2016 House Bill 5788

Mandate employers grant leave for parent school events

Introduced in the House

July 13, 2016

Introduced by Rep. Gretchen Driskell (D-52)

To mandate that employers must grant an employee up to eight hours of leave per child per academic year to attend school activities. The leave would be unpaid, but employers would also be required to grant up to eight hours of paid leave to employees who don’t use the school event time.

Referred to the Committee on Commerce and Trade