A02156 Summary:

BILL NOA02156
 
SAME ASNo same as
 
SPONSORCrouch (MS)
 
COSPNSRFinch, Curran, Ra
 
MLTSPNSRGiglio, Hawley, McDonough, McKevitt, Thiele
 
Add S202-l, Lab L
 
Prohibits an employer from terminating an employee who is also a volunteer firefighter or an enrolled member of a volunteer ambulance service when such employee misses or is late to work because of an emergency to which the employee was dispatched.
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A02156 Actions:

BILL NOA02156
 
01/09/2013referred to labor
01/08/2014referred to labor
05/27/2014held for consideration in labor
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A02156 Floor Votes:

There are no votes for this bill in this legislative session.
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A02156 Text:



 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                          2156
 
                               2013-2014 Regular Sessions
 
                   IN ASSEMBLY
 
                                       (Prefiled)
 
                                     January 9, 2013
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced  by  M. of A. CROUCH, FINCH, CURRAN, RA -- Multi-Sponsored by
          -- M. of A. GIGLIO, HAWLEY, McDONOUGH, McKEVITT, THIELE --  read  once
          and referred to the Committee on Labor
 
        AN  ACT  to amend the labor law, in relation to job protection for emer-
          gency service volunteers
 

          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
 
     1    Section  1.  The labor law is amended by adding a new section 202-l to
     2  read as follows:
     3    § 202-l. Authorized absence. 1. If an employee is absent from or  late
     4  to  his  or  her employment in order to respond to an emergency prior to
     5  the time the employee is to report to his or her employment due  to  his
     6  or  her engaging in the actual performance of his or her duties as (a) a
     7  volunteer firefighter, or (b) an enrolled member of  a  volunteer  ambu-
     8  lance  service  pursuant  to article thirty of the public health law, an
     9  employer shall be prohibited from terminating such employee on the basis
    10  of such absence or lateness.

    11    2. The entire period of the authorized  absence  granted  pursuant  to
    12  this  section  may  be  charged against any other leave such employee is
    13  otherwise entitled to, and such authorized absence shall include  travel
    14  both  to  and  from  such  duties  performed in his or her capacity as a
    15  volunteer. At the employer's request,  the  employee  must  provide  the
    16  employer  with a statement from the head of the volunteer firefighter or
    17  volunteer  ambulance  service,  as  applicable,  stating  the   employee
    18  responded to an emergency and the time of such response.
    19    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.

                                                                   LBD06349-01-3
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