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1 Co-sponsor
History
- Referred to labor
- Referred to labor
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BILL NUMBER:A8990
Title of bill
An act to amend the labor law, in relation to volunteer firefighters and emergency medical services personnel job protection
Purpose or general idea of bill
This legislation would provide job protections to volunteer firefighters and ambulance workers.
Summary of specific provisions
The bill would forbid employers from terminating an employee who is a volunteer firefighter or ambulance worker responding to an emergency service call.
Justification
Emergency service personnel provide life saving care to people and property. In desperate situations when these volunteer work- ers are needed, these brave men and women should not lose their jobs because of their altruism.
Prior legislative history
New Bill.
Fiscal implications
Undetermined.
Effective date
Immediate.
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