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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.  4762
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; providing a definition of misuse of earned sick and safe
1.3time; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 181.9447, by adding subdivisions.
1.4BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
1.5Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 181.9447, is amended by adding a subdivision
1.6to read:
1.7Subd. 3a. Misuse. Misuse occurs when an employee uses earned sick and safe time for
1.8a purpose not covered by subdivision 1. Misuse is not subject to the protections provided
1.9to employees under sections 181.9445 to 181.9448.
1.10EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective the day following final enactment.
1.11Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 181.9447, is amended by adding a subdivision
1.12to read:
1.13Subd. 3b. Pattern or clear instance of suspected misuse. (a) Notwithstanding the
1.14timeline provided in subdivision 3, paragraph (a), an employer is permitted to require
1.15reasonable documentation from an employee when there is a pattern or clear instance of
1.16suspected misuse by the employee.
1.17(b) A pattern or clear instance of suspected misuse includes:
1.18(1) an employee repeatedly used earned sick and safe time on their scheduled work day
1.19immediately before or after a scheduled day off, vacation, or holiday;
1.20(2) an employee repeatedly used increments of earned sick and safe time of less than 30
1.21minutes at the start or end of a scheduled shift;
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2.1     (3) an employee used earned sick and safe time on a day for which the employer
2.2 previously denied the employee's request to take other paid leave; or
2.3     (4) documentation or other evidence that conflicts with the employee's claimed use of
2.4 earned sick and safe time.
2.5     (c) An employer that requires reasonable documentation under this subdivision must do
2.6 so in accordance with subdivision 3, paragraphs (b) to (f).
2.7     (d) An employer that requires reasonable documentation in accordance with this
2.8 subdivision is not retaliating against an employee under subdivision 6.
2.9     EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective the day following final enactment.
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