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Committee backs bill to bar employer retaliation for volunteer emergency responders
Summary
Senate Bill 100 would bar employers from disciplining or penalizing employees who miss work while actively responding as volunteer emergency responders, permit use of accrued paid leave but not require pay, and allow a civil right of action; subcommittee recommended reporting and the full committee reported the bill with amendments 18-0.
Senate Bill 100, discussed in subcommittee and presented to the full Commerce Committee, would prohibit employers from discharging, disciplining, threatening, discriminating against, or otherwise retaliating against employees who fail to report for work because they are actively responding as voluntary emergency responders,…
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