Subdivision 1. Definitions. (a) The definitions in this subdivision apply to this section.
(b) "Active service" has the meaning given in section 190.05, subdivision 5.
(c) "Employee" means a person, independent contractor, or person working for an independent contractor who performs services for compensation, in whatever form, for an employer.
(d) "Employer" means a person or entity located or doing business in this state and having one or more employees, and includes the state and all political or other governmental subdivisions of the state.
(e) "Immediate family member" means a person's parent, child, grandparents, siblings, or spouse.
Subd. 2. Unpaid leave required. An employer must grant up to ten working days of a leave of absence without pay to an employee whose immediate family member, as a member of the United States armed forces, has been injured or killed while engaged in active service.
Subd. 3. Notice. An employee must give as much notice to the employee's employer as practicable of the employee's intent to exercise the leave guaranteed by this section.
Subd. 4. Relationship to other leave. The length of leave provided under this section may be reduced by any period of paid leave provided by the employer. Nothing in this section prevents an employer from providing leave benefits in addition to those provided in this section or otherwise affects an employee's rights with respect to other employment benefits.
History: 2006 c 273 s 3
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