Certain agricultural workers exemption from the Minnesota Paid Leave Law
SF 1849 exempts certain farm workers from Minnesota's Paid Leave Law. It specifically excludes employees of farmers, family farms, or family farm corporations who work 28 days or fewer per year, or those employed by farms with five or fewer total employees. This change modifies the law's definition of "covered employment" and "employee" to remove these agricultural workers from the law's requirements. The bill directly affects small-scale agricultural employers and their seasonal workers, not impacting other covered workers or the law's general structure. The exemption applies automatically without requiring opt-in procedures.
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Introduction
Feb 2025
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Introduced Feb 24, 2025
Last action Feb 24, 2025
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Feb 24, 2025
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Referred to Jobs and Economic Development
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Feb 24, 2025
Introduced
Introduction and first reading
upper
1 primary · 3 co-sponsors
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Party
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Gene Dornink
RRepublican
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Jason Rarick
RRepublican
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Judy Seeberger
DDemocratic-Farmer-Labor
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Rich Draheim
RRepublican
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