HR 1382
106th 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: April 13, 1999
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Everywhere this bill has been
3 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Apr 30, 1999
Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections.
Apr 13, 1999
Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
Apr 13, 1999
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
Volunteer Firefighter and Rescue Squad Worker Protection Act - Amends the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to exempt from overtime compensation coverage any fire fighters or rescue squad members during the period: (1) in which they volunteer their services at a facility where they are not then regularly employed; and (2) for which they signed a legally binding waiver of overtime compensation for such services.
Prohibits employer coercion of such volunteering.
What's happening now
Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections.
Committees of jurisdiction
2
Cosponsors
1