1.1 A bill for an act
1.2 relating to employees; providing an exemption from earned sick and safe time
1.3 requirements; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 181.9445, subdivision
1.4 5.
1.5BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
1.6 Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 181.9445, subdivision 5, is amended to read:
1.7 Subd. 5.Employee."Employee" means any person who is employed by an employer,
1.8including a temporary and part-time employees employee, who is anticipated by the employer
1.9to perform work for at least 80 hours in a year for that employer in Minnesota. Employee
1.10does not include:
1.11 (1) an independent contractor;
1.12 (2) an individual who is a volunteer firefighter or paid on-call firefighter, with a
1.13department charged with the prevention or suppression of fires within the boundaries of the
1.14state; is a volunteer ambulance attendant as defined in section 144E.001, subdivision 15;
1.15or is an ambulance service personnel as defined in section 144E.001, subdivision 3a, who
1.16serves in a paid on-call position;
1.17 (3) an individual who is an elected official or a person who is appointed to fill a vacancy
1.18in an elected office as part of a legislative or governing body of Minnesota or a political
1.19subdivision; or
1.20 (4) an individual employed by a farmer, family farm, or a family farm corporation to
1.21provide physical labor on or management of a farm if the farmer, family farm, or family
1.22farm corporation employs the individual to perform work for 28 days or less each year.;
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HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
H. F. No. 3111
NINETY-FOURTH SESSION
Authored by Harder04/03/2025
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) an individual who is not scheduled on a prescheduled basis and is available to work
2.2on any shift on an as-needed basis;
2.3 (6) an individual who is a student in high school or at a postsecondary institution and
2.4who is receiving on-the-job training, including at a paid internship; or
2.5 (7) an individual who is normally scheduled to work less than 25 hours or fewer per
2.6normal workweek.
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