1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to the military; providing unpaid leave of absence from employment for 
1.3 	an immediate family member of a person ordered into active military service 
1.4 	during a time of war or other national emergency;amending Minnesota Statutes 
1.5 	2008, section 181.948, subdivision 2.
1.6 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.7 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 181.948, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
1.8 		Subd. 2.Unpaid leave required. Unless the leave would unduly disrupt the 
1.9 	operations of the employer, an employer shall grant a leave of absence without pay 
1.10 	to an employee whose immediate family member, as a member of the United States 
1.11 	armed forces, has been ordered into active service in support of a war or other national 
1.12 	emergency~~.~~, for any of the following purposes, broadly construed:
1.13 	(1) to attend to personal or family financial or legal matters affected by the 
1.14 	deployment;
1.15 	(2) to arrange for the care of children affected by the deployment, including but not 
1.16 	limited to matters of child care, medical care, and educational services for the children;
1.17 	(3) to acquire or comply with medical care including, but not limited to, counseling 
1.18 	services and rest or recuperation for physical or emotional stresses or other health-related 
1.19 	conditions caused or affected by the deployment;
1.20 	(4) to attend to real and personal property matters affected by the deployment; and
1.21 	(5) to spend time with the deploying family member prior to, during, or following 
1.22 	the person's military deployment.
1.23 	An employer may limit for any employee the cumulative amount of leave for an 
1.24 	employee, as required under this subdivision, to a total of 12 weeks in any 12-month 
1.25 	period. The employer may further limit the amount of leave provided under this 
2.1 	subdivision to the actual time necessary, in any authorized instance, for the employee to 
2.2 	attend ~~a send-off or homecoming ceremony for the mobilized service member, not to~~ 
2.3 	~~exceed one day's duration in any calendar year~~ to the designated matter. 

2.4 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective July 1, 2009, for military 
2.5 	deployments initiated or underway on or after that date.