Bill Text: MN SF2843 | 2013-2014 | 88th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: In-law care sick leave benefit usage authorization
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-03-20 - Referred to Jobs, Agriculture and Rural Development [SF2843 Detail]
Download: Minnesota-2013-SF2843-Introduced.html
1.2relating to employees; adding in-laws to the list of relatives allowed to use sick
1.3leave benefits;amending Minnesota Statutes 2013 Supplement, section 181.9413.
1.4BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
1.5 Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2013 Supplement, section 181.9413, is amended to read:
1.6181.9413 SICK LEAVE BENEFITS; CARE OF RELATIVES.
1.7(a) An employee may use personal sick leave benefits provided by the employer
1.8for absences due to an illness of or injury to the employee's child, as defined in section
1.9181.940, subdivision 4
, adult child, spouse, sibling, parent, grandparent, or stepparent, for
1.10reasonable periods of time as the employee's attendance may be necessary, on the same
1.11terms upon which the employee is able to use sick leave benefits for the employee's own
1.12illness or injury. This section applies only to personal sick leave benefits payable to the
1.13employee from the employer's general assets.
1.14(b) An employer may limit the use of personal sick leave benefits provided by the
1.15employer for absences due to an illness of or injury to the employee's adult child, spouse,
1.16sibling, parent, mother-in-law, father-in-law, grandparent, or stepparent to no less than
1.17160 hours in any 12-month period. This paragraph does not apply to absences due to the
1.18illness or injury of a child, as defined in section181.940, subdivision 4 .
1.19(c) For purposes of this section, "personal sick leave benefits" means time accrued
1.20and available to an employee to be used as a result of absence from work due to personal
1.21illness or injury, but does not include short-term or long-term disability or other salary
1.22continuation benefits.
1.23(d) For the purpose of this section, "child" includes a stepchild and a biological,
1.24adopted, and foster child.
2.1(e) This section does not prevent an employer from providing greater sick leave
2.2benefits than are provided for under this section.
1.3leave benefits;amending Minnesota Statutes 2013 Supplement, section 181.9413.
1.4BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
1.5 Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2013 Supplement, section 181.9413, is amended to read:
1.6181.9413 SICK LEAVE BENEFITS; CARE OF RELATIVES.
1.7(a) An employee may use personal sick leave benefits provided by the employer
1.8for absences due to an illness of or injury to the employee's child, as defined in section
1.10reasonable periods of time as the employee's attendance may be necessary, on the same
1.11terms upon which the employee is able to use sick leave benefits for the employee's own
1.12illness or injury. This section applies only to personal sick leave benefits payable to the
1.13employee from the employer's general assets.
1.14(b) An employer may limit the use of personal sick leave benefits provided by the
1.15employer for absences due to an illness of or injury to the employee's adult child, spouse,
1.16sibling, parent, mother-in-law, father-in-law, grandparent, or stepparent to no less than
1.17160 hours in any 12-month period. This paragraph does not apply to absences due to the
1.18illness or injury of a child, as defined in section
1.19(c) For purposes of this section, "personal sick leave benefits" means time accrued
1.20and available to an employee to be used as a result of absence from work due to personal
1.21illness or injury, but does not include short-term or long-term disability or other salary
1.22continuation benefits.
1.23(d) For the purpose of this section, "child" includes a stepchild and a biological,
1.24adopted, and foster child.
2.1(e) This section does not prevent an employer from providing greater sick leave
2.2benefits than are provided for under this section.
