3.0.0 2240 2023-01-11T20:19:45Z 2023-01-11T20:19:45Z Senate S S 2007-10-25 110 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2007-10-25T21:58:59Z Volunteer Firefighter and EMS Personnel Job Protection Act 110 1643 HR 2007-06-27 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions. Identical bill CRS 2007-10-25 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text of measure as introduced: CR S13452-13453) IntroReferral 2007-10-25 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S13452) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2007-10-25 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress C000174 Sen. Carper, Thomas R. [D-DE] Thomas Carper D DE R. N C001035 Sen. Collins, Susan M. [R-ME] Susan Collins R ME M. 2007-10-25 True V000127 Sen. Vitter, David [R-LA] David Vitter R LA 2008-04-03 False Labor and Employment Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues Civil actions and liability Disasters Disciplining of employees Discrimination in employment Dismissal of employees Emergency Management Emergency medicine Employee rights Fire fighters Government Operations and Politics Government paperwork Health Law Leave of absence Paramedical personnel Personnel records Salaries Social Welfare Volunteer workers Wages Labor and Employment 00 2007-10-25 Introduced in Senate 2007-12-19T20:02:59Z Volunteer Firefighter and EMS Personnel Job Protection Act - Prohibits any employee from being terminated, demoted, or discriminated against in the terms or conditions of employment because the employee is absent or late as a result of serving as a volunteer firefighter or providing volunteer emergency medical services as part of a response to an emergency or major disaster. Excludes absences for which the employee: (1) is absent for more than 14 days per calendar year; (2) responds to an emergency or major disaster without being official deployed in accordance with a coordinator national deployment system; or (3) fails to provide written verification within a reasonable period of time.

Allows employers to: (1) reduce the employee's regular pay for such time as the employee is absent; and (2) require the employee to provide written verification from the supervising Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), state, or local official that such employee responded in an official capacity at a specified time and date.

Requires such an employee to make a reasonable effort to notify his or her employer that he or she may be absent or late.

Gives such an employee a private cause of action for discrimination which violates this Act.

]]> Volunteer Firefighter and EMS Personnel Job Protection Act Official Title as Introduced A bill to prohibit termination of employment of volunteer firefighters and emergency medical personnel responding to emergencies, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Display Title Volunteer Firefighter and EMS Personnel Job Protection Act Short Titles as Introduced Volunteer Firefighter and EMS Personnel Job Protection Act Introduced in Senate 2007-10-25T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-110s2240is/xml/BILLS-110s2240is.xml 2007-10-25 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text of measure as introduced: CR S13452-13453) text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.