94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2005 and 2006
HB0594


 
Introduced 1/27/2005, by Rep. Donald L. Moffitt
 
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50 ILCS 748/3






50 ILCS 748/5






50 ILCS 748/20










    Amends the Volunteer Firefighter Job Protection Act to also provide volunteer emergency workers with job protections. Changes the short title of the Act to the Volunteer Emergency Worker Job Protection Act. Provides that the Act does not apply to municipalities of 3,500 or more. Defines volunteer emergency worker. Makes other changes.
















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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 
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amended  by changing Sections 1, 3, 5, and 20 as follows:
 
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    (50 ILCS 748/1)

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    Sec. 1. Short title.  This Act may be cited as the 
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Volunteer Emergency Worker
Firefighter
Job
Protection Act.


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(Source: P.A. 93-1027, eff. 8-25-04.)
 
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    (50 ILCS 748/3)

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    Sec. 3. Definitions. As used in this Act: 
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    "Volunteer emergency worker
firefighter" means a 
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firefighter who does not receive monetary compensation for his 
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or her services to a fire department or fire protection 
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district and who does not work for any other fire department or 
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fire protection district for monetary compensation. "Volunteer 
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emergency worker" also means a person who does not receive 
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monetary compensation for his or her services as a volunteer 
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Emergency Medical Technician (licensed as an EMT-B, EMT-I, or 
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EMT-P under the Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Systems Act), 
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a volunteer ambulance driver or attendant, or a volunteer 
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"First Responder", as defined in Sec. 3.60 of the Emergency 
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Medical Services (EMT) Systems Act, to a fire department, fire 
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protection district, or other governmental entity and who does 
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not work in one of these capacities for any other fire 
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department, fire protection district, or governmental entity 
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for monetary compensation.

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    "Monetary compensation" does not include a monetary 
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incentive  awarded to a firefighter by the board of trustees of 
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a fire protection district under Section 6 of the Fire 
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Protection District Act.

 


 






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(Source: P.A. 93-1027, eff. 8-25-04.)
 
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    (50 ILCS 748/5)

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    Sec. 5. Volunteer emergency worker
firefighter; when 
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termination of employment prohibited.


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    (a) No public or private employer may terminate an employee 
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who is a
volunteer
emergency worker
firefighter because the 
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employee, when acting as a volunteer emergency worker

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firefighter, is
absent from or late to his or her employment in 
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order to respond to an
emergency prior to the time the employee 
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is to report to his or her place of
employment.


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    (b) An employer may charge, against the employee's regular 
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pay, any time
that
an
employee who is a
volunteer emergency 
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worker
firefighter loses from employment because of the 
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employee's
response to an emergency in the course of performing 
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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 
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worker
firefighter and who loses time
from his or her 
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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 
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to provide the
employer with a written statement from the 
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supervisor or acting supervisor of
the
volunteer fire 
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department or governmental entity that the volunteer emergency 
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worker serves stating that the employee responded to an 
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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 
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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 
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employer that he or she may be absent or late.


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(Source: P.A. 93-1027, eff. 8-25-04.)
 
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    (50 ILCS 748/20)

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    Sec. 20. Applicability. This Act does not apply to any 
 


 






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employer that is a municipality
applies only to municipalities 
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with a population of 3,500 or more
less.

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(Source: P.A. 93-1027, eff. 8-25-04.)