Pennsylvania Act 1935-224 — FIREMEN, PRESCRIBED REST HOURS

Act text

FIREMEN, PRESCRIBED REST HOURS
                 Act of Jul. 10, 1935, P.L. 639, No. 224              Cl. 11
                                  AN ACT

     Requiring cities of the first class to allow members of the fire
        departments twenty-four consecutive hours of rest in each
        week, except in emergency cases.

        Section 1.  Be it enacted, &c., That all cities of the first
     class shall allow and permit every member of such fire
     departments to have at least twenty-four consecutive hours of
     rest in every calendar week, and shall rotate the members of the
     fire departments on a regular schedule, except in emergency
     cases for the suppression of riots or tumults, or in times of
     war, pestilence, conflagration, or public celebrations, without
     diminution of the salary or compensation, fixed by ordinances or
     resolutions of such cities: Provided, however, That no vacation
     or suspension period of a member of the fire department shall be
     increased or reduced by reason of the fact that, during such
     period, such member, if working, would have been entitled to one
     or more rest days under the provisions of this act.
        Section 2.  This act shall become effective on the first day
     of January, one thousand nine hundred and thirty-six.