Exemption from earned sick and safe time requirements provided.

HF 3111 amends Minnesota's earned sick and safe time law to add new exemptions for specific workers. It exempts independent contractors, certain volunteer firefighters and ambulance personnel, elected officials, farm workers employed for 28 days or less annually, on-call workers not scheduled in advance, students in on-the-job training, and employees normally working fewer than 25 hours per week. The bill directly affects these worker categories by removing their eligibility for the state's earned sick time requirements. This change modifies Minnesota Statutes section 181.9445, subdivision 5, which defines who qualifies as an "employee" under the law. The policy change is purely procedural, focusing on clarifying who is excluded from the sick time mandate.