Bill Text: MI HB4898 | 2011-2012 | 96th Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Labor; hours and wages; family education leave act; create. Creates new act.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 18-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-09-08 - Printed Bill Filed 09/08/2011 [HB4898 Detail]

Download: Michigan-2011-HB4898-Introduced.html

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HOUSE BILL No. 4898

 

September 7, 2011, Introduced by Reps. Ananich, Brown, Cavanagh, Rutledge, Hovey-Wright, Olumba, McCann, Kandrevas, Geiss, Howze, Melton, Dillon, Tlaib, Hobbs, Stapleton, Irwin, Darany and Oakes and referred to the Committee on Commerce.

 

     A bill to require employers to provide unpaid leave for

 

employees to attend academic activities of their children; to

 

provide the conditions for granting the leave; and to prohibit

 

discrimination against employees who request or use the leave.

 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 

     Sec. 1. (1) This act shall be known and may be cited as the

 

"family education leave act".

 

     (2) As used in this act:

 

     (a) "Academic activity" means a parent-teacher conference,

 

tutoring, or other activity or event related to the educational

 

advancement of a parent's or legal guardian's child.

 

     (b) "Academic year" means the period, not to exceed 12

 

consecutive months, allotted by a school for the completion of 1

 

grade level of study.

 

     (c) "Employee" does not include an independent contractor, a

 

domestic servant employed in or about a private home, or a farm or

 

ranch laborer.

 

     (d) "Employer" means a person, including this state and all

 

political subdivisions of this state, that regularly employs 1 or

 

more full-time employees.

 

     Sec. 2. (1) Except as provided in section 4, an employer shall

 

allow each of his or her employees who is a parent or legal

 

guardian of a minor child to request and take unpaid leave, not to

 

exceed 8 hours for each minor child in any academic year, for the

 

purpose of attending an academic activity for or with the minor

 

child.

 

     (2) An employer may require that the leave be taken in no

 

longer than 3-hour increments and that the employee provide written

 

verification from the school or school district of the academic

 

activity.

 

     Sec. 3. (1) An employee shall provide the employer with notice

 

of the intent to use leave under this act 7 or more days in advance

 

of the academic activity. If the employee cannot provide the notice

 

7 days in advance due to an emergency, the employee shall provide

 

the employer with notice of the intent to use the leave as soon as

 

possible. The notice to the employer shall include the written

 

verification specified in section 2(2), if required by the

 

employer.

 

     (2) An employee may elect to substitute accrued paid leave for

 

the unpaid leave provided under this act.

 

     (3) An employee shall make reasonable efforts to schedule

 

academic activities for which leave may be taken under this act

 

outside of the employee's regular work hours.

 

     Sec. 4. An employer may deny use of leave requested under this

 

act only if granting the leave would disrupt or cause unusual

 

difficulty in the employer's business or endanger the public safety

 

or welfare.

 

     Sec. 5. An employer shall not discharge, threaten, or

 

otherwise discriminate against an employee regarding the employee's

 

compensation, terms, conditions, location, or privileges of

 

employment because the employee requests or takes leave under this

 

act.