SF 1128

2nd Engrossment - 85th Legislature (2007 - 2008) Posted on 12/15/2009 12:00am

A bill for an act
relating to employment; modifying use of personal sick leave benefits; amending
Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 181.9413.

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

Section 1.

Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 181.9413, is amended to read:

181.9413 SICK deleted text begin OR INJURED CHILD CARE deleted text end LEAVE new text begin BENEFITS; USE TO
CARE FOR CERTAIN RELATIVES new text end .

(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 new text begin , spouse, sibling, parent,
grandparent, or stepparent new text end for deleted text begin such deleted text end reasonable periods new text begin of time new text end as the employee's attendance deleted text begin
with the child deleted 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.

new text begin (c) This section does not prevent an employer from providing greater sick leave
benefits than are provided for under this section, nor does it alter an employer's existing
sick leave policies or labor agreements that allow the use of sick leave for the care of a
child, spouse, sibling, parent, grandparent, and stepparent.
new text end

new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end

new text begin This section is effective August 1, 2009, and applies to sick
leave used on or after that date.
new text end