Emergency Responder Leave Handbook Statement: Kentucky

The Company will not terminate employees who are absent or tardy from work due to their service as a volunteer emergency responder when responding to an emergency prior to the time they were supposed to report to work. The Company also will not terminate an employee who serves as a volunteer emergency responder and is absent for a period of no more than 12 months because of injuries incurred in the line of duty. In addition, the Company will not terminate an employee because they, when acting as a volunteer emergency responder, take leave available to them following a critical incident, as that term is defined below.

For purposes of this policy, "volunteer emergency responder" means an individual who is a