Agenda - Council Work Session - 10/24/2023

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