Benefits Handbook Links - Updated February 2023

Volunteer Emergency Responder Leave - Chicago

Employees who are volunteer emergency workers will be allowed unpaid time off when needed to respond to an emergency call. For purposes of this policy, "volunteer emergency workers" include volunteer firefighters, emergency medical technicians, ambulance drivers and attendants, first responders, volunteers under the Illinois Emergency Management Agency Act and auxiliary public safety officials. You must make a reasonable effort to notify your supervisor that you may be absent or late. You will not be terminated or disciplined for being late to or absent when acting as a volunteer emergency worker. You must provide the Firm with a written statement from your supervisor of the volunteer fire department or government entity that you responded to an emergency, including the time and date of the emergency.

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