as introduced - 88th Legislature (2013 - 2014) Posted on 02/22/2013 01:43pm
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Introduction | Posted on 02/06/2013 |
A bill for an act
relating to employment; modifying employee sick leave policy; amending
Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 181.9413.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 181.9413, is amended to read:
(a) An employee may use personal sick leave benefits provided by the employer for
absencesnew text begin : (1)new text end due to an illness of or injury to the employee's childnew text begin ; or (2) necessary to
care for a family member with Alzheimer's disease or a related dementia, and for absences
due to cognitive screenings and other medical care for such persons with concerns about
memory loss,new text end for such reasonable periods as the employee's attendance with the child new text begin or
family member new text end may be necessary, on the same terms new text begin upon which new text end 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) 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.
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(c) This section does not prevent an employer from providing greater sick leave
benefits than are provided for under this section.
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This section is effective August 1, 2013, and applies to sick
leave used on or after that date.
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