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Earned sick and safe time as of Jan. 1, 2024 <br />WHAT IS SICK AND SAFE TIME? <br />Sick and safe time is paid leave employers must provide to employees in Minnesota that <br />can be used for certain reasons, including when an employee is sick, to care for a sick family <br />member or to seek assistance if an employee or their family member has experienced <br />domestic abuse. <br />WHO IS ELIGIBLE? <br />An employee is eligible for sick and safe time if they: <br />•work at least 80 hours in a year for an employer in Minnesota; and <br />•are not an independent contractor. <br />Temporary and part-time employees are eligible for sick and safe time. Sick and safe time requirements will not <br />apply to building and construction industry employees who are represented by a building and construction trades <br />labor organization if a valid waiver of these requirements is provided in a collective bargaining agreement. <br />HOW MUCH LEAVE CAN EMPLOYEES EARN? <br />An employee earns one hour of sick and safe time for <br />every 30 hours worked and can earn a maximum of 48 <br />hours each year unless the employer agrees to a higher <br />amount. <br />AT WHAT RATE MUST THE LEAVE BE PAID? <br />Sick and safe time must be paid at the same hourly rate <br />an employee earns when they are working. <br />WHAT CAN THE LEAVE BE USED FOR? <br />Employees can use their earned sick and safe time for <br />reasons such as: <br />•the employee’s mental or physical illness, <br />treatment or preventive care; <br />•a family member’s mental or physical illness, <br />treatment or preventive care; <br />•absence due to domestic abuse, sexual assault or <br />stalking of the employee or a family member; <br />•closure of the employee’s workplace due to <br />weather or public emergency or closure of a family <br />member’s school or care facility due to weather or <br />public emergency; and <br />•when determined by a health authority or health <br />care professional that the employee or family <br />member is at risk of infecting others with a <br />communicable disease. <br />WHICH FAMILY MEMBERS ARE INCLUDED? <br />Employees may use earned sick and safe time for their <br />following family members: <br />1.their child, including foster child, adult child, <br />legal ward, child for whom the employee is legal <br />guardian or child to whom the employee stands or <br />stood in loco parentis (in place of a parent); <br />2.their spouse or registered domestic partner; <br />3.their sibling, stepsibling or foster sibling; <br />4.their biological, adoptive or foster parent, <br />stepparent or a person who stood in loco parentis <br />(in place of a parent) when the employee was a <br />minor child; <br />5.their grandchild, foster grandchild or step- <br />grandchild; <br />6.their grandparent or step-grandparent; <br />7.a child of a sibling of the employee; <br />8.a sibling of the parents of the employee; <br />9.a child-in-law or sibling-in-law; <br />10.any of the family members listed in 1 through <br />9 above of an employee’s spouse or registered <br />domestic partner; <br />11.any other individual related by blood or whose <br />close association with the employee is the <br />equivalent of a family relationship; and <br />12.up to one individual annually designated by the <br />employee. <br />— more —