HB4175 - Tennessee - Employees, Employers, Firefighters

Companion Bill SB4130. Employees, Employers - Grants authority for volunteer firefighters who work all night fighting a fire or who are on call to take the following day off from work as a vacation day or sick leave day without loss of pay in certain circumstances. - Amends TCA Title 50, Chapter 1. Fiscal Summary for *HB4175 / SB4130 MINIMAL Bill Summary for *HB4175 / SB4130 Present law prohibits any employer from terminating an employee who is a volunteer firefighter solely because the employee, when acting as a volunteer firefighter, is absent or late to work in order to respond to an emergency prior to the time the employee is to report to work. An employer may charge any time that an employee who is a volunteer firefighter loses from employment because of such employee's response to an emergency against the employee's regular pay. [...]

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