Bill Text | History of Actions | Background | Title |
Description: Employers; prohibit firing employee who loses time from work because responded to an emergency as a volunteer.
Bill Text: [Introduced]
| 1 | 01/15 (H) Referred To Labor | |
| 2 | 03/09 (H) Died In Committee |
| Effective date | July 1, 2004 | |
| Disposition | Dead | |
| Deadline | General Bill/Constitutional Amendment | |
| Revenue | No | |
| Vote type required | Majority |
House Committee:
Principal Author: Fleming
Title: AN ACT TO PROHIBIT AN EMPLOYER FROM TERMINATING THE EMPLOYMENT OF AN EMPLOYEE WHO IS A VOLUNTEER FIREFIGHTER, RESCUE SQUAD MEMBER, EMERGENCY MEDICAL TECHNICIAN, PEACE OFFICER OR A MEMBER OF AN EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY WHEN THE EMPLOYEE ACTS IN ONE OF THE ABOVE CAPACITIES; TO ALLOW AN EMPLOYER TO CHARGE AGAINST AN EMPLOYEE'S REGULAR PAY ANY TIME LOST BECAUSE THE EMPLOYEE WAS ACTING IN ONE OF THE ABOVE CAPACITIES; TO ALLOW AN EMPLOYER OF AN EMPLOYEE WHO VOLUNTEERS IN ANY OF THE ABOVE CAPACITIES TO REQUEST A WRITTEN STATEMENT FROM THE SUPERVISOR OR ACTING SUPERVISOR OF THE EMPLOYEE'S VOLUNTEER UNIT WHICH CONTAINS THE DATE AND TIME THAT THE EMPLOYEE RESPONDED TO AN EMERGENCY; TO ALLOW AN EMPLOYEE WHOSE EMPLOYMENT HAS BEEN TERMINATED IN VIOLATION OF THIS ACT TO BRING A CIVIL SUIT; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.
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