FIRSTREGULARSESSION
[PERFECTED]
HOUSEBILLNO.392
102NDGENERALASSEMBLY
INTRODUCEDBYREPRESENTATIVETOALSONREISCH.
1140H.01P DANARADEMANMILLER,ChiefClerk
ANACT
Torepealsection320.336,RSMo,andtoenactinlieuthereofonenewsectionrelatingto
reemploymentrightsofMissouriTaskForceOnemembers.
BeitenactedbytheGeneralAssemblyofthestateofMissouri,asfollows:
SectionA.Section320.336,RSMo,isrepealedandonenewsectionenactedinlieu
2thereof,tobeknownassection320.336,toreadasfollows:
320.336.1.Nopublicorprivateemployershallterminateanemployeeforjoining
2anyfiredepartmentorfireprotectiondistrict,includingbutnotlimitedtoanymunicipal,
3volunteer,rural,orsubscriptionfiredepartmentororganizationoranyvolunteerfire
4protectionassociation,asavolunteerfirefighter,ortheMissouri-1DisasterMedical
5AssistanceTeam,MissouriTaskForceOne,orUrbanSearchandRescueTeam,orbeing
6activatedtoanationaldisasterresponsebytheFederalEmergencyManagementAgency
7(FEMA).
8 2.Nopublicorprivateemployershallterminateanemployeewhoisavolunteer
9firefighter,amemberofMissouri-1DisasterMedicalAssistanceTeam,MissouriTaskForce
10One,orUrbanSearchandRescueTeambecausetheemployee,whenactingasavolunteer
11firefighter,orasamemberofMissouri-1DisasterMedicalAssistanceTeam,MissouriTask
12ForceOne,UrbanSearchandRescueTeam,orFEMAisabsentfromorlatetohisorher
13employmentinordertorespondtoanemergencybeforethetimetheemployeeistoreportto
14hisorherplaceofemployment.
15 3.Anemployermaychargeagainsttheemployee'sregularpayanyemploymenttime
16lostbyanemployeewhoisavolunteerfirefighter,oramemberofMissouri-1Disaster
EXPLANATION—Matterenclosedinbold-facedbrackets[thus] intheabovebillisnotenactedandis
intendedtobeomittedfromthelaw.Matterinbold-facetypeintheabovebillisproposedlanguage. 17MedicalAssistanceTeam,MissouriTaskForceOne,UrbanSearchandRescueTeam,or
18FEMAbecauseoftheemployee'sresponsetoanemergencyinthecourseofperforminghisor
19herdutiesasavolunteerfirefighter,oramemberofMissouri-1DisasterMedicalAssistance
20Team,MissouriTaskForceOne,UrbanSearchandRescueTeam,orFEMA.
21 4.Inthecaseofanemployeewhoisavolunteerfirefighter,oramemberofMissouri-
221DisasterMedicalAssistanceTeam,MissouriTaskForceOne,UrbanSearchandRescue
23Team,orFEMAandwholosestimefromhisorheremploymentinordertorespondtoan
24emergencyinthecourseofperforminghisorherdutiesasavolunteerfirefighter,ora
25memberofMissouri-1DisasterMedicalAssistanceTeam,MissouriTaskForceOne,Urban
26SearchandRescueTeam,orFEMA,theemployerhastherighttorequesttheemployeeto
27providetheemployerwithawrittenstatementfromthesupervisororactingsupervisorofthe
28volunteerfiredepartmentorthecommanderofMissouri-1DisasterMedicalAssistanceTeam
29ortheFEMAsupervisorstatingthattheemployeerespondedtoanemergencyandstatingthe
30timeanddateoftheemergency.
31 5.Anemployeewhoisavolunteerfirefighter,oramemberofMissouri-1Disaster
32MedicalAssistanceTeam,MissouriTaskForceOne,UrbanSearchandRescueTeam,or
33FEMAandwhomaybeabsentfromorlatetohisorheremploymentinordertorespondtoan
34emergencyinthecourseofperforminghisorherdutiesasavolunteerfirefighter,ora
35memberofMissouri-1DisasterMedicalAssistanceTeam,MissouriTaskForceOne,Urban
36SearchandRescueTeam,orFEMAshallmakeareasonableefforttonotifyhisorher
37employerthatheorshemaybeabsentorlate.
38 6.AnymemberofMissouriTaskForceOneshallbeentitledtotheinitial
39employmentrights,reemploymentrights,retentioninemploymentrights,promotion
40rights,anddiscriminationprotectionsprovidedbyTitle38oftheUnitedStatesCode,
41theRevisedStatutesofMissouri,andallamendmentsthereto.Theattorneygeneral
42shallenforcetherightsandprotectionscontainedinthissubsectionformembersof
43MissouriTaskForceOne.
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