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NY A00978
Bill
Status
1/8/2025
Primary Sponsor
Joseph Angelino
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AI Summary
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Prohibits employers from terminating employees who are volunteer firefighters or volunteer ambulance service members when they are absent or late due to responding to an emergency call before their work shift
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Allows employers to charge the absence time against any other leave the employee is entitled to receive
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Covers travel time both to and from emergency duties performed in the employee's volunteer capacity
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Permits employers to request written verification from the head of the volunteer fire department or ambulance service confirming the employee responded to an emergency and the time of response
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Sponsored by Assembly Members Angelino, Bendett, DeStefano, Durso, Giglio, Lemondes, McDonough, Miller, Morinello, and Tague; referred to Committee on Labor
Legislative Description
Prohibits an employer from terminating an employee who is also a volunteer firefighter or an enrolled member of a volunteer ambulance service when such employee misses or is late to work because of an emergency to which the employee was dispatched.
Last Action
referred to labor
1/7/2026