Leave for Immediate Family Members of Military Personnel Injured or Killed in Active Service – Minn. Stat. §181.947

Covered Employers: Employers located or doing business in the state with one or more employees

Employee Eligibility: A person, independent contractor, or person working for an independent contractor who performs services for compensation, in whatever form, for an employer.

Entitlement: A Employee who is an immediate family member of a person killed or injured while on active duty in the United States armed forces is entitled to up to 10 working days of unpaid leave. Immediate family member is defined as "a person's parent, child, grandparents, siblings.".

Length of Leave: Up to 10 working days.

Employee Notice: An employee must give as much notice to the employee's employer as practicable of the employee's intent to exercise the leave guaranteed by this section.

Relationship with other Leaves: The length of leave may be reduced by any period of paid leave provided by the employer. An employer is not prevented from providing leave benefits in addition to those provided under the law.

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