| 1 | 1 | | 1.1 A bill for an act |
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| 2 | 2 | | 1.2 relating to employment; modifying the definition of employee for purposes of |
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| 3 | 3 | | 1.3 earned sick and safe time; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 181.9445, |
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| 4 | 4 | | 1.4 subdivision 5. |
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| 5 | 5 | | 1.5BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: |
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| 6 | 6 | | 1.6 Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 181.9445, subdivision 5, is amended to read: |
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| 7 | 7 | | 1.7 Subd. 5.Employee."Employee" means any person who is employed by an employer, |
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| 8 | 8 | | 1.8including temporary and part-time employees, who is anticipated by the employer to perform |
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| 9 | 9 | | 1.9work for at least 80 hours in a year for that employer in Minnesota. Employee does not |
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| 10 | 10 | | 1.10include: |
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| 11 | 11 | | 1.11 (1) an independent contractor; |
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| 12 | 12 | | 1.12 (2) an individual who is a volunteer firefighter or paid on-call firefighter, with a |
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| 13 | 13 | | 1.13department charged with the prevention or suppression of fires within the boundaries of the |
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| 14 | 14 | | 1.14state; is a volunteer ambulance attendant as defined in section 144E.001, subdivision 15; |
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| 15 | 15 | | 1.15or is an ambulance service personnel as defined in section 144E.001, subdivision 3a, who |
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| 16 | 16 | | 1.16serves in a paid on-call position; |
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| 17 | 17 | | 1.17 (3) an individual who is an elected official or a person who is appointed to fill a vacancy |
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| 18 | 18 | | 1.18in an elected office as part of a legislative or governing body of Minnesota or a political |
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| 19 | 19 | | 1.19subdivision; or |
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| 20 | 20 | | 1.20 (4) an individual employed by a farmer, family farm, or a family farm corporation to |
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| 21 | 21 | | 1.21provide physical labor on or management of a farm if: (i) the farmer, family farm, or family |
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| 22 | 22 | | 1.22farm corporation employs five or fewer employees; or (ii) the individual is employed by |
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| 23 | 23 | | 1Section 1. |
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| 24 | 24 | | 25-01257 as introduced12/12/24 REVISOR SS/VJ |
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| 25 | 25 | | SENATE |
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| 26 | 26 | | STATE OF MINNESOTA |
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| 27 | 27 | | S.F. No. 310NINETY-FOURTH SESSION |
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| 28 | 28 | | (SENATE AUTHORS: DORNINK, Kupec, Hauschild, Draheim and Putnam) |
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| 29 | 29 | | OFFICIAL STATUSD-PGDATE |
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| 30 | 30 | | Introduction and first reading01/21/2025 |
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| 31 | 31 | | Referred to Labor 2.1the farmer, family farm, or family farm corporation to perform work for 28 days or less |
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| 32 | 32 | | 2.2each year. |
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| 33 | 33 | | 2Section 1. |
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| 34 | 34 | | 25-01257 as introduced12/12/24 REVISOR SS/VJ |
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