Section 1.

Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 181.9413, is amended to read:

181.9413 SICK deleted text begin OR INJURED CHILD CAREdeleted text end LEAVEnew text begin BENEFITS; USE TO
CARE FOR CERTAIN RELATIVESnew text end .

(a) An employee may use personal sick leave benefits provided by the employer for
absences due to an illness of or injury to the employee's childnew text begin , spouse, sibling, parent,
grandparent, stepparent, or other dependant residing in the employee's householdnew text end for such
reasonable periods as the employee's attendance deleted text begin with the childdeleted text end may be necessary, on the
same terms new text begin upon which new text end the employee is able to use sick leave benefits for the employee's
own illness or injury. This section applies only to personal sick leave benefits payable to
the employee from the employer's general assets.

(b) For purposes of this section, "personal sick leave benefits" means time accrued
and available to an employee to be used as a result of absence from work due to personal
illness or injury, but does not include short-term or long-term disability or other salary
continuation benefits.