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CHAPTER 87--S.F.No. 840

An act

relating to employment; modifying use of personal sick leave benefits; requiring a report;

amending Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 181.9413.

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

Section 1.

Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 181.9413, is amended to read:

181.9413 SICK deleted text begin OR INJURED CHILD CAREdeleted text end LEAVEnew text begin BENEFITS; CARE OF RELATIVESnew 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 childnew text begin , as defined in section 181.940, subdivision 4, adult child, spouse, sibling, parent, grandparent, or stepparent,new text end for deleted text begin suchdeleted text end reasonable periods new text begin of time new text end as the employee's attendance deleted text begin with the childdeleted 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) new text begin 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, 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.new text end

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

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

new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end

new text begin This section is effective August 1, 2013, and applies to sick leave used on or after that date. new text end

Sec. 2.

new text begin REPORT. new text end

new text begin By August 1, 2014, the commissioner of management and budget shall analyze and report to the standing committees of the house of representatives and senate with jurisdiction over labor and workplace issues on the impact on the usage of sick leave by employees of the executive branch of the state as a result of the amendments in section 1. new text end

Presented to the governor May 21, 2013

Signed by the governor May 24, 2013, 1:43 p.m.

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