North Dakota Code 54-06-14.6 – Sick leave for consequences of domestic violence, a sex offense, stalking, or terrorizing
1. As used in this section:
Terms Used In North Dakota Code 54-06-14.6
- Sex: means the biological state of being male or female, based on the individual's nonambiguous sex organs, chromosomes, or endogenous hormone profiles at birth. See North Dakota Code 1-01-49
- year: means twelve consecutive months. See North Dakota Code 1-01-33
a. “Domestic violence” has the same meaning as provided under section 14-07.1-01.
b. “Immediate family member” means a spouse, parent, child, or sibling as provided under section 12.1-17-07.1.
c. “Sex offense” means an offense under chapter 12.1-20. d. “Stalking” means an offense under section 12.1-17-07.1.
e. “Terrorizing” means an offense under section 12.1-17-04.
2. Under section 54-06-14, an employing unit shall grant an employee’s request to use sick leave to:
a. Seek legal or law enforcement assistance or remedies to ensure the health and safety of the employee or employee’s immediate family members, including preparing for or participating in any civil or criminal legal proceeding related to or derived from domestic violence, a sex offense, stalking, or terrorizing; b. Seek treatment by a health care provider for physical or mental injuries caused by domestic violence, a sex offense, stalking, or terrorizing, or to attend to health care treatment for a victim of such offenses who is the employee’s immediate family member; c. Obtain or assist an immediate family member in obtaining services from a domestic violence shelter, rape crisis center, or other social services program for relief from domestic violence, a sex offense, stalking, or terrorizing; d. Obtain or assist an immediate family member in obtaining mental health counseling related to an incident of domestic violence, sex offense, stalking, or terrorizing, in which the employee or the employee’s immediate family member was a victim of domestic violence, a sex offense, stalking, or terrorizing; or
e. Participate in safety planning, temporary or permanent relocation, or take other actions to increase the safety of the employee or employee’s family members from future domestic violence, a sex offense, stalking, or terrorizing.
f. In the discretion of the employee’s supervisor, the sick leave hours may be limited to forty hours per calendar year.