SF 4060
1st Engrossment - 94th Legislature (2025 - 2026)
Posted on 03/18/2026 09:26 a.m.
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A bill for an act
relating to employment; requiring a quality service wage for covered airport or
related location workers; providing penalties; proposing coding for new law in
Minnesota Statutes, chapter 181.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
Section 1.
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[181.174] QUALITY SERVICE WAGE.
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(a) For the purposes of this section, the following terms have
the meanings given.
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(b) "Covered airport or related location" means the Minneapolis-St. Paul International
Airport, Wold-Chamberlain Field, including all property owned by the Metropolitan Airports
Commission at Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport.
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(c) "Covered airport or related location employer" or "employer" means:
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(1) any person, corporation, limited liability company, or association employing any
covered airport or related location worker in an occupation, industry, trade, business or
service; or
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(2) any person who contracts with a person to perform work related to the preparation
or delivery of food for consumption on airplanes departing from a covered airport or related
location.
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Covered airport or related location employer does not include the United States government;
the Metropolitan Airports Commission; or other state, county, or local political subdivision.
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(d) "Covered airport or related location worker" means:
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(1) any person employed to perform work at a covered airport or related location, provided
at least half of the employee's time during any workweek is performed at a covered airport
and related location; or
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(2) any person who performs work related to the preparation or delivery of food for
consumption on airplanes departing from a covered airport or related location.
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Covered airport or related location worker does not include independent contractors or
persons employed in an executive, administrative, or professional capacity.
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(e) "Quality service wage" or "QSW" means the combined hourly wage rate and benefit
rate designated by the Metropolitan Airports Commission to be the QSW. The QSW must
be based on the determinations made by the General Services Administration pursuant to
the federal McNamara-O'Hara Service Contract Act, United States Code, title 41, section
6701 to 6707, for the applicable localities and job classifications of employees. Effective
July 1, 2026, and each July 1 thereafter, the quality service wage applicable to a covered
airport must not be less than the following:
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(1) any otherwise applicable minimum wage rate established by or through the
Metropolitan Airports Commission (MAC), including through MAC contracts or licensing
agreements;
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(2) the amount of wages or supplements equal to the rate for health and welfare for all
occupations, designated by the Metropolitan Airports Commission based on the
determinations made by the federal Department of Labor pursuant to the McNamara-O'Hara
Service Contract Act (SCA) requirements under United States Code, title 41, sections 6701
to 6707, for the geographic region in which the covered airport location is located and in
effect on the date of the designation by the Metropolitan Airports Commission; and
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(3) the local guard SCA wage determination, as applicable.
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Beginning July 1, 2026, each covered
airport or related location employer must pay a covered airport or related location worker
a wage of not less than the quality service wage applicable to that covered airport or related
location worker.
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The amount of wages or supplements equal to
the rate for health and welfare benefits must be adjusted annually to the rate provided
pursuant to the McNamara-O'Hara Service Contract Act (SCA) requirements under United
States Code, title 41, sections 6701 to 6707.
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(a) The Metropolitan Airports Commission may issue a penalty to the
employer of not less than $1,000 and not more than $10,000 per violation of this section.
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(b) In assessing the amount of the penalty under paragraph (a), the Metropolitan Airports
Commission shall consider the size of the covered airport or related location, employer's
business, the good faith of the covered airport or related location employer, the gravity of
the violation, the history of previous violations, and the failure to comply with other
requirements.
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This section is effective July 1, 2026.
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