HF 1057

as introduced - 94th Legislature (2025 - 2026) Posted on 02/17/2025 02:52pm

A bill for an act
relating to employment; modifying the definition of employee for purposes of
earned sick and safe time; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 181.9445,
subdivision 5.

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

Section 1.

Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 181.9445, subdivision 5, is amended to read:

Subd. 5.

Employee.

"Employee" means any person who is employed by an employer,
including temporary and part-time employees, who is anticipated by the employer to perform
work for at least 80 hours in a year for that employer in Minnesota. Employee does not
include:

(1) an independent contractor;

(2) an individual who is a volunteer firefighter or paid on-call firefighter, with a
department charged with the prevention or suppression of fires within the boundaries of the
state; is a volunteer ambulance attendant as defined in section 144E.001, subdivision 15;
or is an ambulance service personnel as defined in section 144E.001, subdivision 3a, who
serves in a paid on-call position;

(3) an individual who is an elected official or a person who is appointed to fill a vacancy
in an elected office as part of a legislative or governing body of Minnesota or a political
subdivision; or

(4) an individual employed by a farmer, family farm, or a family farm corporation to
provide physical labor on or management of a farm if new text begin : (i) new text end the farmer, family farm, or family
farm corporation employs new text begin five or fewer employees; or (ii) new text end the individual new text begin is employed by
the farmer, family farm, or family farm corporation new text end to perform work for 28 days or less
each year.