bill in a two-chamber legislature
- Introduced Done,
- In committee Done, House Military and Veterans Affairs
- Passed one chamber Done, House, 108-0
- Passed both chambers Done, Senate, 37-0
- Signed by the governor Done, Public Act 381 of 2018
- In effect Done,
Sponsors
- Thomas Albert
What it touches
- MCL § 35.401a
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