AN ACT relating to firefighters' work schedules.

This bill updates Kentucky law to allow fire departments to schedule firefighters for 48 hours on duty followed by 96 hours off duty, when no collective bargaining agreement is in place. If a city or urban-county government does have a collective bargaining agreement, that agreement controls the work schedule instead. The change gives fire departments more flexibility in how they structure shifts for their personnel. Who it may affect: firefighters and fire department personnel employed by cities and urban-county governments in Kentucky.

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