Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

Minnesota House Bill HF2269 Compare Versions

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1	1	1.1 A bill for an act
2	2	1.2 relating to employment; delaying penalties on employers for failure to notify
3	3	1.3 employees about the Minnesota Paid Leave Law; amending Minnesota Statutes
4	4	1.4 2024, section 268B.26.
5	5	1.5BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
6	6	1.6 Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 268B.26, is amended to read:
7	7	1.7 268B.26 NOTICE REQUIREMENTS.
8	8	1.8 (a) Each employer must post in a conspicuous place on each of its premises a workplace
9	9	1.9notice prepared by the commissioner providing notice of benefits available under this chapter.
10	10	1.10The required workplace notice must be in English and each language other than English
11	11	1.11which is the primary language of five or more employees or independent contractors of that
12	12	1.12workplace, if such notice is available from the department.
13	13	1.13 (b) Each employer must issue to each employee not more than 30 days from the beginning
14	14	1.14date of the employee's employment, or 30 days before premium collection begins, whichever
15	15	1.15is later, the following written information provided by the department in the primary language
16	16	1.16of the employee:
17	17	1.17 (1) an explanation of the availability of family and medical leave benefits provided under
18	18	1.18this chapter, including rights to reinstatement and continuation of health insurance;
19	19	1.19 (2) the amount of premium deductions made by the employer under this chapter;
20	20	1.20 (3) the employer's premium amount and obligations under this chapter;
21	21	1.21 (4) the name and mailing address of the employer;
22	22	1Section 1.
23	23	REVISOR SS/RC 25-0445002/28/25
24	24	State of Minnesota
25	25	This Document can be made available
26	26	in alternative formats upon request
27	27	HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
28	28	H. F. No. 2269
29	29	NINETY-FOURTH SESSION
30	30	Authored by Johnson, W.; Mekeland; Schultz; Bakeberg; Zeleznikar and others03/12/2025
31	31	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) the identification number assigned to the employer by the department;
32	32	2.2 (6) instructions on how to file a claim for family and medical leave benefits;
33	33	2.3 (7) the mailing address, email address, and telephone number of the department; and
34	34	2.4 (8) any other information required by the department.
35	35	2.5Delivery is made when an employee provides written or electronic acknowledgment of
36	36	2.6receipt of the information. In cases where an employee refuses to acknowledge receipt, an
37	37	2.7employer must be able to demonstrate the way the employee had been notified.
38	38	2.8 (c) Beginning January 1, 2027, an employer that fails to comply with this section may
39	39	2.9be issued, for a first violation, a civil penalty of $50 per employee, and for each subsequent
40	40	2.10violation, a civil penalty of $300 per employee. The employer shall have the burden of
41	41	2.11demonstrating compliance with this section.
42	42	2.12 (d) Employer notice to an employee under this section may be provided in paper or
43	43	2.13electronic format. For notice provided in electronic format only, the employer must provide
44	44	2.14employee access to an employer-owned computer during an employee's regular working
45	45	2.15hours to review and print required notices.
46	46	2.16 (e) The department shall prepare a uniform employee notice form for employers to use
47	47	2.17that provides the notice information required under this section. The commissioner shall
48	48	2.18prepare the uniform employee notice in the five most common languages spoken in
49	49	2.19Minnesota.
50	50	2.20 (f) Each employer who employs or intends to employ seasonal employees as defined in
51	51	2.21section 268B.01, subdivision 35, must issue to each seasonal employee a notice that the
52	52	2.22employee is not eligible to receive paid family and medical leave benefits while the employee
53	53	2.23is so employed. The notice must be provided at the time an employment offer is made, or
54	54	2.24within 30 days of November 1, 2025, for the employer's existing seasonal employees, and
55	55	2.25be in a form provided by the department. Delivery is made when an employee provides
56	56	2.26written or electronic acknowledgment of receipt of the information, or signs a statement
57	57	2.27indicating the employee's refusal to sign such acknowledgment.
58	58	2Section 1.
59	59	REVISOR SS/RC 25-0445002/28/25