Workers' compensation; prohibits State from terminating employment for line of duty injury, etc. (HB1959)

Introduced By

Del. Bobby Mathieson (D-Virginia Beach) with support from co-patron Del. Steve Shannon (D-Vienna)

Description

Workers' compensation; discharge of public safety employees. Prohibits the Commonwealth, a locality, or a political subdivision, as employer of a public safety employee, from involuntarily discharging or terminating the employment of such an employee suffering from a line of duty injury or occupational illness, for a period of (i) one year after the injury occurred or illness arose, if the employee has not returned to employment in full unrestricted duty, or (ii) two years after the injury occurred or illness arose, if a physician has determined, before the expiration of the one-year period, that the employee, within the ensuing one year, will reach maximum medical improvement and, to a reasonable degree of medical probability, will resume employment without significant limitations in the position he held when the injury occurred or illness arose. Read the Bill »

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This bill mentions Norfolk International Airport, Norfolk, Richmond.