Effective August 1, 2013, Minnesota employers must allow an employee to use any sick leave benefits for “absences due to an illness of or injury to the employee's child, … adult child, spouse, sibling, parent, grandparent, or stepparent, for reasonable periods of time as the employee's attendance may be necessary, on the same terms upon which the employee is able to use sick leave benefits for the employee's own illness or injury.” See Minn.Stat. 181.9413(a). This is a significant change from the prior statute, which only permitted employees to use his/her sick leave benefits to care for their sick or injured children, who were either under the age of 18 or under the age of 20 if attending secondary school.
Minnesota Employers Required To Provide Expanded Sick Leave Benefits Effective August 1, 2013
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