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Nevada has a series of state
laws relating to this. Covers volunteer SAR, firefighters, Law
Enforcement reserves and EMT's. The employer can't fire an employee
for participation in any of those as long as the employee notified the
employeer that they were a member of one of them prior to the
activation. Only state govt. employees have to be released with pay
(Admin leave), all others up to their employer whether pay or not.
Doesn't specifically address whether the employer HAS to release you
from work for an activation. In reality, would be kind oa hard on some
employers to mandate that (i.e. one of members is the only person
working at the local conveinience store at night - who's going to run
the place while he's gone?) Most of our members work at the local
prison (state govt.). Because they are always shorthanded, our members
don't even try to get released when their at work. The Unit Commander
calls the Warden (or LT on duty at night) and "asks" if any of our
members can be released. Occassionally we'll be allowed one or two
people. Charles Sparke SARTECH II, EMT-B Pershing County Search and Rescue, Inc. Lovelock, NV |
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