Bill Text: MI SB0449 | 2013-2014 | 97th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Labor; hours and wages; family education leave act; create. Creates new act.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2013-07-31 - Referred To Committee On Reforms, Restructuring And Reinventing [SB0449 Detail]
Download: Michigan-2013-SB0449-Introduced.html
SENATE BILL No. 449
July 31, 2013, Introduced by Senator ANANICH and referred to the Committee on Reforms, Restructuring and Reinventing.
A bill to require employers to provide unpaid leave for
employees to attend academic activities of their children; to
provide the conditions for granting the leave; and to prohibit
discrimination against employees who request or use the leave.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:
Sec. 1. (1) This act shall be known and may be cited as the
"family education leave act".
(2) As used in this act:
(a) "Academic activity" means a parent-teacher conference,
tutoring, or other activity or event related to the educational
advancement of a parent's or legal guardian's child.
(b) "Academic year" means the period, not to exceed 12
consecutive months, allotted by a school for the completion of 1
grade level of study.
(c) "Employee" does not include an independent contractor, a
domestic servant employed in or about a private home, or a farm or
ranch laborer.
(d) "Employer" means a person, including this state and all
political subdivisions of this state, that regularly employs 1 or
more full-time employees.
Sec. 2. (1) Except as provided in section 4, an employer shall
allow each of his or her employees who is a parent or legal
guardian of a minor child to request and take unpaid leave, not to
exceed 8 hours for each minor child in any academic year, for the
purpose of attending an academic activity for or with the minor
child.
(2) An employer may require that the leave be taken in no
longer than 3-hour increments and that the employee provide written
verification from the school or school district of the academic
activity.
Sec. 3. (1) An employee shall provide the employer with notice
of the intent to use leave under this act 7 or more days in advance
of the academic activity. If the employee cannot provide the notice
7 days in advance due to an emergency, the employee shall provide
the employer with notice of the intent to use the leave as soon as
possible. The notice to the employer shall include the written
verification specified in section 2(2), if required by the
employer.
(2) An employee may elect to substitute accrued paid leave for
the unpaid leave provided under this act.
(3) An employee shall make reasonable efforts to schedule
academic activities for which leave may be taken under this act
outside of the employee's regular work hours.
Sec. 4. An employer may deny use of leave requested under this
act only if granting the leave would disrupt or cause unusual
difficulty in the employer's business or endanger the public safety
or welfare.
Sec. 5. An employer shall not discharge, threaten, or
otherwise discriminate against an employee regarding the employee's
compensation, terms, conditions, location, or privileges of
employment because the employee requests or takes leave under this
act.
