Senate Bill S2237

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Relates to volunteer firefighters and emergency medical services personnel job protection

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Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Labor Committee

  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2017-S2237 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Labor
Law Section:
Labor Law
Laws Affected:
Add §207-b, Lab L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2013-2014: S4767
2015-2016: S1775
2019-2020: S5007
2021-2022: S5466
2023-2024: S6834

2017-S2237 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to volunteer firefighters and emergency medical services personnel job protection.

2017-S2237 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2017-S2237 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   2237
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 12, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  PARKER -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Labor
 
 AN ACT to amend the labor law, in relation to volunteer firefighters and
   emergency medical services personnel job protection
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  The labor law is amended by adding a new section 207-b to
 read as follows:
   § 207-B. VOLUNTEER FIREFIGHTER AND AMBULANCE WORKER JOB PROTECTION. 1.
 IT SHALL BE UNLAWFUL FOR ANY EMPLOYER OR  HIS  OR  HER  DULY  AUTHORIZED
 AGENT  TO  DISCHARGE  OR  IN  ANY  OTHER  MANNER DISCRIMINATE AGAINST AN
 EMPLOYEE AS TO HIS OR HER EMPLOYMENT BECAUSE HE OR SHE HAS RESPONDED  TO
 AN  EMERGENCY  WHEN ACTING AS A VOLUNTEER FIREFIGHTER OR VOLUNTEER AMBU-
 LANCE WORKER.
   2. FOR PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION:
   (A) VOLUNTEER FIREFIGHTER SHALL HAVE THE SAME MEANING  AS  DEFINED  IN
 SUBDIVISION  ONE OF SECTION THREE OF THE VOLUNTEER FIREFIGHTERS' BENEFIT
 LAW; AND
   (B) VOLUNTEER AMBULANCE WORKER SHALL HAVE THE SAME MEANING AS  DEFINED
 IN  SUBDIVISION ONE OF SECTION THREE OF THE VOLUNTEER AMBULANCE WORKERS'
 BENEFIT LAW.
   3. FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS  SECTION,  "RESPONDING  TO  AN  EMERGENCY"
 SHALL MEAN:
   (A)  WHEN A VOLUNTEER FIREFIGHTER PARTICIPATES IN NECESSARY TRAVEL TO,
 WORKING AT, AND NECESSARY TRAVEL RETURNING FROM A FIRE, ALARM  OF  FIRE,
 HAZARDOUS  MATERIAL INCIDENT OR OTHER EMERGENCY TO WHICH HIS OR HER FIRE
 DEPARTMENT, FIRE COMPANY, ANY UNIT  THEREOF,  EITHER  HAS  RESPONDED  OR
 WOULD  BE  REQUIRED OR AUTHORIZED TO RESPOND, INCLUDING NECESSARY TRAVEL
 DURING SUCH WORK OR INCIDENTAL THERETO; OR
   (B) WHEN A VOLUNTEER AMBULANCE WORKER PARTICIPATES IN NECESSARY TRAVEL
 TO, WORKING AT, AND NECESSARY TRAVEL RETURNING FROM AN  ACCIDENT,  ALARM
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.

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