{"emergency volunteer":"volunteer firefighter, rescue squad member, EMT, law enforcement officer, or member of an emergency management agency"}
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Law Number

KRS 337.100(1)-(3)

Summary Title

Workers' Benefits: Emergency Volunteer Leave

Summary

An employer cannot terminate an employee, who is an emergency volunteer, if the employee is late or absent due to their duties as an emergency volunteer. An employer can request a written statement from the supervisor of the emergency volunteer and charge any lost time against the employee.

Full Title

Volunteer firefighter, rescue squad member, emergency medical technician, peace officer, or emergency management agency member absent from employment due to emergency or injury incurred in the line of duty.

Full Text

(1) No employer shall terminate an employee who is a volunteer firefighter, rescue squad member, emergency medical technician, peace officer, or a member of an emergency management agency because that employee, when acting as a volunteer firefighter, rescue squad member, emergency medical technician, peace officer, or a member of an emergency management agency, is absent or late to the employee’s employment in order to respond to an emergency prior to the time the employee is to report to his or her place of employment. (2) An employer may charge any time that an employee who is a volunteer firefighter, rescue squad member, emergency medical technician, peace officer, or a member of an emergency management agency loses from employment because of the employee’s response to an emergency against the employee’s regular pay. (3) An employer may request an employee who loses time from the employee’s employment to respond to an emergency to provide the employer with a written statement from the supervisor or acting supervisor of the volunteer fire department, rescue squad, emergency medical services agency, law enforcement agency, or the director of the emergency management agency stating that the employee responded to an emergency and listing the time and date of the emergency.

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