1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to employment; requiring leaves of absence for employees to attend a 
1.3 	send-off or homecoming ceremony for an immediate family member who, as 
1.4 	a military member, has been mobilized for active military service in support 
1.5 	of a war or other national emergency; amending Minnesota Statutes 2005 
1.6 	Supplement, section 192.502, by adding a subdivision; proposing coding for new 
1.7 	law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 181.
1.8 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.9 	Section 1. [181.948] LEAVE TO ATTEND MILITARY CEREMONIES.
1.10 		Subdivision 1.Definitions. (a) For the purposes of this section, the following terms 
1.11 	have the meaning given to them in this subdivision.
1.12 	(b) "Active service" has the meaning given in section 190.05, subdivision 5. 
1.13 	(c) "Employee" means a person who performs services for compensation, in 
1.14 	whatever form, for an employer. Employee does not include an independent contractor.
1.15 	(d) "Employer" means a person or entity located or doing business in this state 
1.16 	and having one or more employees, and includes the state and all political or other 
1.17 	governmental subdivisions of the state.
1.18 	(e) "Immediate family member" means a person's grandparent, parent, legal 
1.19 	guardian, sibling, child, grandchild, spouse, fiance, or fiancee.
1.20 		Subd. 2. Unpaid leave required.  (a) Unless the leave would unduly disrupt the 
1.21 	operations of the employer, an employer shall grant a leave of absence without pay 
1.22 	to an employee whose immediate family member, as a member of the United States 
1.23 	armed forces, has been mobilized for active service in support of a war or other national 
1.24 	emergency.  The employer may limit the amount of leave provided under this subdivision 
1.25 	to: 
2.1 	(i) one-day's duration in any calendar year, or the actual time necessary, for the 
2.2 	employee to attend a send-off or homecoming ceremony for the mobilized service 
2.3 	member; or
2.4 	 (ii) two-day's duration in any calendar year, for the employee to spend with the 
2.5 	mobilized service member prior to or during the service member's military mobilization. 
2.6 	(b) Leave granted under this subdivision shall not exceed two days per calendar year.

2.7 	Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2005 Supplement, section 192.502, is amended by adding a 
2.8 	subdivision to read:
2.9 		Subd. 3.Unpaid leave to attend military ceremonies. Employees are entitled 
2.10 	to unpaid leave, as required by section 181.948, to attend the send-off or homecoming 
2.11 	ceremony of an immediate family member who, as a member of the United States armed 
2.12 	forces, has been mobilized for active military service in support of a war or other national 
2.13 	emergency.

2.14 	Sec. 3. REVISOR'S INSTRUCTION.
 2.15 	The revisor of statutes shall insert a first grade headnote after Minnesota Statutes, 
2.16 	section 181.946, that reads "LEAVE FOR FAMILIES OF MOBILIZED MILITARY 
2.17 	MEMBERS."