1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to employment; requiring leaves of absence for employees to attend a 
1.3 	send-off or homecoming ceremony for an immediate family member who, as 
1.4 	a military member, has been mobilized for active military service in support 
1.5 	of a war or other national emergency; amending Minnesota Statutes 2005 
1.6 	Supplement, section 192.502, by adding a subdivision; proposing coding for new 
1.7 	law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 181.
1.8 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.9 	Section 1. [181.948] LEAVE TO ATTEND MILITARY CEREMONIES.
1.10 		Subdivision 1.Definitions. (a) For the purposes of this section, the following terms 
1.11 	have the meaning given to them in this subdivision.
1.12 	(b) "Employee" means a person, independent contractor, or person working for an 
1.13 	independent contractor who performs services for compensation, in whatever form, for 
1.14 	an employer.
1.15 	(c) "Employer" means a person or entity located or doing business in this state 
1.16 	and having one or more employees, and includes the state and all political or other 
1.17 	governmental subdivisions of the state.
1.18 	(d) "Immediate family member" means a person's grandparent, parent, legal 
1.19 	guardian, sibling, child, grandchild, spouse, fiance, or fiancee.
1.20 		Subd. 2.Unpaid leave required. Unless the leave would unduly disrupt the 
1.21 	operations of the employer, an employer shall grant a leave of absence without pay 
1.22 	to an employee for the actual time necessary for an employee to attend a send-off or 
1.23 	homecoming ceremony for an immediate family member who, as a member of the United 
1.24 	States armed forces, has been mobilized for active military service in support of a war or 
1.25 	other national emergency.

2.1 	Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2005 Supplement, section 192.502, is amended by adding a 
2.2 	subdivision to read:
2.3 		Subd. 3.Unpaid leave to attend military ceremonies. Employees are entitled 
2.4 	to unpaid leave, as required by section 181.948, to attend the send-off or homecoming 
2.5 	ceremony of an immediate family member who, as a member of the United States armed 
2.6 	forces, has been mobilized for active military service in support of a war or other national 
2.7 	emergency.

2.8 	Sec. 3. REVISOR'S INSTRUCTION.
 2.9 	The revisor of statutes shall insert a first grade headnote after Minnesota Statutes, 
2.10 	section 181.946, that reads "LEAVE FOR FAMILIES OF MOBILIZED MILITARY 
2.11 	MEMBERS."