1.1 A bill for an act
1.2 relating to labor; expanding list of essential employees; amending Minnesota
1.3 Statutes 2024, section 179A.03, subdivision 7.
1.4BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
1.5 Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 179A.03, subdivision 7, is amended to read:
1.6 Subd. 7.Essential employee."Essential employee" means firefighters, peace officers
1.7subject to licensure under sections 626.84 to 626.863, 911 system and police and fire
1.8department public safety dispatchers, medical examiners, coroners, medical death technicians,
1.9medical death investigators, guards at correctional facilities, confidential employees,
1.10supervisory employees, assistant county attorneys, assistant city attorneys, principals, and
1.11assistant principals. However, for state employees, "essential employee" means all employees
1.12in law enforcement, public safety radio communications operators, health care professionals,
1.13correctional guards, professional engineering, and supervisory collective bargaining units,
1.14irrespective of severance, and no other employees. For University of Minnesota employees,
1.15"essential employee" means all employees in law enforcement, nursing professional and
1.16supervisory units, irrespective of severance, and no other employees. "Firefighters" means
1.17salaried employees of a fire department whose duties include, directly or indirectly,
1.18controlling, extinguishing, preventing, detecting, or investigating fires. Employees for whom
1.19the state court administrator is the negotiating employer are not essential employees. For
1.20Hennepin Healthcare System, Inc. employees, "essential employees" means all employees.
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REVISOR VH/ES 25-0121501/17/25
State of Minnesota
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HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
H. F. No. 2807
NINETY-FOURTH SESSION
Authored by Hudson03/26/2025
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Workforce, Labor, and Economic Development Finance and Policy