Volunteer Firefighter and EMS Personnel Job Protection Act

Summary

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.

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Timeline

1. 9 March 2006

   Introduced

   Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

   Source: IntroReferral

2. 9 March 2006

   Introduced

   Introduced in Senate

   Source: IntroReferral

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Versions

• Introduced in Senate · 9 March 2006 · Official file

Documents

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• Introduced in Senate (text)

  Introduced in Senate · EN · 9 March 2006

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• Introduced in Senate (PDF)

  Introduced in Senate · EN · 9 March 2006

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• Introduced in Senate

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Sponsors

• Rep. Carper, Thomas R. [D-DE-At Large] · D · Sponsor
• Rep. DeWine, Mike [R-OH-7] · R · Sponsor
• Rep. Jeffords, James M. [R-VT-At Large] · I · Cosponsor
• · sshr00 · Standing

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