South Carolina · Through 2025 Session of the General Assembly

S.C. Code Ann. § 6-11-1460: Emergency volunteer job protection.

(A) This section may be cited as the "Volunteer Firefighter and Emergency Medical Services Personnel Job Protection Act".
(B) As used in this section, "volunteer firefighter" means a firefighter who does not receive monetary compensation for services to a fire authority and who does not work for another fire authority for monetary compensation.
(C) As used in this section, "volunteer emergency medical services personnel" means an emergency medical services employee who does not receive monetary compensation for services to a first responder agency, an organized rescue squad, or a county emergency medical service system and who does not work for another related entity for monetary compensation.
(D) An employer may not fire an employee who is a volunteer firefighter or a volunteer emergency medical services personnel and who, when acting as a volunteer firefighter or a volunteer emergency medical services personnel, is part of the firefighter mobilization plan established pursuant to Chapter 49 of Title 23 and is responding to an emergency where the President of the United States has declared a state of emergency or where the Governor has declared a state of emergency in a county in the State.

Where this section sits in the code

Title 6 - LOCAL GOVERNMENT—PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO SPECIAL PURPOSE DISTRICTS AND OTHER POLITICAL SUBDIVISIONS
CHAPTER 11 Special Purpose or Public Service Districts Generally
ARTICLE 9 Emergency Powers of Fire Districts

(A) This section may be cited as the "Volunteer Firefighter and Emergency Medical Services Personnel Job Protection Act".

(B) As used in this section, "volunteer firefighter" means a firefighter who does not receive monetary compensation for services to a fire authority and who does not work for another fire authority for monetary compensation.

(C) As used in this section, "volunteer emergency medical services personnel" means an emergency medical services employee who does not receive monetary compensation for services to a first responder agency, an organized rescue squad, or a county emergency medical service system and who does not work for another related entity for monetary compensation.

(D) An employer may not fire an employee who is a volunteer firefighter or a volunteer emergency medical services personnel and who, when acting as a volunteer firefighter or a volunteer emergency medical services personnel, is part of the firefighter mobilization plan established pursuant to Chapter 49 of Title 23 and is responding to an emergency where the President of the United States has declared a state of emergency or where the Governor has declared a state of emergency in a county in the State.

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