{"data":{"id":"us-ks/k.s.a.-44-131","jurisdiction":"us-ks","citation":"K.S.A. 44-131","heading":"Discharge of certain employees prohibited.","body":"(a) No employer may discharge any employee by reason of the fact that the employee performs duties as a volunteer firefighter, volunteer certified emergency medical service provider, as defined in K.S.A. 65-6112, and amendments thereto, volunteer reserve law enforcement officer or volunteer part-time law enforcement officer. The provisions of this section shall not apply to an employer when the employee is employed by the employer as a full-time firefighter or law enforcement officer.\n(b) For the purposes of this section, the term:\n(1) \"Employee\" shall have the meaning ascribed to it in K.S.A. 44-313, and amendments thereto.\n(2) \"Employer\" shall have the meaning ascribed to it in K.S.A. 44-313, and amendments thereto.","path":["Chapter 44.—LABOR AND INDUSTRIES","Article 1.—PROTECTION OF EMPLOYEES"],"source_url":"https://www.ksrevisor.gov/statutes/chapters/ch44/044_001_0031.html","current_through":"2025 legislative session","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-10-15T06:16:41Z","sha256":"76f138b7fc697e684350795dc30884a9d42b7f757cba90ef7b6cf2f12ba5732c","source_id":"us-ks","stale":false,"prev":"us-ks/k.s.a.-44-130","next":"us-ks/k.s.a.-44-132"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}