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| Public Act 094-0599 |
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AN ACT concerning volunteer emergency workers.
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Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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represented in the General Assembly:
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Section 5. The Volunteer Firefighter Job Protection Act is | ||||
amended by changing Sections 1, 3, 5, and 20 as follows: | ||||
(50 ILCS 748/1)
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Sec. 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the | ||||
Volunteer Emergency Worker
Firefighter
Job
Protection Act.
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(Source: P.A. 93-1027, eff. 8-25-04.) | ||||
(50 ILCS 748/3)
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Sec. 3. Definitions. As used in this Act: | ||||
"Volunteer emergency worker
firefighter" means a | ||||
firefighter who does not receive monetary compensation for his | ||||
or her services to a fire department or fire protection | ||||
district and who does not work for any other fire department or | ||||
fire protection district for monetary compensation. "Volunteer | ||||
emergency worker" also means a person who does not receive | ||||
monetary compensation for his or her services as a volunteer | ||||
Emergency Medical Technician (licensed as an EMT-B, EMT-I, or | ||||
EMT-P under the Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Systems Act), | ||||
a volunteer ambulance driver or attendant, or a volunteer | ||||
"First Responder", as defined in Sec. 3.60 of the Emergency | ||||
Medical Services (EMT) Systems Act, to a fire department, fire | ||||
protection district, or other governmental entity and who does | ||||
not work in one of these capacities for any other fire | ||||
department, fire protection district, or governmental entity | ||||
for monetary compensation.
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"Monetary compensation" does not include a monetary | ||||
incentive awarded to a firefighter by the board of trustees of | ||||
a fire protection district under Section 6 of the Fire | ||||
Protection District Act.
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(Source: P.A. 93-1027, eff. 8-25-04.) | ||
(50 ILCS 748/5)
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Sec. 5. Volunteer emergency worker
firefighter; when | ||
termination of employment prohibited.
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(a) No public or private employer may terminate an employee | ||
who is a
volunteer
emergency worker
firefighter because the | ||
employee, when acting as a volunteer emergency worker
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firefighter, is
absent from or late to his or her employment in | ||
order to respond to an
emergency prior to the time the employee | ||
is to report to his or her place of
employment.
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(b) An employer may charge, against the employee's regular | ||
pay, any time
that
an
employee who is a
volunteer emergency | ||
worker
firefighter loses from employment because of the | ||
employee's
response to an emergency in the course of performing | ||
his or her duties as a
volunteer emergency worker
firefighter.
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(c) In the case of an employee who is a
volunteer emergency | ||
worker
firefighter and who loses time
from his or her | ||
employment in order to respond to an emergency in the course of
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performing his or her duties as a volunteer emergency worker
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firefighter, the
employer has the right to request the employee | ||
to provide the
employer with a written statement from the | ||
supervisor or acting supervisor of
the
volunteer fire | ||
department or governmental entity that the volunteer emergency | ||
worker serves stating that the employee responded to an | ||
emergency
and stating the time and date of the emergency.
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(d) An employee who is a
volunteer emergency worker
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firefighter and who may be absent from or late to his or her
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employment in
order to respond to an emergency in the course of | ||
performing his or her duties
as a volunteer emergency worker
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firefighter must make a reasonable effort to notify his
or
her | ||
employer that he or she may be absent or late.
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(Source: P.A. 93-1027, eff. 8-25-04.) | ||
(50 ILCS 748/20)
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Sec. 20. Applicability. This Act does not apply to any | ||
employer that is a municipality
applies only to municipalities | ||
with a population of 3,500 or more
less.
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(Source: P.A. 93-1027, eff. 8-25-04.)
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