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NRS 475.115 - Volunteer firefighters: Disclosure to employer; discharge from employment prohibited; civil action; attorney’s fees.

NV Rev Stat § 475.115 (2019) (N/A)
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1. Any person, corporation, partnership, association or other entity who is an employer or is vested with the power to discharge or recommend the discharge of a person who serves as a volunteer firefighter shall not deprive the person performing such service of his or her employment as a consequence of his or her action.

2. A person discharged in violation of subsection 1 may commence a civil action against his or her employer and obtain:

(a) Wages and benefits lost as a result of the violation;

(b) An order of reinstatement without loss of position, seniority or benefits;

(c) Damages equal to the amount of lost wages and benefits; and

(d) Reasonable attorney’s fees fixed by the court.

3. Any applicant for employment who is, and any employee who becomes, a volunteer firefighter must disclose that fact to his or her prospective or present employer, as the case may be.

(Added to NRS by 1983, 919; A 2005, 337)

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