To amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to provide an exemption from overtime compensation for firefighters and rescue squad members who volunteer their services.
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.
Introduced in House
Introduced in House
Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections.
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