2nd Engrossment - 83rd Legislature (2003 - 2004) Posted on 12/15/2009 12:00am
1.1 A bill for an act 1.2 relating to employment; prohibiting employers from 1.3 asking applicants about National Guard or reserve 1.4 status; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota 1.5 Statutes, chapter 181. 1.6 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 1.7 Section 1. [181.535] [ARMED FORCES RESERVES OR NATIONAL 1.8 GUARD STATUS.] 1.9 No person, whether acting directly or through an agent or 1.10 as the agent or employee of another, may: 1.11 (1) ask a person seeking employment with that person, or 1.12 with the employer represented by that person, whether the person 1.13 seeking employment is a member of the National Guard or a 1.14 reserve component of the United States Armed Forces; or 1.15 (2) require the person seeking employment to make any oral 1.16 or written statement concerning National Guard or reserve status 1.17 as a condition precedent to employment. 1.18 Sec. 2. [ANNOUNCEMENT.] 1.19 The adjutant general and the commissioner of veterans 1.20 affairs shall use reasonable means to publicize the policy in 1.21 section 1.