Required Leave

An employer must grant reasonable and necessary leave from work, with or without pay, for an employee to:

(a)Prepare for and attend court proceedings;

(b)Receive medical treatment or attend to medical treatment for a victim who is the employee's daughter, son, parent or spouse; or

(c)Obtain necessary services to remedy a crisis caused by domestic violence, sexual assault or stalking. The leave must be needed because the employee or the employee's daughter, son, parent or spouse is a victim of a crime of violence to include, but not be limited to, domestic violence, assault, sexual assault, stalking or any act that would support an order for protection. An employer may not sanction an employee or deprive an employee of pay or benefits for exercising a right granted by this section.