1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to employment; exempting certain individuals working in positions 
1.3 	regulated by the United States Department of Transportation from earned sick and 
1.4 	safe time requirements;amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 181.9445, 
1.5 	subdivision 5.
1.6 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.7 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 181.9445, subdivision 5, is amended to read:
1.8 		Subd. 5.Employee. "Employee" means any person who is employed by an employer, 
1.9 	including temporary and part-time employees, who is anticipated by the employer to perform 
1.10 	work for at least 80 hours in a year for that employer in Minnesota. Employee does not 
1.11 	include:
1.12 	(1) an independent contractor;
1.13 	(2) an individual who is a volunteer firefighter or paid on-call firefighter, with a 
1.14 	department charged with the prevention or suppression of fires within the boundaries of the 
1.15 	state; is a volunteer ambulance attendant as defined in section 144E.001, subdivision 15; 
1.16 	or is an ambulance service personnel as defined in section 144E.001, subdivision 3a, who 
1.17 	serves in a paid on-call position;
1.18 	(3) an individual who is an elected official or a person who is appointed to fill a vacancy 
1.19 	in an elected office as part of a legislative or governing body of Minnesota or a political 
1.20 	subdivision; or
1.21 	(4) an individual employed by a farmer, family farm, or a family farm corporation to 
1.22 	provide physical labor on or management of a farm if the farmer, family farm, or family 
1.23 	farm corporation employs the individual to perform work for 28 days or less each year.; or
2.1 	(5) any individual in a position for which the United States Department of Transportation 
2.2 	has power to establish qualifications and maximum hours of service under United States 
2.3 	Code, title 49, section 31502.