SF 2843

Introduction - 88th Legislature (2013 - 2014)

Posted on 03/21/2014 08:40 a.m.

A bill for an act
relating to employees; adding in-laws to the list of relatives allowed to use sick
leave benefits; amending Minnesota Statutes 2013 Supplement, section 181.9413.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

Section 1.

Minnesota Statutes 2013 Supplement, section 181.9413, is amended to read:

181.9413 SICK LEAVE BENEFITS; CARE OF RELATIVES.

(a) An employee may use personal sick leave benefits provided by the employer
for absences due to an illness of or injury to the employee's child, as defined in section
181.940, subdivision 4, adult child, spouse, sibling, parent, grandparent, or stepparent, for
reasonable periods of time as the employee's attendance may be necessary, on the same
terms upon which the employee is able to use sick leave benefits for the employee's own
illness or injury. This section applies only to personal sick leave benefits payable to the
employee from the employer's general assets.

(b) An employer may limit the use of personal sick leave benefits provided by the
employer for absences due to an illness of or injury to the employee's adult child, spouse,
sibling, parent, new text begin mother-in-law, father-in-law, new text end grandparent, or stepparent to no less than
160 hours in any 12-month period. This paragraph does not apply to absences due to the
illness or injury of a child, as defined in section 181.940, subdivision 4.

(c) For purposes of this section, "personal sick leave benefits" means time accrued
and available to an employee to be used as a result of absence from work due to personal
illness or injury, but does not include short-term or long-term disability or other salary
continuation benefits.

(d) For the purpose of this section, "child" includes a stepchild and a biological,
adopted, and foster child.

(e) This section does not prevent an employer from providing greater sick leave
benefits than are provided for under this section.