REPORT TITLE:
Family Leave Act


DESCRIPTION:
Includes leave for parent-teacher conferences.

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
                                                        
THE SENATE                              S.B. NO.           2495
TWENTIETH LEGISLATURE, 2000                                
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:

 1      SECTION 1.  Section 398-3, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is
 
 2 amended by amending subsection (a) to read as follows:
 
 3      "(a)  An employee shall be entitled to a total of four weeks
 
 4 of family leave during any calendar year upon the birth of a
 
 5 child of the employee or the adoption of a child[, or]; to care
 
 6 for the employee's child, spouse or reciprocal beneficiary, or
 
 7 parent with a serious health condition[.]; or to attend parent-
 
 8 teacher conferences at schools."
 
 9      SECTION 2.  Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed.
 
10 New statutory material is underscored.
 
11      SECTION 3.  This Act shall take effect upon its approval.
 
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13                       INTRODUCED BY:  ___________________________