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

1.9 	Section 1. [181.949] LEAVE TO SPEND TIME WITH FAMILY MEMBERS 
1.10 	MOBILIZED FOR ACTIVE MILITARY SERVICE.
1.11 		Subdivision 1.Definitions. (a) For the purposes of this section, the following terms 
1.12 	have the meaning given to them in this subdivision.
1.13 	(b) "Employee" means a person, independent contractor, or person working for an 
1.14 	independent contractor who performs services for compensation, in whatever form, for 
1.15 	an employer.
1.16 	(c) "Employer" means a person or entity located or doing business in this state 
1.17 	and having one or more employees, and includes the state and all political or other 
1.18 	governmental subdivisions of the state.
1.19 	(d) "Immediate family member" means a person's grandparent, parent, legal 
1.20 	guardian, sibling, child, grandchild, spouse, fiance, or fiancee.
1.21 		Subd. 2.Unpaid leave required. Unless the leave would unduly disrupt the 
1.22 	operations of the employer, an employer shall grant a leave of absence without pay to an 
1.23 	employee to spend time with an immediate family member who, as a member of the 
1.24 	United States armed forces, has been mobilized for active military service in support of a 
2.1 	war or other national emergency. Leave under this section may not exceed two work days 
2.2 	per year, unless agreed to by the employer.
2.3 		Subd. 3.Relationship to other leave. The length of leave provided under this 
2.4 	section may not be reduced by any period of paid leave provided by the employer, unless 
2.5 	the employee agrees to substitute any accrued paid leave for any part of the leave provided 
2.6 	under this section.

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 for families of mobilized military members. Employees 
2.10 	are entitled to unpaid leave, as required by section 181.949, to spend time with an 
2.11 	immediate family member who, as a member of the United States armed forces, has been 
2.12 	mobilized for active military service in support of a war or other national emergency.

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