Minnesota Statutes 181.948 – Leave to Attend Military Ceremonies
Subdivision 1.Definitions.
(a) For the purposes of this section, the following terms have the meanings given in this subdivision.
Terms Used In Minnesota Statutes 181.948
- Guardian: A person legally empowered and charged with the duty of taking care of and managing the property of another person who because of age, intellect, or health, is incapable of managing his (her) own affairs.
- Person: may extend and be applied to bodies politic and corporate, and to partnerships and other unincorporated associations. See Minnesota Statutes 645.44
- state: extends to and includes the District of Columbia and the several territories. See Minnesota Statutes 645.44
(b) “Active service” has the meaning given in section 190.05, subdivision 5.
(c) “Employee” means a person who performs services for compensation, in whatever form, for an employer. Employee does not include an independent contractor.
(d) “Employer” means a person or entity located or doing business in this state and having one or more employees, and includes the state and all political or other governmental subdivisions of the state.
(e) “Immediate family member” means a person’s grandparent, parent, legal guardian, sibling, child, grandchild, spouse, fiance, or fiancee.
Subd. 2.Unpaid leave required.
Unless the leave would unduly disrupt the operations of the employer, an employer shall grant a leave of absence without pay to an employee whose immediate family member, as a member of the United States armed forces, has been ordered into active service in support of a war or other national emergency. The employer may limit the amount of leave provided under this subdivision to the actual time necessary for the employee to attend a send-off or homecoming ceremony for the mobilized service member, not to exceed one day’s duration in any calendar year.