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HF1542 (Legislative Session 94 (2025-2026))

Employer participation in earned sick and safe time benefits made permissive.

Related bill: SF2572

AI Generated Summary

This bill proposes amendments to Minnesota Statutes section 181.9445, specifically modifying definitions related to earned sick and safe time benefits. The key changes include:

  1. Employer Participation Becomes Permissive: The bill makes it optional for employers to provide earned sick and safe time benefits, rather than mandatory.

  2. Revised Definition of "Employee":

    • An employee is defined as someone working at least 80 hours per year in Minnesota only if the employer opts to provide benefits.
    • Excludes independent contractors, certain emergency responders (volunteer firefighters, on-call ambulance personnel), elected officials, and short-term farm laborers (working 28 days or fewer per year).

  3. Revised Definition of "Employer":

    • An employer is anyone with at least one employee, but only if they choose to offer benefits.
    • Includes businesses, nonprofits, government entities, staffing agencies, and certain individual providers.
    • Excludes the U.S. government.

Overall, the bill shifts earned sick and safe time benefits from a mandatory requirement to a voluntary offering determined by each employer.

Bill text versions

Actions

DateChamberWhereTypeNameCommittee Name
February 25, 2025HouseFloorActionIntroduction and first reading, referred toWorkforce, Labor, and Economic Development Finance and Policy
February 25, 2025HouseFloorActionIntroduction and first reading, referred toWorkforce, Labor, and Economic Development Finance and Policy
March 02, 2025HouseFloorActionAuthor added
March 02, 2025HouseFloorActionAuthor added

Citations

 
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  {
    "analysis": {
      "added": [],
      "removed": [],
      "summary": "Defines the term 'volunteer ambulance attendant' as it relates to employer-employee definitions in section 181.9445.",
      "modified": []
    },
    "citation": "144E.001",
    "subdivision": "subdivision 15"
  },
  {
    "analysis": {
      "added": [],
      "removed": [],
      "summary": "Defines the term 'ambulance service personnel' as it relates to employer-employee definitions in section 181.9445.",
      "modified": []
    },
    "citation": "144E.001",
    "subdivision": "subdivision 3a"
  },
  {
    "analysis": {
      "added": [],
      "removed": [],
      "summary": "Clarifies the taxpaying employer in the context of an employee leasing company or professional employer organization for section 181.9445.",
      "modified": []
    },
    "citation": "268.046",
    "subdivision": "subdivision 1"
  },
  {
    "analysis": {
      "added": [],
      "removed": [],
      "summary": "Identifies the employer as any participant or participant's representative in terms of individual providers under section 181.9445.",
      "modified": []
    },
    "citation": "256B.0711",
    "subdivision": "subdivision 1"
  },
  {
    "analysis": {
      "added": [],
      "removed": [],
      "summary": "Specifies that a temporary employee supplied by a staffing agency is an employee of the staffing agency unless contractually stated otherwise for purposes relevant to section 181.9445.",
      "modified": []
    },
    "citation": "177.50",
    "subdivision": ""
  }
]

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