PRINTER'S NO. 327
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
SENATE BILL
No.
158
Session of
2015
INTRODUCED BY TEPLITZ, FONTANA, BLAKE, SMITH, COSTA, TARTAGLIONE
AND RAFFERTY, FEBRUARY 5, 2015
REFERRED TO VETERANS AFFAIRS AND EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS,
FEBRUARY 5, 2015
AN ACT
Amending Title 35 (Health and Safety) of the Pennsylvania
Consolidated Statutes, in volunteer firefighters, further
providing for violations.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Section 7427(a) of Title 35 of the Pennsylvania
Consolidated Statutes is amended to read:
ยง 7427. Violations.
(a) Employers.--An employer who willfully and knowingly
violates this subchapter shall be required to revoke a
disciplinary action and any penalty attached thereto or to
reinstate such employee to his former position and shall be
required to pay the employee an amount equal to three times all
lost wages and benefits for the period between termination and
reinstatement and [reasonable] all attorney fees incurred in an
action to recover lost wages and benefits.
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Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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