Seasonal employee definition under the Minnesota Paid Leave Law modification

This bill modifies Minnesota's Paid Leave Law to expand the definition of "seasonal employee" from 150 days to 180 days within a 52-week period, specifically for workers in the hospitality industry. Under the new rules, employers must apply to the state department to classify employees as seasonal and must notify the department within five business days if an employee no longer meets the criteria. Workers classified as seasonal employees under these conditions would be ineligible for paid leave benefits during weeks they are employed as seasonal workers, though they would become eligible again if their employment extends beyond the 180-day threshold. The legislation applies to employers whose average receipts during any six months of the preceding year were not more than 33 percent of their average receipts for the other six months of that year.