HF 323

2nd Engrossment - 89th Legislature (2015 - 2016) Posted on 03/30/2016 10:25am

A bill for an act
relating to employment; modifying payment of wages and payroll and payroll
deductions; amending Minnesota Statutes 2014, sections 181.06, subdivision 2;
181.101.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

Section 1.

Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 181.06, subdivision 2, is amended to read:

Subd. 2.

Payroll deductions.

A written contract may be entered into between
an employer and an employee wherein the employee authorizes the employer to make
payroll deductions for the purpose of paying union dues, premiums of any life insurance,
hospitalization and surgical insurance, group accident and health insurance, group term
life insurance, group annuities or contributions to credit unions or a community chest
fund, a local arts council, a local science council or a local arts and science council, or
Minnesota benefit association, a federally or state registered political action committee, new text begin
membership dues of a relief association governed by sections 424A.091 to 424A.096 or
Laws 2013, chapter 111, article 5, sections 31 to 42, new text end or participation in any employee
stock purchase plan or savings plan for periods longer than 60 days, including gopher state
bonds established under section 16A.645.

new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end

new text begin This section is effective August 1, 2015.
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Sec. 2.

Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 181.101, is amended to read:

181.101 WAGES; HOW OFTEN PAID.

new text begin (a) Except as provided in paragraph (b), new text end every employer must pay all wages earned
by an employee at least once every 31 days on a regular payday designated in advance by
the employer regardless of whether the employee requests payment at longer intervals.
Unless paid earlier, the wages earned during the first half of the first 31-day pay period
become due on the first regular payday following the first day of work. If wages earned
are not paid, the commissioner of labor and industry or the commissioner's representative
may demand payment on behalf of an employee. If payment is not made within ten days
of demand, the commissioner may charge and collect the wages earned and a penalty
in the amount of the employee's average daily earnings at the rate agreed upon in the
contract of employment, not exceeding 15 days in all, for each day beyond the ten-day
limit following the demand. Money collected by the commissioner must be paid to the
employee concerned. This section does not prevent an employee from prosecuting a
claim for wages. This section does not prevent a school district, other public school
entity, or other school, as defined under section 120A.22, from paying any wages earned
by its employees during a school year on regular paydays in the manner provided by an
applicable contract or collective bargaining agreement, or a personnel policy adopted by
the governing board. For purposes of this section, "employee" includes a person who
performs agricultural labor as defined in section 181.85, subdivision 2. For purposes of
this section, wages are earned on the day an employee works.

new text begin (b) An employer of a volunteer firefighter, as defined in section 424A.001,
subdivision 10, a member of an organized first responder squad that is formally recognized
by a political subdivision in the state, or a volunteer ambulance driver or attendant must
pay all wages earned by the volunteer firefighter, first responder, or volunteer ambulance
driver or attendant at least once every 31 days, unless the employer and the employee
mutually agree upon payment at longer intervals.
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new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end

new text begin This section is effective the day following final enactment.
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