Minnesota Administrative Rules

7190.0104 CALCULATION OF HOURLY WAGE FOR HOUSEHOLD LABOR.

Subpart 1.

Salary determination.

For each year in which the Pollution Control Agency calculates an adult claimant has hours eligible for compensation, the agency shall determine the hourly wage for household labor using the state median monthly salary for janitors as determined in the annual salary survey conducted by the Department of Employment and Economic Development. For each future year, the agency shall calculate the hourly wage using the current year's salary survey data.

Subp. 2.

Formula.

For each year in which a claimant has hours eligible for compensation, the agency shall calculate the hourly wage using the following formula:

	S
W =	_
	173.33

Where:

W = hourly wage for that year

S = state median monthly salary for janitors for that year

173.33 = the number of hours in a work month

Subp. 3.

Teenage houseworker.

For each past year in which a teenage houseworker has eligible hours, the agency shall use the minimum wage in that year as the hourly wage for household labor; for the current year and future years until the year the teenage houseworker becomes 18 years old the agency shall use the current minimum wage.

Statutory Authority:

MS s 115B.34

History:

12 SR 846; L 1994 c 483 s 1; L 2002 c 379 art 2 s 23; L 2005 c 112 art 2 s 41

Published Electronically:

August 18, 2005