PRINTER'S NO. 342
No. 325 Session of 2001
INTRODUCED BY MAYERNIK, GEIST, CAPPABIANCA, FLICK, BELARDI, HERMAN, LEVDANSKY, TIGUE, PISTELLA, SHANER, LESCOVITZ, CLARK, NAILOR, READSHAW, BELFANTI, GORDNER, MARKOSEK, STERN, LAUGHLIN, CASORIO, GRUCELA, WOJNAROSKI, WANSACZ, E. Z. TAYLOR, BARD, CAPPELLI, GEORGE, CORRIGAN, STABACK, M. BAKER, BASTIAN, MICHLOVIC, C. WILLIAMS, HARHAI, BARRAR, STEELMAN, FRANKEL, MARSICO, CIVERA, SATHER, PETRONE, PETRARCA, SAINATO AND FREEMAN, JANUARY 31, 2001
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON VETERANS AFFAIRS AND EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS, JANUARY 31, 2001
AN ACT
1 Amending the act of December 1, 1977 (P.L.249, No.83), entitled,
2 as amended, "An act prohibiting employers from firing
3 employees who lose time from employment in the line of duty
4 as volunteer firemen, fire police and volunteer members of
5 ambulance services and rescue squads; and providing
6 penalties," further providing for the termination or
7 discipline of volunteer firemen.
8 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
9 hereby enacts as follows:
10 Section 1. Section 1 of the act of December 1, 1977
11 (P.L.249, No.83), entitled, as amended, "An act prohibiting
12 employers from firing employees who lose time from employment in
13 the line of duty as volunteer firemen, fire police and volunteer
14 members of ambulance services and rescue squads; and providing
15 penalties," amended December 5, 1988 (P.L.1102, No.131), is
16 amended to read:
17 Section 1. (a) No employer shall terminate or discipline an
1 employee who is a volunteer fireman, fire police or volunteer 2 member of an ambulance service or rescue squad and in the line 3 of duty has responded to a call prior to the time he was due to 4 report for work resulting in a loss of time from his employment. 5 (b) No municipal employer shall terminate or discipline a 6 municipal employee who is a volunteer fireman on the basis that 7 the municipal employee, in the line of duty as a volunteer 8 fireman, responded to a call during the workday for an emergency 9 occurring in the municipality where he is employed and is also a 10 volunteer fireman. 11 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days. L8L43DMS/20010H0325B0342 - 2 -