SF 4060 Minnesota Senate · 2025-2026 Regular Session

Quality service wage requirement for covered airport or related location workers

SF 4060 requires employers at specific Minnesota airports to pay workers a "quality service wage" (QSW) starting July 2026. This applies to workers at Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport, Wold-Chamberlain Field, and other airports managed by the Metropolitan Airports Commission, including food service workers for departing flights. The QSW combines the local minimum wage, health/welfare benefits based on federal standards, and local wage rates. Employers must pay at least this QSW, which will adjust annually using federal McNamara-O'Hara Service Contract Act guidelines. The bill directly affects airport service workers and their employers at designated locations.

Issues: ✓ Labor & Employment

Bill status in committee 1 of 4 stages cleared

Introduction

Mar 2026

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Governor

Introduced Mar 2, 2026 Last action Mar 17, 2026

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Introduction → 1st Engrossment · 4 edits · Mar 17, 2026

MODERATE

This bill shifts enforcement authority for a new 'quality service wage' program from the state Department of Labor to the Metropolitan Airports Commission. It also removes a specific public airport from the list of covered locations and clarifies that the wage rate will be set by the Commission rather than the state commissioner. These changes streamline local oversight for airport workers while reducing the number of facilities subject to the mandate.

Scope change

The bill's scope is narrowed by removing Wold-Chamberlain Field from the list of covered airports and transferring enforcement power from the state to the local Metropolitan Airports Commission.

ENFORCEMENT

Enforcement authority for penalties and wage compliance was transferred from the state commissioner of labor to the Metropolitan Airports Commission.

SCOPE

Wold-Chamberlain Field was removed from the list of airports covered by the new wage requirements.

DEFINITION

The definition of 'quality service wage' was updated to designate the Metropolitan Airports Commission as the entity responsible for setting the rate, rather than the state commissioner.

REQUIREMENT

A section requiring the state commissioner to issue compliance orders for repeated violations was removed entirely.

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Committee

Mar 17, 2026

Upper · Passed

Comm report: To pass as amended and re-refer to State and Local Government

upper

Mar 2, 2026

Committee

Referred to Labor

upper

Mar 2, 2026

Introduced

Introduction and first reading

upper

1 primary · 3 co-sponsors