Minnesota HF 2949: Unemployment insurance program policy and housekeeping changes made, and Unemployment Insurance Advisory Council recommendations adopted.

Bill Text

HF2949 FIRST ENGROSSMENT REVISOR TB H2949-1
A bill for an act1.1
relating to unemployment insurance; making policy and housekeeping changes1.2
to the unemployment insurance program; adopting recommendations of the1.3
UnemploymentInsuranceAdvisoryCouncil;amendingMinnesotaStatutes2012,1.4
sections 268.035, subdivisions 2, 4, 11, 12, 20, 22, 29; 268.051, subdivision 4;1.5
268.057, subdivisions 5, 7; 268.0625, subdivision 4; 268.085, subdivisions 3, 4,1.6
6, by adding a subdivision; 268.0865, subdivisions 3, 4; 268.095, subdivision 2;1.7
268.103, subdivision 2a; 268.105, subdivisions 1, 2, 3a, 5, 6; 268.18, subdivision1.8
2b; 268.184, subdivisions 1, 1a; 268.186; 268.196, subdivision 1; 268.215;1.9
repealing Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 268.105, subdivision 4; Laws 2005,1.10
chapter 112, article 1, section 15; Laws 2008, chapter 363, article 10, section 30;1.11
MinnesotaRules,parts3315.0200,subpart1;3315.0203;3315.0211;3315.0212;1.12
3315.0213; 3315.0801; 3315.0805; 3315.0810; 3315.0815; 3315.0820;1.13
3315.0825; 3315.0830; 3315.0835; 3315.0840; 3315.0845; 3315.0901;1.14
3315.0905.1.15
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:1.16
ARTICLE 11.17
UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE ADVISORY COUNCIL POLICY1.18
Section1. MinnesotaStatutes2012,section268.035,subdivision29,isamendedtoread:1.19
Subd. 29. Wages. (a) "Wages" means all compensation for services employment,1.20
including commissions; bonuses, awards, and prizes; severance payments; standby pay;1.21
vacation and holiday pay; back pay as of the date of payment; tips and gratuities paid to1.22
an employee by a customer of an employer and accounted for by the employee to the1.23
employer; sickness and accident disability payments, except as otherwise provided in1.24
this subdivision; and the cash value of housing, utilities, meals, exchanges of services,1.25
and any other goods and services provided to compensate for an employee's services1.26
employee, except:1.27
Article 1 Section 1. 1
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HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Printed
Page No. 583
H. F. No. 2949
EIGHTY-EIGHTH SESSION
03/10/2014 Authored by Persell
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Jobs and Economic Development Finance and Policy
03/20/2014 Adoption of Report: Amended and Placed on the General Register
Read Second Time
04/09/2014 By motion, re-referred to the Committee on Ways and Means
04/23/2014 Adoption of Report: Placed on the General Register
Read Second Time
05/02/2014 Calendar for the Day
Read Third Time
Passed by the House and transmitted to the Senate

HF2949 FIRST ENGROSSMENT REVISOR TB H2949-1
(1) the amount of any payment made to, or on behalf of, an employee under a plan2.1
established by an employer that makes provision for employees generally or for a class or2.2
classesofemployees,includinganyamountpaidbyanemployerforinsuranceorannuities,2.3
or into a plan, to provide for a payment, on account of (i) retirement or (ii) medical and2.4
hospitalization expenses in connection with sickness or accident disability, or (iii) death;2.5
(2) the payment by an employer of the tax imposed upon an employee under United2.6
States Code, title 26, section 3101 of the Federal Insurance Contribution Act, with respect2.7
to compensation paid to an employee for domestic employment in a private household of2.8
the employer or for agricultural employment;2.9
(3) any payment made to, or on behalf of, an employee or beneficiary (i) from or2.10
to a trust described in United States Code, title 26, section 401(a) of the federal Internal2.11
Revenue Code, that is exempt from tax under section 501(a) at the time of the payment2.12
unless the payment is made to an employee of the trust as compensation for services as an2.13
employee and not as a beneficiary of the trust, or (ii) under or to an annuity plan that, at2.14
the time of the payment, is a plan described in section 403(a);2.15
(4) the value of any special discount or markdown allowed to an employee on goods2.16
purchasedfromorservicessuppliedbytheemployerwherethepurchasesareoptionaland2.17
do not constitute regular or systematic payment for services;2.18
(5) customary and reasonable directors' fees paid to individuals who are not2.19
otherwise employed by the corporation of which they are directors;2.20
(6) the payment to employees for reimbursement of meal expenses when employees2.21
are required to perform work after their regular hours;2.22
(7) the payment into a trust or plan for purposes of providing legal or dental services2.23
if provided for all employees generally or for a class or classes of employees;2.24
(8)thevalueofparkingfacilitiesprovidedorpaidforbyanemployer,inwholeorin2.25
part, if provided for all employees generally or for a class or classes of employees;2.26
(9) royalties to an owner of a franchise, license, copyright, patent, oil, mineral,2.27
or other right;2.28
(10) advances or reimbursements for travelin