Volunteer Firefighter and EMS Personnel Job Protection Act
Latest action · Jun 27, 2007 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedMar 22, 2007
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
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.
Cosponsors 21
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Mar 22, 2007 to Sep 16, 2008, with 3 there on the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-NJ | Bill Pascrell, Jr. | Original | Mar 22, 2007 |
| R-NY | John R. "Randy" Kuhl Jr. | Original | Mar 22, 2007 |
| R-DE | Michael N. Castle | Original | Mar 22, 2007 |
| R-KY | Geoff Davis | Apr 18, 2007 | |
| D-LA | Rodney Alexander | Apr 18, 2007 | |
| D-NJ | Steven R. Rothman | May 22, 2007 | |
| D-MI | Dale E. Kildee | Jul 11, 2007 | |
| D-PA | Jason Altmire | Oct 16, 2007 | |
| R-MN | John Kline | Nov 6, 2007 | |
| R-CA | Elton Gallegly | Feb 13, 2008 | |
| D-KY | Ben Chandler | Apr 3, 2008 | |
| R-MN | Jim Ramstad | Apr 10, 2008 | |
| D-MN | Timothy J. Walz | Apr 10, 2008 | |
| D-AR | Marion Berry | Apr 14, 2008 | |
| D-IA | Bruce L. Braley | Apr 16, 2008 |
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jun 27, 2007Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions.
- Mar 22, 2007Introduced in House
- Mar 22, 2007Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 2240 | Volunteer Firefighter and EMS Personnel Job Protection Act | Identical bill | Oct 25, 2007 |
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Labor and Employment.
- Civil actions and liability
- Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
- 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
- Labor and Employment
- Law
- Leave of absence
- Paramedical personnel
- Personnel records
- Salaries
- Social Welfare
- Volunteer workers
- Wages
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Mar 22, 2007Introduced in House
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