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Florida State Employment Reemployment Preference for Returning Service Members

Florida Department of Veterans’ Affairs (FDVA)
Reemployment to the same or an equal state position

If you are a Florida state employee who is required to serve in the U.S. Armed Forces, you are entitled to be reemployed in the same or an equal position when you get back. You have to return to your state job within one year of discharge.

Check eligibility

How to apply

Contact your state agency’s human resources office within one year of your discharge and ask to be reemployed under the state veterans’ preference law.

What you'll need

Your military orders and your DD214 or discharge paperwork showing your separation date.

Eligibility

  • You were a Florida state employee
  • You were required to serve in the U.S. Armed Forces
  • You return to your state job within one year of discharge

Source

Official source