PRINTER'S NO. 1936
No. 1267 Session of 2006
INTRODUCED BY D. WHITE, JUNE 22, 2006
REFERRED TO VETERANS AFFAIRS AND EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS,
JUNE 22, 2006
AN ACT
1 Authorizing leave of absence from employment for veterans on
2 Veterans Day.
3 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
4 hereby enacts as follows:
5 Section 1. Definitions.
6 The following words and phrases when used in this act shall
7 have the meanings given to them in this section unless the
8 context clearly indicates otherwise:
9 "Employee." A natural person who performs services for a
10 public or private employer for valuable consideration.
11 "Employer." A person engaged in a business, industry,
12 profession, trade or other enterprise in this Commonwealth,
13 including, but not limited to, a natural person, partnership,
14 joint-stock company, corporation for profit, corporation not-
15 for-profit, municipal corporation, the Commonwealth and any
16 government agency established by it.
17 Section 2. Veterans Day holiday.
1 (a) General rule.--Any employee who is an honorably
2 discharged veteran of the United States or a reserve component
3 of the armed forces as defined in 51 Pa.C.S. § 7301 (relating to
4 definitions) shall be entitled to a leave of absence from the
5 employee's respective duties without loss of seniority or other
6 employment benefit or advantage on Veterans Day. Such leave
7 shall be paid or unpaid at the discretion of the employer.
8 (b) Documentation.--An employer may require documentation of
9 veteran status for an employee under subsection (a).
10 Section 3. Effective date.
11 This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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