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 […]
35-1403 – Employer; prohibited acts.
35-1403. Employer; prohibited acts. No employer shall terminate or take any other disciplinary action against any employee who is a volunteer emergency responder if such employee, when acting or actively deployed as a volunteer emergency responder, is absent from or reports late to his or her place of employment in order to respond to an […]
35-1315 – Service award benefit program; annual account.
35-1315. Service award benefit program; annual account. Each city, village, or rural or suburban fire protection district conducting a service award benefit program shall establish an annual account for each year of service in which such program is being conducted. All funds from whatever source furnished for the purpose of providing service award benefits to […]
35-1404 – Employer; adjustment to wages authorized.
35-1404. Employer; adjustment to wages authorized. An employer may subtract from an employee’s earned wages any time such employee, acting as a volunteer emergency responder, is away from his or her place of employment because of such employee’s response to an emergency. Source Laws 2008, LB1096, § 7.
35-1316 – Annual account; appropriations and contributions; liability; limitation.
35-1316. Annual account; appropriations and contributions; liability; limitation. (1) Each city, village, or rural or suburban fire protection district conducting a service award benefit program shall appropriate for the annual account for each year of service in which such program is in existence a sum to be determined by the governing body as sufficient to […]
35-1405 – Employee; duty to notify employer.
35-1405. Employee; duty to notify employer. An employee acting as a volunteer emergency responder shall make a reasonable effort to notify his or her employer that he or she may be absent from or report late to his or her place of employment in order to respond to an emergency. Source Laws 2008, LB1096, § […]
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 […]