Bill Text: MO HCR5 | 2012 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Strongly urges all employers in this state to give all veterans in their employ a day off for Veterans Day
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-02-28 - Public Hearing Completed (H) [HCR5 Detail]
Download: Missouri-2012-HCR5-Introduced.html
SECOND REGULAR SESSION
House Concurrent Resolution No. 5
96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
INTRODUCED BY REPRESENTATIVES ROWLAND (Sponsor), FRANZ, WALLINGFORD, SOLON, PHILLIPS, SHUMAKE AND SATER (Co-sponsors).
WHEREAS, veterans throughout the United States are honored with a declared holiday on their behalf; and
WHEREAS, Veterans Day on November 11th is a day of remembrance and celebration set aside for our military heroes; and
WHEREAS, most federal, state, and local governmental entities celebrate and give their employees a day off with pay on Veterans Day and guarantee their right to work the following day; and
WHEREAS, the very military heroes this holiday was set aside to honor do not all have these same rights and privileges:
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the members of the House of Representatives of the Ninety-sixth General Assembly, Second Regular Session, the Senate concurring therein, hereby strongly urge all employers in the State of Missouri to grant all veterans the ability to take Veterans Day as a day off, without fear of their right to work being interrupted, and the option to provide a paid day off remains a decision of the employer; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Chief Clerk of the Missouri House of Representatives be instructed to prepare a properly inscribed copy of this resolution for the Missouri Veterans Commission.
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