PRINTER'S NO. 2923
No. 2230 Session of 2000
INTRODUCED BY MAYERNIK, BELFANTI, FREEMAN, GEIST, GEORGE, TIGUE,
CLARK, SOLOBAY, CAPPABIANCA, BELARDI, LAUGHLIN, LESCOVITZ,
HERSHEY, CORRIGAN, STABACK, ORIE, NAILOR, McCALL, KAISER,
ALLEN, MARKOSEK, FEESE, SANTONI, LUCYK, ARGALL, WOJNAROSKI,
SCRIMENTI, LEVDANSKY, FLICK, PISTELLA, GRUCELA, PETRARCA,
SAYLOR, FRANKEL, L. I. COHEN, E. Z. TAYLOR, SHANER, SEYFERT,
WILLIAMS, STEELMAN, HUTCHINSON, VAN HORNE, COSTA, DAILEY,
TRELLO, HARHAI, CIVERA, McILHATTAN, MICHLOVIC, HENNESSEY AND
M. COHEN, FEBRUARY 7, 2000
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON VETERANS AFFAIRS AND EMERGENCY
PREPAREDNESS, FEBRUARY 7, 2000
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:
1 Section 1. (a) No employer shall terminate or discipline an
2 employee who is a volunteer fireman, fire police or volunteer
3 member of an ambulance service or rescue squad and in the line
4 of duty has responded to a call prior to the time he was due to
5 report for work resulting in a loss of time from his employment.
6 (b) No municipal employer shall terminate or discipline a
7 municipal employee who is a volunteer fireman and in the line of
8 duty has responded to a call during the work day for an
9 emergency occurring in the municipality where he is employed and
10 is also a volunteer fireman.
11 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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