1.1 A bill for an act
1.2 relating to employment; exempting certain individuals working in positions
1.3 regulated by the United States Department of Transportation from earned sick and
1.4 safe time requirements; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 181.9445,
1.5 subdivision 5.
1.6BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
1.7 Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 181.9445, subdivision 5, is amended to read:
1.8 Subd. 5.Employee."Employee" means any person who is employed by an employer,
1.9including temporary and part-time employees, who is anticipated by the employer to perform
1.10work for at least 80 hours in a year for that employer in Minnesota. Employee does not
1.11include:
1.12 (1) an independent contractor;
1.13 (2) an individual who is a volunteer firefighter or paid on-call firefighter, with a
1.14department charged with the prevention or suppression of fires within the boundaries of the
1.15state; is a volunteer ambulance attendant as defined in section 144E.001, subdivision 15;
1.16or is an ambulance service personnel as defined in section 144E.001, subdivision 3a, who
1.17serves in a paid on-call position;
1.18 (3) an individual who is an elected official or a person who is appointed to fill a vacancy
1.19in an elected office as part of a legislative or governing body of Minnesota or a political
1.20subdivision; or
1.21 (4) an individual employed by a farmer, family farm, or a family farm corporation to
1.22provide physical labor on or management of a farm if the farmer, family farm, or family
1.23farm corporation employs the individual to perform work for 28 days or less each year.; or
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HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
H. F. No. 1905
NINETY-FOURTH SESSION
Authored by Schultz03/05/2025
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Workforce, Labor, and Economic Development Finance and Policy 2.1 (5) any individual in a position for which the United States Department of Transportation
2.2has power to establish qualifications and maximum hours of service under United States
2.3Code, title 49, section 31502.
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