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H.R. 3949 · 109th Congress

Volunteer Firefighter and EMS Personnel Job Protection Act

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Never voted on. It didn't reach a floor vote before the 109th Congress ended, so it expired. A bill has to be introduced again to be considered in a new Congress.

MCR CastleSponsor
69 cosponsors · 44 D, 24 R, 1 I
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3 signed on when it was introduced; the rest joined later. Cosponsors who withdrew aren't shown.

Volunteer Firefighter and EMS Personnel Job Protection Act - Prohibits any person 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 responding as a volunteer firefighter or performing volunteer emergency medical services.

What it does: CRS summary · Introduced in House · Sep 29, 2005

Volunteer Firefighter and EMS Personnel Job Protection Act - Prohibits any person 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 responding as a volunteer firefighter or performing volunteer emergency medical services. Limits applicable absences to 14 days per calendar year.

Allows employers to: (1) withhold the employee's regular pay for such time as the employee is absent; and (2) request 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.

Written by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service. All summary versions on Congress.gov

About this bill and sources

Official title: Volunteer Firefighter and EMS Personnel Job Protection Act

Latest action (Nov 7, 2005): Referred to the Subcommittee on Employer-Employee Relations.

Policy area: Labor and Employment · Origin: House · Introduced: Sep 29, 2005

Official page on Congress.gov · Bill text (GovInfo) · Status record (XML)

No recorded floor vote found.