HF 1905

as introduced - 94th Legislature (2025 - 2026) Posted on 03/05/2025 11:31am

A bill for an act
relating to employment; exempting certain individuals working in positions
regulated by the United States Department of Transportation from earned sick and
safe time requirements; 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
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(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 the farmer, family farm, or family
farm corporation employs the individual to perform work for 28 days or less each year deleted text begin . deleted text end new text begin ; or
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new text begin (5) any individual in a position for which the United States Department of Transportation
has power to establish qualifications and maximum hours of service under United States
Code, title 49, section 31502.
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