SF 3190

Introduction - 85th Legislature (2007 - 2008)

Posted on 12/15/2009 12:00 a.m.

A bill for an act
relating to employment; providing up to three hours of paid leave in any
12-month period for state employees to donate blood; authorizing employers to
provide leave to employees to donate blood; proposing coding for new law in
Minnesota Statutes, chapters 43A; 181.

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

Section 1.

new text begin [43A.187] BLOOD DONATION LEAVE.
new text end

new text begin A state employee must be granted leave from work with 100 percent of pay, not to
exceed three hours in a 12-month period, to donate blood. This leave must not affect the
employee's vacation leave, pension, compensatory time, personal vacation days, sick
leave, earned overtime accumulation, or cause a loss of seniority.
new text end

Sec. 2.

new text begin [181.9458] AUTHORIZATION FOR BLOOD DONATION LEAVE.
new text end

new text begin An employer may grant paid leave from work to an employee to allow the employee
to donate blood.
new text end