1.1 A bill for an act
1.2 relating to employment; modifying definition of employee for purposes of earned
1.3 sick and safe time; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 181.9445,
1.4 subdivision 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 temporary and part-time employees, who is anticipated by the employer to perform
1.9work for at least 80 hours in a year for that employer in Minnesota. Employee does not
1.10include:
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) a person appointed to serve on a board or commission of a governmental subdivision
1.18or an instrumentality thereof;
1.19 (3) (4) an individual who is an elected official or a person who is appointed to fill a
1.20vacancy in an elected office as part of a legislative or governing body of Minnesota or a
1.21political subdivision; or
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HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
H. F. No. 758
NINETY-FOURTH SESSION
Authored by Robbins02/13/2025
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Workforce, Labor, and Economic Development Finance and Policy 2.1 (4) (5) an individual employed by a farmer, family farm, or a family farm corporation
2.2to provide physical labor on or management of a farm if the farmer, family farm, or family
2.3farm corporation employs the individual to perform work for 28 days or less each year.
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