HF 600

1st Unofficial Engrossment - 90th Legislature (2017 - 2018) Posted on 04/20/2017 02:39pm

1.1A bill for an act

1.2relating to employment; providing uniformity for employment mandates on private
1.3employers;proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 181.
1.4BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.5    Section 1. TITLE.
1.6This act shall be titled the "Uniform State Labor Standards Act."

1.7    Sec. 2. [181.741] EXPRESS PREEMPTION; UNIFORMITY OF PRIVATE
1.8EMPLOYER MANDATES.
1.9    Subdivision 1. Definitions. (a) For the purposes of this section, the terms defined in this
1.10subdivision have the meanings given them.
1.11(b) "Employer" means a private person employing one or more employees in the state.
1.12(c) "Local government" means a home rule charter city, statutory city, town, county, the
1.13Metropolitan Council, a metropolitan agency as defined in section 473.121, subdivision 5a,
1.14or a special district.
1.15    Subd. 2. Express preemption. (a) A local government must not adopt, enforce, or
1.16administer an ordinance, local resolution, or local policy requiring an employer to pay an
1.17employee a wage higher than the applicable state minimum wage rate provided in section
1.18177.24.
1.19(b) A local government must not adopt, enforce, or administer an ordinance, local
1.20resolution, or local policy requiring an employer to provide either paid or unpaid leave time.
2.1(c) A local government must not adopt, enforce, or administer an ordinance, local
2.2resolution, or local policy regulating the hours or scheduling of work time that an employer
2.3provides to an employee. This paragraph does not preempt an ordinance, local resolution,
2.4or local policy limiting the hours a business may operate.
2.5(d) A local government must not adopt, enforce, or administer an ordinance, local
2.6resolution, or local policy requiring an employer to provide an employee a particular benefit
2.7or term of employment.
2.8    Subd. 3. Local governments as employers and contractors. This section does not
2.9regulate wages, benefits, terms of employment, or attendance policies:
2.10(1) provided to an employee of a local government;
2.11(2) agreed to in a contract for goods or services provided to a local government; or
2.12(3) agreed to in a contract for goods or services funded in whole or in part by financial
2.13assistance from a local government.
2.14EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective upon final enactment and applies to
2.15ordinances, local policies, and local resolutions enacted on or after January 1, 2016.