Ohio H.B. 48, 128^th General Assembly
Leave for Spouse or Parent of Active Duty Service Members
http://www.legislature.state.oh.us/bills.cfm?ID=128_HB_40

• Provides two weeks of leave for any employee who is the spouse or parent of a member of the uniformed services who is called to active duty or is injured, wounded, or hospitalized while serving in a combat zone.

Introduced by: Representative Peter S. Ujvagi (D), District 47
Co-Sponsors: Phillips, Murray, Pryor, Harris, Dodd, Lundy, Book, Letson, Fende, Yuko, Skindell

The bill requires an employer to allow an employee to take leave up to ten days or 80 hours, whichever is less, if all of the following conditions are satisfied:
(1) The employer has employed the employee for at least 12 consecutive months and for at least 1,250 hours in the 12 months immediately preceding commencement of the leave;
(2) The employee is the parent or spouse of a person who is a member of the uniformed services and who is called into active duty in the uniformed services for a period longer than 30 days;
(3) The employee gives notice to the employer that the employee intends to take leave pursuant to the bill at least 14 days before taking the leave;
(4) The dates on which the employee takes leave occur no more than two weeks before or one week after the deployment date of the employee's spouse or child; and
(5) The employee does not have any other leave available for the employee's use except sick leave or disability leave. 

Date introduced: 2/24/09