HF 4763

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This Document can be made available
in alternative formats upon request  State of Minnesota
  HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
  NINETY-FOURTH SESSION
  H. F. No.  4763
03/26/2026     Authored by Mueller
  The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Workforce, Labor, and Economic Development Finance and Policy
1.1A bill for an act
1.2relating to employment; allowing employers to front-load a prorated amount of
1.3earned sick and safe time to an employee; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024,
1.4section 181.9446.
1.5BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
1.6Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 181.9446, is amended to read:
1.7181.9446 ACCRUAL OF EARNED SICK AND SAFE TIME.
1.8(a) An employee accrues a minimum of one hour of earned sick and safe time for every
1.930 hours worked up to a maximum of 48 hours of earned sick and safe time in a year.
1.10Employees may not accrue more than 48 hours of earned sick and safe time in a year unless
1.11the employer agrees to a higher amount.
1.12(b)(1) Except as provided in clause (2), employers must permit an employee to carry
1.13over accrued but unused sick and safe time into the following year. The total amount of
1.14accrued but unused earned sick and safe time for an employee must not exceed 80 hours at
1.15any time, unless an employer agrees to a higher amount.
1.16(2) In lieu of permitting the carryover of accrued but unused sick and safe time into the
1.17following year as provided under clause (1), an employer may provide an employee with
1.18earned sick and safe time for the year that meets or exceeds the requirements of this section
1.19that is available for the employee's immediate use at the beginning of the subsequent year
1.20as follows: (i) 48 hours, if an employer pays an employee for accrued but unused sick and
1.21safe time at the end of a year at the same base rate as an employee earns from employment
1.22and in no case at a rate less than that provided under section 177.24 or an applicable local
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2.1  minimum wage; or (ii) 80 hours, if an employer does not pay an employee for accrued but
2.2  unused sick and safe time at the end of a year.
2.3      (c) Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, if an employee begins employment
2.4  in the middle of an employer's 12-month consecutive year, the employer satisfies the
2.5  requirements of this section by providing a prorated number of earned sick and safe time
2.6  hours for immediate use based on the amount of days remaining in the employer's 12-month
2.7  consecutive year, or on an accrual basis as provided in paragraph (a).
2.8      (c) (d) Employees who are exempt from overtime requirements under United States
2.9  Code, title 29, section 213(a)(1), as amended through January 1, 2024, are deemed to work
2.10 40 hours in each workweek for purposes of accruing earned sick and safe time, except that
2.11 an employee whose normal workweek is less than 40 hours will accrue earned sick and safe
2.12 time based on the normal workweek.
2.13     (d) (e) Earned sick and safe time under this section begins to accrue at the commencement
2.14 of employment of the employee.
2.15     (e) (f) Employees may use earned sick and safe time as it is accrued.
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