<div class="xtend"><a id="pl.1.1"></a><var>1.1</var>CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REPORT ON S.F. No. 840<br />
         		
         <div class="xtend_ce"><a id="pl.1.2"></a><var>1.2</var>A bill for an act<br />
            		
         </div><a id="pl.1.3"></a><var>1.3</var>relating to employment; modifying use of personal sick leave benefits;amending <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.4"></a><var>1.4</var>Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 181.9413.<br />
         		<a id="pl.1.5"></a><var>1.5</var>May 15, 2013<br />
         		<a id="pl.1.6"></a><var>1.6</var>The Honorable Sandra L. Pappas<br />
         		<a id="pl.1.7"></a><var>1.7</var>President of the Senate<br />
         		<a id="pl.1.8"></a><var>1.8</var>The Honorable Paul Thissen<br />
         		<a id="pl.1.9"></a><var>1.9</var>Speaker of the House of Representatives<br />
         		<a id="pl.1.10"></a><var>1.10</var>We, the undersigned conferees for S.F. No. 840 report that we have agreed upon the <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.11"></a><var>1.11</var>items in dispute and recommend as follows:<br />
         		<a id="pl.1.12"></a><var>1.12</var>That the House recede from its amendment and that S.F. No. 840 be further amended <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.13"></a><var>1.13</var>as follows:<br />
         		<a id="pl.1.14"></a><var>1.14</var>Delete everything after the enacting clause and insert:<br />
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         		<a id="bill.0.1.0"></a><a id="pl.1.15"></a><var>1.15</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;"Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 181.9413, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.1.16"></a><var>1.16</var><b>181.9413 SICK </b>~~<b>OR INJURED CHILD CARE</b>~~<b> LEAVE</b><b> BENEFITS; CARE </b><br />
         		<a id="pl.1.17"></a><var>1.17</var><b>OF RELATIVES</b><b>.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.1.18"></a><var>1.18</var>(a) An employee may use personal sick leave benefits provided by the employer <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.19"></a><var>1.19</var>for absences due to an illness of or injury to the employee's child, as defined in section <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.20"></a><var>1.20</var>181.940, subdivision 4, adult child, spouse, sibling, parent, grandparent, or stepparent,<br />
         		<a id="pl.1.21"></a><var>1.21</var> for ~~such~~ reasonable periods of time as the employee's attendance ~~with the child~~ may be <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.22"></a><var>1.22</var>necessary, on the same terms upon which the employee is able to use sick leave benefits <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.23"></a><var>1.23</var>for the employee's own illness or injury. This section applies only to personal sick leave <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.24"></a><var>1.24</var>benefits payable to the employee from the employer's general assets.<br />
         		<a id="pl.1.25"></a><var>1.25</var>(b) An employer may limit the use of personal sick leave benefits provided by the <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.26"></a><var>1.26</var>employer for absences due to an illness of or injury to the employee's adult child, spouse, <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.27"></a><var>1.27</var>sibling, parent, grandparent, or stepparent to no less than 160 hours in any 12-month <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.28"></a><var>1.28</var>period. This paragraph does not apply to absences due to the illness or injury of a child, as <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.29"></a><var>1.29</var>defined in section 181.940, subdivision 4.<br />
         		<a id="pl.2.1"></a><var>2.1</var>(c) For purposes of this section, "personal sick leave benefits" means time accrued <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.2"></a><var>2.2</var>and available to an employee to be used as a result of absence from work due to personal <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.3"></a><var>2.3</var>illness or injury, but does not include short-term or long-term disability or other salary <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.4"></a><var>2.4</var>continuation benefits.<br />
         		<a id="pl.2.5"></a><var>2.5</var>(d) For the purpose of this section, "child" includes a stepchild and a biological, <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.6"></a><var>2.6</var>adopted, and foster child.<br />
         		<a id="pl.2.7"></a><var>2.7</var>(e) This section does not prevent an employer from providing greater sick leave <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.8"></a><var>2.8</var>benefits than are provided for under this section.<br />
         		<a id="pl.2.9"></a><var>2.9</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective August 1, 2013, and applies to sick <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.10"></a><var>2.10</var>leave used on or after that date.<br />
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         		<a id="bill.0.2.0"></a><a id="pl.2.11"></a><var>2.11</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 2. <b>REPORT.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.2.12"></a><var>2.12</var>By August 1, 2014, the commissioner of management and budget shall analyze <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.13"></a><var>2.13</var>and report to the standing committees of the house of representatives and senate with <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.14"></a><var>2.14</var>jurisdiction over labor and workplace issues on the impact on the usage of sick leave by <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.15"></a><var>2.15</var>employees of the executive branch of the state as a result of the amendments in section 1."<br />
         		<a id="pl.2.16"></a><var>2.16</var>Delete the title and insert:<br />
         		
         <div class="xtend_ce"><a id="pl.2.17"></a><var>2.17</var>"A bill for an act<br />
            		
         </div><a id="pl.2.18"></a><var>2.18</var>relating to employment; modifying use of personal sick leave benefits; requiring <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.19"></a><var>2.19</var>a report;amending Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 181.9413."<br />
         		
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               <td colspan="3">We request the adoption of this report and repassage of the bill.<br />
                  		
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               <td><a id="pl.3.2"></a><var>3.2</var><br />
                  		
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               <td>Senate Conferees:<br />
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               <td><a id="pl.3.4"></a><var>3.4</var><br />
                  		
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               <td>Bobby Joe Champion<br />
                  		
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               <td>Jeff Hayden<br />
                  		
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               <td><a id="pl.3.5"></a><var>3.5</var><br />
                  		
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               <td><a id="pl.3.6"></a><var>3.6</var><br />
                  		
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               <td>Carla J. Nelson<br />
                  		
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               <td><a id="pl.3.7"></a><var>3.7</var><br />
                  		
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               <td>House Conferees:<br />
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               <td><a id="pl.3.8"></a><var>3.8</var><br />
                  		
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               <td><a id="pl.3.9"></a><var>3.9</var><br />
                  		
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               <td>Rick Hansen<br />
                  		
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               <td>Carly Melin<br />
                  		
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               <td><a id="pl.3.10"></a><var>3.10</var><br />
                  		
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               <td><a id="pl.3.11"></a><var>3.11</var><br />
                  		
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               <td>Andrea Kieffer<br />
                  		
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