1.1 A bill for an act
1.2 relating to employment; requiring priority placement in open positions for certain
1.3 disabled employees; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 363A.08, by
1.4 adding a subdivision.
1.5BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
1.6 Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 363A.08, is amended by adding a subdivision
1.7to read:
1.8 Subd. 6a.Priority placement.(a) If no reasonable accommodation under subdivision
1.96 is possible within the employee's current position, priority placement under this subdivision
1.10applies to any available positions for which the disabled employee meets the qualifications,
1.11subject to any reasonable accommodation requirements for the new position. An employer
1.12must provide priority placement in an open position to any employee who becomes disabled
1.13and is unable to perform the essential functions of their current role, provided that the
1.14employee is qualified for the open position.
1.15 (b) Priority placement means that the disabled employee must be considered before
1.16external candidates for any open role for which the employee is qualified and capable of
1.17performing with or without reasonable accommodation.
1.18 (c) This section applies to employers with more than 40,000 employees in the state. An
1.19employer subject to this subdivision must notify employees of their right to priority placement
1.20under this subdivision.
1Section 1.
REVISOR SS/LJ 25-0316002/25/25
State of Minnesota
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HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
H. F. No. 3003
NINETY-FOURTH SESSION
Authored by Hicks04/01/2025
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Judiciary Finance and Civil Law