HR 94
105th Congress
House
Labor and Employment
Emergency Management
Employee rights
Fire fighters
Hours of labor
Minimum wages
Overtime
Rescue work
Social Welfare
Volunteer workers
Volunteer Firefighter and Rescue Squad Worker Protection Act
Introduced: January 7, 1997
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Everywhere this bill has been
3 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Jan 31, 1997
Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections.
Jan 7, 1997
Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
Jan 7, 1997
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
Volunteer Firefighter and Rescue Squad Worker Protection Act - Amends the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to exclude from coverage any fire fighters or rescue squad members during the period in which they volunteer their services at a facility where they are not then regularly employed.
Waives overtime compensation requirements when fire fighters or rescue squad members volunteer their services to their employer and sign a legally binding waiver.
Prohibits employer coercion of such volunteering.
What's happening now
Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections.
Committees of jurisdiction
2
Cosponsors
1