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HB 1945 Domestic violence leave for employees.

Introduced by: Jennifer L. McClellan | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles

SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:

Domestic violence leave for employees. Requires employers to allow an employee to take domestic violence leave, with or without pay, if the employee or the employee's family member is a victim of domestic violence, sexual assault, or stalking. Domestic violence leave may be taken to (i) seek legal or law-enforcement assistance or remedies; (ii) seek treatment by a health care provider for physical or mental injuries caused by domestic violence, sexual assault, or stalking or to attend to health care treatment for a victim who is the employee's family member; (iii) obtain, or assist a family member in obtaining, services from a domestic violence shelter, rape crisis center, or other social services program for relief from domestic violence, sexual assault, or stalking; (iv) obtain, or assist a family member in obtaining, mental health counseling related to an incident of domestic violence, sexual assault, or stalking, in which the employee or the employee's family member was a victim of domestic violence, sexual assault, or stalking; or (v) participate in safety planning, temporarily or permanently relocate, or take other actions to increase the safety of the employee or employee's family members from future domestic violence, sexual assault, or stalking. Employers are prohibited from discharging or discriminating against an employee because the employee takes domestic violence leave.


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