35-1408 – Wrongful termination of employment or disciplinary action; reinstatement; action to enforce act.
35-1408. Wrongful termination of employment or disciplinary action; reinstatement; action to enforce act. An employee who is terminated or against whom any disciplinary action is taken in violation of the Volunteer Emergency Responders Job Protection Act shall be immediately reinstated to his or her former position, if wrongfully terminated, without reduction of wages, seniority, or […]
35-1317 – Service award benefit; how paid; exempt from judicial process.
35-1317. Service award benefit; how paid; exempt from judicial process. (1) The service award benefit received by a qualifying participant or beneficiary shall, at the option of the recipient, be in the form of an annuity or lump-sum benefit. No portion of any annual account shall be subject to attachment, garnishment, execution, or other judicial […]
35-1406 – Employee; provide written statement; contents.
35-1406. Employee; provide written statement; contents. At an employer’s request, an employee, acting as a volunteer emergency responder, who is absent from or reports late to his or her place of employment in order to respond to an emergency shall provide his or her employer, within seven days of such request, a written statement signed […]
35-1318 – Eligibility.
35-1318. Eligibility. Any person who is a paid member of a fire department or other emergency response organization and who receives retirement benefits in consequence of such employment shall not be eligible to participate in any service award benefit program being conducted by the same city, village, or rural or suburban fire protection district which […]
35-1407 – Employee; provide employer notice of status as volunteer emergency responder.
35-1407. Employee; provide employer notice of status as volunteer emergency responder. Prior to seeking protection pursuant to the Volunteer Emergency Responders Job Protection Act, an employee acting as a volunteer emergency responder shall provide his or her employer with a written statement signed by the individual in charge of the department or another individual authorized […]
35-1319 – Participant; status as volunteer.
35-1319. Participant; status as volunteer. The participation of a volunteer in any service award benefit program conducted pursuant to the Volunteer Emergency Responders Recruitment and Retention Act and his or her receipt of service award benefits pursuant to such a program shall not for that cause alone alter the relationship of such volunteer to the […]
35-1320 – Service award benefit program; summary; information to participants; statement required; public records.
35-1320. Service award benefit program; summary; information to participants; statement required; public records. (1) Any city, village, or rural or suburban fire protection district conducting a service award benefit program shall, within thirty days after the adoption of a program, provide all volunteers providing its local political subdivision with emergency response services with a summary […]
35-1322 – Annexation, merger, or consolidation; established service award benefit program; effect.
35-1322. Annexation, merger, or consolidation; established service award benefit program; effect. Whenever by reason of annexation, merger, or consolidation a city, village, or rural or suburban fire protection district conducting a service award benefit program ceases to exist and becomes part of another city, village, or rural or suburban fire protection district which is conducting […]
35-1323 – Annexation, merger, or consolidation; no service award benefit program; effect.
35-1323. Annexation, merger, or consolidation; no service award benefit program; effect. Whenever by reason of annexation, merger, or consolidation a city, village, or rural or suburban fire protection district conducting a service award benefit program ceases to exist and becomes part of another city, village, or rural or suburban fire protection district which is not […]
35-1324 – Annual accounts; deposits and other property held in grantor trust; effect.
35-1324. Annual accounts; deposits and other property held in grantor trust; effect. (1) All deposits made to annual accounts under any service award benefit program conducted pursuant to the Volunteer Emergency Responders Recruitment and Retention Act, all property and rights purchased with such deposits, and all investment income, property, or rights attributable to such deposits […]