202A.135 LEAVE TIME FROM EMPLOYMENT; PARTY OFFICERS; DELEGATES TO
PARTY CONVENTIONS.
If an employee gives at least ten days' written notice to the employer, the employee may be
absent from work to attend any meeting of the state central committee or executive committee of a
major political party if the employee is a member of the committee, or may attend any convention
of major political party delegates including meetings of official convention committees if the
employee is a delegate or alternate delegate to that convention. An employee who gives proper
notice as provided in this section shall suffer no penalty or deduction from salary or wages on
account of absence other than a deduction in salary or wages for the actual time of absence from
employment. A violation of this section by an employer is a misdemeanor.
History: 1980 c 400 s 1; 1981 c 29 art 7 s 38; 1986 c 444