2010 Nevada Code
TITLE 42 PROTECTION FROM FIRE; EXPLOSIVES
Chapter 475 Crimes and Responsibilities Concerning Fires
NRS 475.115 Volunteer firefighters: Disclosure to employer; discharge from employment prohibited; civil action; attorney's fees.

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

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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