Employee definition modification for earned sick and safe time

Minnesota Senate Bill 494 modifies the definition of "employee" under Minnesota's earned sick and safe time law. It removes elected officials (and those filling vacancies) from the list of excluded workers, meaning they would now qualify for sick time benefits. The bill also adds a new exclusion for farm workers employed by a farmer or family farm for 28 days or less per year. This change directly affects short-term farm laborers and ensures elected officials are covered under the sick time law.