1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to employment; exempting employees who exclusively work from home 
1.3 	from local ordinances regulating the workplace;proposing coding for new law in 
1.4 	Minnesota Statutes, chapter 181.
1.5 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.6 	Section 1. [181.987] WORKPLACE ORDINANCE; EXEMPTION.
1.7 		Subdivision 1.Definitions. (a) For the purposes of this section, the following terms have 
1.8 	the meanings given.
1.9 	(b) "Employee" means an individual who is a Minnesota resident and is employed by 
1.10 	an employer. Employee does not include an independent contractor.
1.11 	(c) "Employer" means any person, partnership, association, limited liability company, 
1.12 	trust, estate, or corporation, including the state of Minnesota or any agency, instrumentality, 
1.13 	or governmental subdivision thereof, employing one or more employees.
1.14 	(d) "Workplace ordinance" means an ordinance adopted by a political subdivision that 
1.15 	regulates work performed within the boundaries of the political subdivision, including 
1.16 	regulations affecting wages and benefits.
1.17 		Subd. 2.Exemption from local ordinance. An employee who exclusively performs 
1.18 	work for an employer from the employee's dwelling is not subject to a workplace ordinance 
1.19 	adopted by the political subdivision in which the employee's dwelling is located, unless the 
1.20 	terms of employment between the employee and employer or a collective bargaining 
1.21 	agreement explicitly state that a workplace ordinance applies.