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MN Stat § 181.9413 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 175 - 186 — Labor, Industry|Chapter 181 — Employment|Section 181.9413 — Sick Leave Benefits; Care Of Relatives.

181.9413 SICK LEAVE BENEFITS; CARE OF RELATIVES. (a) An employee may use personal sick leave benefits provided by the employer for absences due to an illness of or injury to the employee's child, as defined in section 181.940, subdivision 4, adult child, spouse, sibling, parent, mother-in-law, father-in-law, grandchild, grandparent, or stepparent, for reasonable periods of time as the employee's attendance may be necessary, on the same terms upon which the employee is able to use sick leave benefits for the employee's own illness or injury. This section applies only to personal sick leave benefits payable to the employee from the employer's general assets. (b) An employee may use sick leave as allowed under this section for safety leave, whether or not the employee's employer allows use of sick leave for that purpose for such reasonable periods of time as may be necessary. Safety leave may be used for assistance to the employee or assistance to the relatives described in paragraph (a). For the purpose of this section, "safety leave" is leave for the purpose of providing or receiving assistance because of sexual assault, domestic abuse, or harassment or stalking. For the purpose of this paragraph: (1) "domestic abuse" has the meaning given in section 518B.01; (2) "sexual assault" means an act that constitutes a violation under sections 609.342 to 609.3453 or 609.352; and (3) "harass" and "stalking" have the meanings given in section 609.749. (c) An employer may limit the use of safety leave as described in paragraph (b) or personal sick leave benefits provided by the employer for absences due to an illness of or injury to the employee's adult child, spouse, sibling, parent, mother-in-law, father-in-law, grandchild, grandparent, or stepparent to no less than 160 hours in any 12-month period. This paragraph does not apply to absences due to the illness or injury of a child, as defined in section 181.940, subdivision 4. (d) For purposes of this section, "personal sick leave benefits" means time accrued and available to an employee to be used as a result of absence from work due to personal illness or injury, but does not include short-term or long-term disability or other salary continuation benefits. (e) For the purpose of this section, "child" includes a stepchild and a biological, adopted, and foster child. (f) For the purpose of this section, "grandchild" includes a step-grandchild, and a biological, adopted, and foster grandchild. (g) This section does not prevent an employer from providing greater sick leave benefits than are provided for under this section. (h) An employer shall not retaliate against an employee for requesting or obtaining a leave of absence under this section. History:  1990 c 577 s 4; 1991 c 268 s 2; 2013 c 87 s 1; 2014 c 239 art 3 s 3; 1Sp2019 c 5 art 2 s 29
MN Stat § 181.942 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 175 - 186 — Labor, Industry|Chapter 181 — Employment|Section 181.942 — Reinstatement After Leave.

181.942 REINSTATEMENT AFTER LEAVE. Subdivision 1. Comparable position. (a) An employee returning from a leave of absence under section 181.941 is entitled to return to employment in the employee's former position or in a position of comparable duties, number of hours, and pay. An employee returning from a leave of absence longer than one month must notify a supervisor at least two weeks prior to return from leave. An employee returning from a leave under section 181.9412 or 181.9413 is entitled to return to employment in the employee's former position. (b) If, during a leave under sections 181.940 to 181.944, the employer experiences a layoff and the employee would have lost a position had the employee not been on leave, pursuant to the good faith operation of a bona fide layoff and recall system, including a system under a collective bargaining agreement, the employee is not entitled to reinstatement in the former or comparable position. In such circumstances, the employee retains all rights under the layoff and recall system, including a system under a collective bargaining agreement, as if the employee had not taken the leave. Subd. 2. Pay; benefits; on return. An employee returning from a leave of absence under sections 181.940 to 181.944 is entitled to return to employment at the same rate of pay the employee had been receiving when the leave commenced, plus any automatic adjustments in the employee's pay scale that occurred during leave period. The employee returning from a leave is entitled to retain all accrued preleave benefits of employment and seniority, as if there had been no interruption in service; provided that nothing in sections 181.940 to 181.944 prevents the accrual of benefits or seniority during the leave pursuant to a collective bargaining or other agreement between the employer and employees. Subd. 3. Part-time return. An employee, by agreement with the employer, may return to work part time during the leave period without forfeiting the right to return to employment at the end of the leave period, as provided in sections 181.940 to 181.944. History:  1987 c 359 s 3; 1990 c 577 s 5
MN Stat § 181.943 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 175 - 186 — Labor, Industry|Chapter 181 — Employment|Section 181.943 — Relationship To Other Leave.

181.943 RELATIONSHIP TO OTHER LEAVE. (a) The length of leave provided under section 181.941 may be reduced by any period of: (1) paid parental, disability, personal, medical, or sick leave, or accrued vacation provided by the employer so that the total leave does not exceed 12 weeks, unless agreed to by the employer; or (2) leave taken for the same purpose by the employee under United States Code, title 29, chapter 28. (b) Nothing in sections 181.940 to 181.943 prevents any employer from providing leave benefits in addition to those provided in sections 181.940 to 181.944 or otherwise affects an employee's rights with respect to any other employment benefit. History:  1987 c 359 s 4; 1988 c 659 s 1; 1990 c 577 s 6; 2014 c 239 art 3 s 5
MN Stat § 181.9435 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 175 - 186 — Labor, Industry|Chapter 181 — Employment|Section 181.9435 — Division; Investigations, Reports.

181.9435 DIVISION; INVESTIGATIONS, REPORTS. Subdivision 1. Investigation. The Division of Labor Standards and Apprenticeship shall receive complaints of employees against employers relating to sections 181.172, paragraph (a) or (d), and 181.939 to 181.9436 and investigate informally whether an employer may be in violation of sections 181.172, paragraph (a) or (d), and 181.939 to 181.9436. The division shall attempt to resolve employee complaints by informing employees and employers of the provisions of the law and directing employers to comply with the law. For complaints related to section 181.939, the division must contact the employer within two business days and investigate the complaint within ten days of receipt of the complaint. Subd. 2. Report. The division shall report to the legislature annually on the type and number of employee complaints under subdivision 1, the rate of resolution of complaints, and the rate of repeat complaints against employers. History:  1992 c 438 s 3; 2003 c 128 art 11 s 8; 2014 c 239 art 4 s 4
MN Stat § 181.9436 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 175 - 186 — Labor, Industry|Chapter 181 — Employment|Section 181.9436 — Posting Of Law.

181.9436 POSTING OF LAW. The Division of Labor Standards and Apprenticeship shall develop, with the assistance of interested business and community organizations, an educational poster stating employees' rights under sections 181.940 to 181.9436. The department shall make the poster available, upon request, to employers for posting on the employer's premises. History:  1992 c 438 s 4; 2003 c 128 art 11 s 9
MN Stat § 181.944 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 175 - 186 — Labor, Industry|Chapter 181 — Employment|Section 181.944 — Individual Remedies.

181.944 INDIVIDUAL REMEDIES. In addition to any other remedies provided by law, a person injured by a violation of sections 181.172, paragraph (a) or (d), and 181.939 to 181.943 may bring a civil action to recover any and all damages recoverable at law, together with costs and disbursements, including reasonable attorney's fees, and may receive injunctive and other equitable relief as determined by a court. History:  1987 c 359 s 5; 1990 c 577 s 7; 2014 c 239 art 4 s 5
MN Stat § 181.945 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 175 - 186 — Labor, Industry|Chapter 181 — Employment|Section 181.945 — Leave For Bone Marrow Donations.

181.945 LEAVE FOR BONE MARROW DONATIONS. Subdivision 1. Definitions. (a) For the purposes of this section, the following terms have the meanings given to them in this subdivision. (b) "Employee" means a person who performs services for hire for an employer, for an average of 20 or more hours per week, and includes all individuals employed at any site owned or operated by an employer. Employee does not include an independent contractor. (c) "Employer" means a person or entity that employs 20 or more employees at at least one site and includes an individual, corporation, partnership, association, nonprofit organization, group of persons, state, county, town, city, school district, or other governmental subdivision. Subd. 2. Leave. An employer must grant paid leaves of absence to an employee who seeks to undergo a medical procedure to donate bone marrow. The combined length of the leaves shall be determined by the employee, but may not exceed 40 work hours, unless agreed to by the employer. The employer may require verification by a physician of the purpose and length of each leave requested by the employee to donate bone marrow. If there is a medical determination that the employee does not qualify as a bone marrow donor, the paid leave of absence granted to the employee prior to that medical determination is not forfeited. Subd. 3. No employer sanctions. An employer shall not retaliate against an employee for requesting or obtaining a leave of absence as provided by this section. Subd. 4. Relationship to other leave. This section does not prevent an employer from providing leave for bone marrow donations in addition to leave allowed under this section. This section does not affect an employee's rights with respect to any other employment benefit. History:   1990 c 536 s 2
MN Stat § 181.9456 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 175 - 186 — Labor, Industry|Chapter 181 — Employment|Section 181.9456 — Leave For Organ Donation.

181.9456 LEAVE FOR ORGAN DONATION. Subdivision 1. Definitions.  (a) For the purposes of this section, the following terms have the meanings given to them in this subdivision. (b) "Employee" means a person who performs services for hire for a public employer, for an average of 20 or more hours per week, and includes all individuals employed at any site owned or operated by a public employer. Employee does not include an independent contractor. (c) "Employer" means a state, county, city, town, school district, or other governmental subdivision that employs 20 or more employees. Subd. 2. Leave. An employer must grant paid leaves of absence to an employee who seeks to undergo a medical procedure to donate an organ or partial organ to another person. The combined length of the leaves shall be determined by the employee, but may not exceed 40 work hours for each donation, unless agreed to by the employer. The employer may require verification by a physician of the purpose and length of each leave requested by the employee for organ donation. If there is a medical determination that the employee does not qualify as an organ donor, the paid leave of absence granted to the employee prior to that medical determination is not forfeited. Subd. 3. No employer sanctions. An employer shall not retaliate against an employee for requesting or obtaining a leave of absence as provided by this section. Subd. 4. Relationship to other leave.  This section does not prevent an employer from providing leave for organ donations in addition to leave allowed under this section. This section does not affect an employee's rights with respect to any other employment benefit. History:   2006 c 220 s 1
MN Stat § 181.9458 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 175 - 186 — Labor, Industry|Chapter 181 — Employment|Section 181.9458 — Authorization For Blood Donation Leave.

181.9458 AUTHORIZATION FOR BLOOD DONATION LEAVE. An employer may grant paid leave from work to an employee to allow the employee to donate blood. History:   2008 c 318 art 1 s 12
MN Stat § 181.946 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 175 - 186 — Labor, Industry|Chapter 181 — Employment|Section 181.946 — Leave For Civil Air Patrol Service.

181.946 LEAVE FOR CIVIL AIR PATROL SERVICE. Subdivision 1. Definitions. For purposes of this section, "employee" and "employer" have the meanings given them in section 181.945. Subd. 2. Unpaid leave required. Unless the leave would unduly disrupt the operations of the employer, an employer shall grant a leave of absence without pay to an employee for time spent rendering service as a member of the civil air patrol on the request and under the authority of the state or any of its political subdivisions. History:   1997 c 20 s 1
MN Stat § 181.947 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 175 - 186 — Labor, Industry|Chapter 181 — Employment|Section 181.947 — Leave For Immediate Family Members Of Military Personnel Injured Or Killed In Active Service.

181.947 LEAVE FOR IMMEDIATE FAMILY MEMBERS OF MILITARY PERSONNEL INJURED OR KILLED IN ACTIVE SERVICE. Subdivision 1. Definitions.  (a) The definitions in this subdivision apply to this section. (b) "Active service" has the meaning given in section 190.05, subdivision 5. (c) "Employee" means a person, independent contractor, or person working for an independent contractor who performs services for compensation, in whatever form, for an employer. (d) "Employer" means a person or entity located or doing business in this state and having one or more employees, and includes the state and all political or other governmental subdivisions of the state. (e) "Immediate family member" means a person's parent, child, grandparents, siblings, or spouse. Subd. 2. Unpaid leave required.  An employer must grant up to ten working days of a leave of absence without pay to an employee whose immediate family member, as a member of the United States armed forces, has been injured or killed while engaged in active service. Subd. 3. Notice.  An employee must give as much notice to the employee's employer as practicable of the employee's intent to exercise the leave guaranteed by this section. Subd. 4. Relationship to other leave.  The length of leave provided under this section may be reduced by any period of paid leave provided by the employer. Nothing in this section prevents an employer from providing leave benefits in addition to those provided in this section or otherwise affects an employee's rights with respect to other employment benefits. History:   2006 c 273 s 3
MN Stat § 181.948 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 175 - 186 — Labor, Industry|Chapter 181 — Employment|Section 181.948 — Leave To Attend Military Ceremonies.

181.948 LEAVE TO ATTEND MILITARY CEREMONIES. Subdivision 1. Definitions. (a) For the purposes of this section, the following terms have the meanings given in this subdivision. (b) "Active service" has the meaning given in section 190.05, subdivision 5. (c) "Employee" means a person who performs services for compensation, in whatever form, for an employer. Employee does not include an independent contractor. (d) "Employer" means a person or entity located or doing business in this state and having one or more employees, and includes the state and all political or other governmental subdivisions of the state. (e) "Immediate family member" means a person's grandparent, parent, legal guardian, sibling, child, grandchild, spouse, fiance, or fiancee. Subd. 2. Unpaid leave required. Unless the leave would unduly disrupt the operations of the employer, an employer shall grant a leave of absence without pay to an employee whose immediate family member, as a member of the United States armed forces, has been ordered into active service in support of a war or other national emergency. The employer may limit the amount of leave provided under this subdivision to the actual time necessary for the employee to attend a send-off or homecoming ceremony for the mobilized service member, not to exceed one day's duration in any calendar year. History:   2006 c 273 s 4
MN Stat § 181.950 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 175 - 186 — Labor, Industry|Chapter 181 — Employment|Section 181.950 — Definitions.

181.950 DEFINITIONS. Subdivision 1. Applicability. For the purposes of sections 181.950 to 181.957, the terms and phrases defined in this section have the meanings given them. Subd. 2. Confirmatory test; confirmatory retest. "Confirmatory test" and "confirmatory retest" mean a drug or alcohol test that uses a method of analysis allowed under one of the programs listed in section 181.953, subdivision 1. Subd. 3.  [Repealed, 1991 c 60 s 12] Subd. 4. Drug. "Drug" means a controlled substance as defined in section 152.01, subdivision 4. Subd. 5. Drug and alcohol testing. "Drug and alcohol testing," "drug or alcohol testing," and "drug or alcohol test" mean analysis of a body component sample according to the standards established under one of the programs listed in section 181.953, subdivision 1, for the purpose of measuring the presence or absence of drugs, alcohol, or their metabolites in the sample tested. Subd. 6. Employee. "Employee" means a person, independent contractor, or person working for an independent contractor who performs services for compensation, in whatever form, for an employer. Subd. 7. Employer. "Employer" means a person or entity located or doing business in this state and having one or more employees, and includes the state and all political or other governmental subdivisions of the state. Subd. 8. Initial screening test. "Initial screening test" means a drug or alcohol test which uses a method of analysis under one of the programs listed in section 181.953, subdivision 1. Subd. 9. Job applicant. "Job applicant" means a person, independent contractor, or person working for an independent contractor who applies to become an employee of an employer, and includes a person who has received a job offer made contingent on the person passing drug or alcohol testing. Subd. 10. Positive test result. "Positive test result" means a finding of the presence of drugs, alcohol, or their metabolites in the sample tested in levels at or above the threshold detection levels contained in the standards of one of the programs listed in section 181.953, subdivision 1. Subd. 11. Random selection basis. "Random selection basis" means a mechanism for selection of employees that (1) results in an equal probability that any employee from a group of employees subject to the selection mechanism will be selected and (2) does not give an employer discretion to waive the selection of any employee selected under the mechanism. Subd. 12. Reasonable suspicion. "Reasonable suspicion" means a basis for forming a belief based on specific facts and rational inferences drawn from those facts. Subd. 13. Safety-sensitive position. "Safety-sensitive position" means a job, including any supervisory or management position, in which an impairment caused by drug or alcohol usage would threaten the health or safety of any person. History:  1987 c 388 s 1; 1991 c 60 s 1-4
MN Stat § 181.952 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 175 - 186 — Labor, Industry|Chapter 181 — Employment|Section 181.952 — Policy Contents; Prior Written Notice.

181.952 POLICY CONTENTS; PRIOR WRITTEN NOTICE. Subdivision 1. Contents of the policy. An employer's drug and alcohol testing policy must, at a minimum, set forth the following information: (1) the employees or job applicants subject to testing under the policy; (2) the circumstances under which drug or alcohol testing may be requested or required; (3) the right of an employee or job applicant to refuse to undergo drug and alcohol testing and the consequences of refusal; (4) any disciplinary or other adverse personnel action that may be taken based on a confirmatory test verifying a positive test result on an initial screening test; (5) the right of an employee or job applicant to explain a positive test result on a confirmatory test or request and pay for a confirmatory retest; and (6) any other appeal procedures available. Subd. 2. Notice. An employer shall provide written notice of its drug and alcohol testing policy to all affected employees upon adoption of the policy, to a previously nonaffected employee upon transfer to an affected position under the policy, and to a job applicant upon hire and before any testing of the applicant if the job offer is made contingent on the applicant passing drug and alcohol testing. An employer shall also post notice in an appropriate and conspicuous location on the employer's premises that the employer has adopted a drug and alcohol testing policy and that copies of the policy are available for inspection during regular business hours by its employees or job applicants in the employer's personnel office or other suitable locations. History:   1987 c 388 s 3
MN Stat § 181.954 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 175 - 186 — Labor, Industry|Chapter 181 — Employment|Section 181.954 — Privacy, Confidentiality, And Privilege Safeguards.

181.954 PRIVACY, CONFIDENTIALITY, AND PRIVILEGE SAFEGUARDS. Subdivision 1. Privacy limitations. A laboratory may only disclose to the employer test result data regarding the presence or absence of drugs, alcohol, or their metabolites in a sample tested. Subd. 2. Confidentiality limitations. Test result reports and other information acquired in the drug or alcohol testing process are, with respect to private sector employees and job applicants, private and confidential information, and, with respect to public sector employees and job applicants, private data on individuals as that phrase is defined in chapter 13, and may not be disclosed by an employer or laboratory to another employer or to a third-party individual, governmental agency, or private organization without the written consent of the employee or job applicant tested. Subd. 3. Exceptions to privacy and confidentiality disclosure limitations. Notwithstanding subdivisions 1 and 2, evidence of a positive test result on a confirmatory test may be: (1) used in an arbitration proceeding pursuant to a collective bargaining agreement, an administrative hearing under chapter 43A or other applicable state or local law, or a judicial proceeding, provided that information is relevant to the hearing or proceeding; (2) disclosed to any federal agency or other unit of the United States government as required under federal law, regulation, or order, or in accordance with compliance requirements of a federal government contract; and (3) disclosed to a substance abuse treatment facility for the purpose of evaluation or treatment of the employee. Subd. 4. Privilege. Positive test results from an employer drug or alcohol testing program may not be used as evidence in a criminal action against the employee or job applicant tested. History:   1987 c 388 s 5