 dems want to mandate employers grant leave for school events two bills senate bill 590 and house bill 4898 that would mandate that employers grant leave for parents to attend school events have been introduced in the michigan house and senate the bills introduced by senator john gleason d and representative jim ananich d would mandate that employers must grant an employee up to eight hours of unpaid leave per child per academic year to attend academic activities is it really necessary to get government involved in every detail of our lives to read the text of the senate bill click on this link  http wwwlegislaturemigov documents 20112012 billintroduced senate htm 2011sib0590htm 