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5/12/2009--Introduced.Volunteer Firefighter and EMS Personnel Job Protection Act - Amends the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act to prohibit any employee from being terminated, demoted, or discriminated against in the terms or conditions of employment because the employee is absent or late as a result of serving as a volunteer firefighter or providing volunteer emergency medical services as part of a response to an emergency or major disaster. Excludes absences for which the employee: (1) is absent for more than 14 days per calendar year; (2) responds to an emergency or major disaster without being officially deployed in accordance with a coordinator national deployment system; or (3) fails to provide written verification within a reasonable period of time. Allows employers to: (1) reduce the employee's regular pay for such time as the employee is absent; and (2) require the employee to provide written verification from the supervising Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), state, or local official that such employee responded in an official capacity at a specified time and date. Requires such an employee to make a reasonable effort to notify his or her employer that he or she may be absent or late. Gives such an employee a private cause of action for discrimination which violates this Act.

1242100800 2009-05-12 Sat Nov 14 08:15:18 -0600 2009 introduced 57491 'em':4 'act':8 'job':6 'volunt':1 'protect':7 'firefight':2 'personnel':5 75928 false short introduced 57491 'bill':2 'emerg':12,17 'major':19 'medic':13 'disast':20 'employ':7 'purpos':24 'termin':5 'volunt':9 'respond':15 'prohibit':4 'firefight':10 'personnel':14 73073 false official action 57491 1242100800 Tue May 12 00:00:00 -0500 2009 194740 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. C000174 1947-01-23 3142 513 Hart Senate Office Building http://carper.senate.gov/contact/ 202-228-2190 Thomas 'd':4 'de':5 'sen':1 'thoma':2,6,8 'carper':3,7,9 M 300019 Carper Thomas_Carper Richard Sen. Thomas Carper [D, DE] 1276 N00012508 7304 Democrat 202-224-2441 Presbyterian DE Tom Thomas Carper 3.22222222222222 http://carper.senate.gov C001035 1952-12-07 11016 413 Dirksen Senate Office Building http://collins.senate.gov/public/continue.cfm?FuseAction=ContactSenatorCollins.EmailIssue 202-224-2693 Susan 'r':4 'sen':1 'susan':2,6,8 'collin':3,7,9 F 300025 Collins Susan_Collins M. Sen. Susan Collins [R, ME] 5844 N00000491 12036 Republican 202-224-2523 Catholic ME Susan Collins 2.56923076923077 http://collins.senate.gov SenatorSusanCollins action 57491 1242100800 Tue May 12 00:00:00 -0500 2009 194740 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. introduced 57491 1242100800 Tue May 12 00:00:00 -0500 2009 194739