Bill Text: HI SB546 | 2014 | Regular Session | Amended
Bill Title: Family Leave; Military Deployment
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2013-12-18 - Carried over to 2014 Regular Session. [SB546 Detail]
Download: Hawaii-2014-SB546-Amended.html
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TWENTY-SEVENTH LEGISLATURE, 2013 |
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STATE OF HAWAII |
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A BILL FOR AN ACT
RELATING TO FAMILY LEAVE.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:
SECTION 1. Section 398-3, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by amending subsection (a) to read as follows:
"(a) An employee shall be entitled to a
total of four weeks of family leave during any calendar year [upon the birth
of a child of the employee or the adoption of a child, or to care for the
employee's child, spouse or reciprocal beneficiary, or parent with a serious
health condition.]:
(1) Upon the birth or adoption of a child by the employee;
(2) To care for the employee's child, spouse, reciprocal beneficiary, or parent, with a serious health condition; or
(3) For any qualifying exigency arising out of the fact that the employee's spouse, son, daughter, or parent is on covered active duty in the armed forces of the United States, as such conditions and terms are defined in Title 29 Code of Federal Regulations Part 825, the federal Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993, as amended."
SECTION 2. Section 398-6, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended to read as follows:
"§398-6 Certification. (a) An employer may require that a claim for family leave be supported by written certification.
(b) For the birth of a child, certification shall be issued by a health care provider or the family court. For the placement of a child for adoption with the employee, certification shall be issued by a recognized adoption agency, the attorney handling the adoption, or by the individual officially designated by the birth parent to select and approve the adoptive family.
(c) When leave is to care for a child, spouse, or parent who has a serious health condition, certification shall be issued by the health care provider of the individual requiring care. Certification shall be considered sufficient if it provides information as required by the director.
(d) Leave for a qualifying exigency under section 398-3 shall be supported by a copy of the covered military member's active duty orders and certification providing the appropriate facts related to the particular qualifying exigency for which leave is sought, including contact information if the leave involves meeting with a third party."
SECTION 3. Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken. New statutory material is underscored.
SECTION 4. This Act shall take effect on July 1, 2013.
Report Title:
Family Leave; Military Deployment
Description:
Allows an employee with a family member in the United States armed forces who is on active duty or notified of a call to active duty, to use family leave for certain activities for which an employee may take military family leave under federal law. Provides employers with a mechanism to certify the validity of requests for military family leave. Effective July 1, 2013. (SD1)
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