Minnesota SF 2300: Carpet product stewardship program

Bill Text

1.1 A bill for an act​
1.2 relating to employment; modifying earned sick and safe time provisions; amending​
1.3 Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 181.9445, subdivisions 5, 6; 181.9447,​
1.4 subdivisions 2, 3, 4; 181.9448, subdivision 1.​
1.5 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:​
1.6 Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 181.9445, subdivision 5, is amended to read:​
1.7 Subd. 5.Employee."Employee" means any person who is employed by an employer,​
1.8 including temporary and part-time employees, who is anticipated by the employer to perform​
1.9 work for at least 80 hours in a year for that employer in Minnesota. Employee does not​
1.10 include:​
1.11 (1) an independent contractor;​
1.12 (2) an individual who is a volunteer firefighter or paid on-call firefighter, with a​
1.13 department charged with the prevention or suppression of fires within the boundaries of the​
1.14 state; is a volunteer ambulance attendant as defined in section 144E.001, subdivision 15;​
1.15 or is an ambulance service personnel as defined in section 144E.001, subdivision 3a, who​
1.16 serves in a paid on-call position;​
1.17 (3) an individual who is an elected official or a person who is appointed to fill a vacancy​
1.18 in an elected office as part of a legislative or governing body of Minnesota or a political​
1.19 subdivision; or​
1.20 (4) an individual employed by a farmer, family farm, or a family farm corporation to​
1.21 provide physical labor on or management of a farm if: (i) the farmer, family farm, or family​
1.22 farm corporation employs five or fewer employees; or (ii) the individual is employed by​
1​Section 1.​
S2300-2 2nd Engrossment​SF2300 REVISOR SS​
SENATE​
STATE OF MINNESOTA​
S.F. No. 2300​NINETY-FOURTH SESSION​
(SENATE AUTHORS: SEEBERGER, Rasmusson, Frentz and Dornink)​
OFFICIAL STATUS​D-PG​DATE​
Introduction and first reading​702​03/10/2025​
Referred to Labor​
Withdrawn and re-referred to Rules and Administration​1280​04/02/2025​
Comm report: To pass as amended​4272a​04/30/2025​
Second reading​4277​
Author stricken Rest​4333​05/01/2025​
Special Order: Amended​4508a​05/06/2025​
Third reading Passed as amended​4510​
See First Special Session, SF17​

2.1 the farmer, family farm, or family farm corporation to perform work for 28 days or less​
2.2 each year.​
2.3 Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 181.9445, subdivision 6, is amended to read:​
2.4 Subd. 6.Employer."Employer" means a person who has one four or more employees.​
2.5 Employer includes an individual, a corporation, a partnership, an association, a business​
2.6 trust, a nonprofit organization, a group of persons, the state of Minnesota, a county, town,​
2.7 city, school district, or other governmental subdivision. In the case of an employee leasing​
2.8 company or professional employer organization, the taxpaying employer, as described in​
2.9 section 268.046, subdivision 1, remains the employer. In the case of an individual provider​
2.10 within the meaning of section 256B.0711, subdivision 1, paragraph (d), the employer includes​
2.11 any participant within the meaning of section 256B.0711, subdivision 1, paragraph (e), or​
2.12 participant's representative within the meaning of section 256B.0711, subdivision 1,​
2.13 paragraph (f). In the event that a temporary employee is supplied by a staffing agency,​
2.14 absent a contractual agreement stating otherwise, that individual shall be an employee of​
2.15 the staffing agency for all purposes of section 177.50 and sections 181.9445 to 181.9448.​
2.16 Employer does not include the United States government.​
2.17 Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 181.9447, subdivision 2, is amended to read:​
2.18 Subd. 2.Notice.An employer may require notice of the need for use of earned sick and​
2.19 safe time as provided in this paragraph. If the need for use is foreseeable, an employer may​
2.20 require advance notice of the intention to use earned sick and safe time but must not require​
2.21 more than seven days' advance notice. If the need is unforeseeable, an employer may require​
2.22 an employee to give notice of the need for earned sick and safe time as soon as practicable​
2.23 reasonably required by the employer. An employer that requires notice of the need to use​
2.24 earned sick and safe time in accordance with this subdivision shall have a written policy​
2.25 containing reasonable procedures for employees to provide notice of the need to use earned​
2.26 sick and safe time, and shall provide a written copy of such policy to employees. If a copy​
2.27 of the written policy has not been provided to an employee, an employer shall not deny the​
2.28 use of earned sick and safe time to the employee on that basis.​
2.29 Sec. 4. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 181.9447, subdivision 3, is amended to read:​
2.30 Subd. 3.Documentation.(a) When an employee uses earned sick and safe time for​
2.31 more than three two consecutive scheduled work days, an employer may require re