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TO AMEND SECTION 8-11-40, AS AMENDED, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO SICK LEAVE ALLOWED STATE EMPLOYEES, SO AS TO INCREASE FROM EIGHT TO TEN THE NUMBER OF SICK DAYS AN EMPLOYEE IS ALLOWED TO USE TO CARE FOR AN ILL IMMEDIATE FAMILY MEMBER.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:
SECTION 1. The last paragraph of Section 8-11-40, as last amended by Act 100 of 1999, is further amended to read:
"Employees earning sick leave as provided in this section may use not more than eight ten days of sick leave annually to care for ill members of their immediate families. For purposes of this section, the employee's 'immediate family' means the employee's spouse and children and the following relations to the employee or the spouse of the employee: mother, father, brother, sister, grandparent, or legal guardian and grandchildren if the grandchild resides with the employee and the employee is the primary caretaker of the grandchild."
SECTION 2. This act takes effect July 1, 2003.
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