Bill Text: MN HF2447 | 2013-2014 | 88th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Veterans Day; employers required to provide veterans with time off.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2014-05-16 - Laid on table [HF2447 Detail]
Download: Minnesota-2013-HF2447-Introduced.html
1.2relating to veterans; requiring employers to provide veterans time off for Veterans
1.3Day;proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 197.
1.4BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
1.5 Section 1. [197.4552] TIME OFF FOR VETERANS DAY.
1.6 Subdivision 1. Time off required. An employer shall provide each employee who
1.7is a veteran, as defined in section 197.447, with time off for Veterans Day, November 11, if
1.8the employee would otherwise be required to work on that day, as provided in this section.
1.9 Subd. 2. Paid or unpaid time off allowed; exceptions. An employer, in complying
1.10with this section, shall have the discretion of providing paid or unpaid time off on Veterans
1.11Day, unless providing time off would impact public health or safety or would cause the
1.12employer to experience significant economic or operational disruption.
1.13 Subd. 3. Notice. (a) An employee shall provide the employer with at least 30 days'
1.14prior written notice of the employee's intent to take time off for Veterans Day and shall
1.15also provide the employer with a federal certificate of release or discharge from active
1.16duty, or equivalent documentation, for purposes of determining the employee's eligibility
1.17for the benefit provided in this section.
1.18(b) The employer shall, at least ten days prior to Veterans Day, notify the employee if
1.19the employee shall be provided paid or unpaid time off on Veterans Day. If the employer
1.20determines that the employer is unable to provide time off for Veterans Day for all
1.21employees who request time off, the employer shall deny time off to the minimum number
1.22of employees needed by the employer to protect public health and safety or to maintain
1.23minimum operational capacity, as applicable.
2.1EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective the day following final enactment.
1.3Day;proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 197.
1.4BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
1.5 Section 1. [197.4552] TIME OFF FOR VETERANS DAY.
1.6 Subdivision 1. Time off required. An employer shall provide each employee who
1.7is a veteran, as defined in section 197.447, with time off for Veterans Day, November 11, if
1.8the employee would otherwise be required to work on that day, as provided in this section.
1.9 Subd. 2. Paid or unpaid time off allowed; exceptions. An employer, in complying
1.10with this section, shall have the discretion of providing paid or unpaid time off on Veterans
1.11Day, unless providing time off would impact public health or safety or would cause the
1.12employer to experience significant economic or operational disruption.
1.13 Subd. 3. Notice. (a) An employee shall provide the employer with at least 30 days'
1.14prior written notice of the employee's intent to take time off for Veterans Day and shall
1.15also provide the employer with a federal certificate of release or discharge from active
1.16duty, or equivalent documentation, for purposes of determining the employee's eligibility
1.17for the benefit provided in this section.
1.18(b) The employer shall, at least ten days prior to Veterans Day, notify the employee if
1.19the employee shall be provided paid or unpaid time off on Veterans Day. If the employer
1.20determines that the employer is unable to provide time off for Veterans Day for all
1.21employees who request time off, the employer shall deny time off to the minimum number
1.22of employees needed by the employer to protect public health and safety or to maintain
1.23minimum operational capacity, as applicable.
2.1EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective the day following final enactment.
