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Expanded Family and Medical Leave: Military-Related Exigencies
State: Hawaii
Subject: Family and Medical Leave, Military Families, Job-Protected Leave
Bill: H.B. 169/S.B. 546
Sponsor: Takai (D)/Espero (D)
House and Senate bills introduced: 01/18/2013
Referred to House Committees on Finance and Veterans, Military & International Affairs: 01/22/2013
Referred to Senate Committees on Public Safety, Intergovernmental & Military Affairs and Judiciary & Labor: 01/22/2013
Passed Senate Committee on Public Safety, Intergovernmental & Military Affairs with amendment: 01/29/2013
Passed House Committee on Veterans, Military & International Affairs with amendment: 01/30/2013
Referred to House Committee on Finance: 02/05/2013
Referred to Senate Committee on Judiciary & Labor: 02/06/2013
Passed House Committee on Finance with amendment: 02/25/2013
House bill passed, sent to Senate: 03/01/2013
House bill referred to Senate Committees on Public Safety, Intergovernmental & Military Affairs, Judiciary & Labor and Ways & Means: 03/07/2013
Summary:
As introduced, the bill would expand Hawaii's unpaid family leave law (and bring it in line with the federal law) to provide leave for any qualifying exigencies arising out of the deployment of a worker's spouse, son, daughter or parent who is on covered active duty in the armed forces of the United States.
The House and Senate Committees amended the law by requiring certain documentation to certify the validity of the family leave request and by specifying that the use of family leave also applies to reciprocal beneficiaries. The House Committee on Finance changed its effective date to July 1, 2030 to "encourage further discussion."
This database provides short summaries of bills and statutes. The summaries are not intended to constitute legal advice. To find out how laws relate to your particular situation, you must contact a lawyer who specializes in employees’ rights, the Labor Department’s Wage and Hour Division (1-866-4USWAGE), your state labor department and/or your union.
