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181.945 LEAVE FOR BONE MARROW DONATIONS.
Subdivision 1. Definitions. (a) For the purposes of this section, the following terms have the
meanings given to them in this subdivision.
(b) "Employee" means a person who performs services for hire for an employer, for an
average of 20 or more hours per week, and includes all individuals employed at any site owned or
operated by an employer. Employee does not include an independent contractor.
(c) "Employer" means a person or entity that employs 20 or more employees at at least one
site and includes an individual, corporation, partnership, association, nonprofit organization,
group of persons, state, county, town, city, school district, or other governmental subdivision.
Subd. 2. Leave. An employer must grant paid leaves of absence to an employee who seeks to
undergo a medical procedure to donate bone marrow. The combined length of the leaves shall
be determined by the employee, but may not exceed 40 work hours, unless agreed to by the
employer. The employer may require verification by a physician of the purpose and length of each
leave requested by the employee to donate bone marrow. If there is a medical determination that
the employee does not qualify as a bone marrow donor, the paid leave of absence granted to the
employee prior to that medical determination is not forfeited.
Subd. 3. No employer sanctions. An employer shall not retaliate against an employee for
requesting or obtaining a leave of absence as provided by this section.
Subd. 4. Relationship to other leave. This section does not prevent an employer from
providing leave for bone marrow donations in addition to leave allowed under this section. This
section does not affect an employee's rights with respect to any other employment benefit.
History: 1990 c 536 s 2
Subdivision 1. Definitions. (a) For the purposes of this section, the following terms have the
meanings given to them in this subdivision.
(b) "Employee" means a person who performs services for hire for an employer, for an
average of 20 or more hours per week, and includes all individuals employed at any site owned or
operated by an employer. Employee does not include an independent contractor.
(c) "Employer" means a person or entity that employs 20 or more employees at at least one
site and includes an individual, corporation, partnership, association, nonprofit organization,
group of persons, state, county, town, city, school district, or other governmental subdivision.
Subd. 2. Leave. An employer must grant paid leaves of absence to an employee who seeks to
undergo a medical procedure to donate bone marrow. The combined length of the leaves shall
be determined by the employee, but may not exceed 40 work hours, unless agreed to by the
employer. The employer may require verification by a physician of the purpose and length of each
leave requested by the employee to donate bone marrow. If there is a medical determination that
the employee does not qualify as a bone marrow donor, the paid leave of absence granted to the
employee prior to that medical determination is not forfeited.
Subd. 3. No employer sanctions. An employer shall not retaliate against an employee for
requesting or obtaining a leave of absence as provided by this section.
Subd. 4. Relationship to other leave. This section does not prevent an employer from
providing leave for bone marrow donations in addition to leave allowed under this section. This
section does not affect an employee's rights with respect to any other employment benefit.
History: 1990 c 536 s 2
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