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2001 SESSION

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HB 2357 Leave for service with volunteer fire department or rescue squad.

Introduced by: Glenn M. Weatherholtz | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles

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Department of Human Resource Management; leave for service with volunteer fire department or rescue squad. Allows state employees with up to 16 hours of paid leave in any calendar year, in addition to other paid leave, to serve with a volunteer fire department or rescue squad. Under the bill, the entity for which the leave is to be granted must be a volunteer fire department, rescue squad or auxiliary unit thereof that has been recognized by an ordinance or resolution of the political subdivision where the volunteer fire department or rescue squad is located as being a part of the safety program of such political subdivision. The bill also defines “state employee” as any person who is regularly employed full time on a salaried basis, whose tenure is not restricted as to temporary or provisional appointment, in the service of, and whose compensation is payable, no more often than biweekly, in whole or in part, by the Commonwealth or any department, institution, or agency of the Commonwealth. The bill further directs the Department of Human Resource Management to develop personnel policies allowing for the use of the leave.


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