NRS 450B.860
Volunteer ambulance drivers and attendants: Discharge from employment

  • civil action
  • disclosure to employer.

1.

Any person 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 ambulance driver or attendant shall not deprive the person performing that service of his or her employment as a consequence of his or her action as a volunteer ambulance driver or attendant.

2.

A person discharged in violation of subsection 1 may commence a civil action against the person’s 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 ambulance driver or attendant must disclose that fact to his or her prospective or present employer.

4.

As used in this section, “volunteer ambulance driver or attendant” means a person who is a driver of or attendant on an ambulance owned or operated by:

(a)

A nonprofit organization that provides volunteer ambulance service in any county, city or town in this State; or

(b)

A political subdivision of this State.

Source: Section 450B.860 — Volunteer ambulance drivers and attendants: Discharge from employment; civil action; disclosure to employer., https://www.­leg.­state.­nv.­us/NRS/NRS-450B.­html#NRS450BSec860.

Last Updated

Jun. 24, 2021

§ 450B.860’s source at nv​.us