Jennifer A McEwen
🏛️ Chair Democrat
SD-008
She was chair beginning 2/3/2025. She was co-chair from 1/14/2025 to 2/3/2025.
Senate committee
Labor
Membership recorded during the 94th Legislature.
Committee members
Jason Rarick
👤 Member Republican
SD-011
He served on this committee from 1/14/2025 to 2/3/2025, then again beginning in the 2026 session.
Bills pending in this committee
SF5278
Covered employers providing commuter benefits to covered employees requirement provision
May 12, 2026Pending: Senate Labor
SF4745
Creation of a centralized certified payroll reporting portal and database requirement for all state projects covered by prevailing wage requirements
April 29, 2026Pending: Senate Labor
SF5153
Rulemaking requirement to allow single-exit stairway apartment buildings as part of the State Building Code
April 22, 2026Pending: Senate Labor
SF5134
Transportation network company drivers collective bargaining rights establishment and regulation provisions
April 15, 2026Pending: Senate Labor
SF4934
Treatment of independent contractors modification
April 14, 2026Pending: Senate Labor
SF5074
Employer requirement to provide notice to employees of federal immigration inspection
April 13, 2026Pending: Senate Labor
SF5004
Minor League baseball players exemption from minimum wage and overtime requirements provision
April 9, 2026Pending: Senate Labor
SF4952
Continuing education requirements modification for online courses
April 7, 2026Pending: Senate Labor
SF4881
Employers prohibition from requiring implantation of a microchip
March 26, 2026Pending: Senate Labor
SF4744
Hiring appropriation to support activities under the Safe Workplaces for Meat and Poultry Processing Workers Act
March 26, 2026Pending: Senate Labor
SF4865
Municipal enforcement modification
March 25, 2026Pending: Senate Labor
SF4780
Misuse of earned sick and safe time definition provision
March 25, 2026Pending: Senate Labor
HF3731
Class A installer license eliminated from the electrical code.
March 25, 2026Pending: Senate Labor
SF4488
Electrical work supervision modification
March 23, 2026Pending: Senate Labor
SF4129
Union members who are teachers permission to allocate union dues to the local, state, or national organization of their choice
March 23, 2026Pending: Senate Labor
SF3750
Require the commissioner of labor and industry to amend the rules related to school storm shelters
March 23, 2026Pending: Senate Labor
SF4594
Employee's ability to waive a meal break clarification
March 18, 2026Pending: Senate Labor
SF4003
Suitable seating for employees provided by employers requirement provision
March 17, 2026Pending: Senate Labor
SF4376
Employers that offer employees a monetary parking benefit requirement to offer equivalent benefits for other modes of transit
March 11, 2026Pending: Senate Labor
SF4333
Rest break and meal break requirements under certain circumstances adjustment
March 11, 2026Pending: Senate Labor
SF4212
State Energy Code compliance streamlining competitive grants appropriation
March 9, 2026Pending: Senate Labor
SF3683
New residential energy code adoption requirement repealer
March 2, 2026Pending: Senate Labor
SF3730
Commissioner of labor and industry requirement to adopt rules about unvented attics and enclosed rafter assemblies
February 23, 2026Pending: Senate Labor
SF3719
Class A installer license from the electrical code elimination
February 19, 2026Pending: Senate Labor
SF3574
Local enforcement of licensed plumbers preemption
February 17, 2026Pending: Senate Labor
SF3342
Staffing services for canceled assignments payment of wages for employees requirement provision
April 9, 2025Pending: Senate Labor
SF3288
Additional circumstances provision under which a covenant not to compete is valid and enforceable
April 3, 2025Pending: Senate Labor
SF3229
Bargaining rights creation and regulation for transportation network company drivers
April 2, 2025Pending: Senate Labor
SF3224
Certain individuals working in positions regulated by the United States Department of Transportation exempted from earned sick and safe time requirements provision
April 2, 2025Pending: Senate Labor
SF3086
Youth skills training program in the construction trades authorization
March 27, 2025Pending: Senate Labor
SF3050
Union members allocation of union dues to the local, state, or national organization of their choice authorization
March 27, 2025Pending: Senate Labor
SF2923
Straw bale construction and hempcrete construction rulemaking requirement provision
March 24, 2025Pending: Senate Labor
SF2919
Earned sick and safe time benefits cost inclusion in the prevailing wage calculation under certain conditions authorization provision
March 24, 2025Pending: Senate Labor
SF2235
Employee health plan options compliance with cost-sharing limits disclosure in job postings by employers requirement provision
March 24, 2025Pending: Senate Labor
SF1543
Career Pathways Program appropriation
March 24, 2025Pending: Senate Labor
SF1523
Loggers safety grant program appropriation
March 24, 2025Pending: Senate Labor
SF2804
Worker safety requirement to provide access to automatic defibrillators and trained operators establishment provision
March 20, 2025Pending: Senate Labor
SF2744
Construction industry mental health initiatives appropriation
March 20, 2025Pending: Senate Labor
SF2717
Fire life safety damper testing establishment provision
March 20, 2025Pending: Senate Labor
SF2605
Earned sick and safe time modification
March 17, 2025Pending: Senate Labor
SF2586
Definition of employee modification for purposes of earned sick and safe time to exclude townships authorization
March 17, 2025Pending: Senate Labor
SF2572
Making employer participation in earned sick and safe time benefits voluntary provision
March 17, 2025Pending: Senate Labor
SF1531
Nursing Home Workforce Standards Boards repealer
March 17, 2025Pending: Senate Labor
SF2532
Holiday overtime pay requirement provision
March 13, 2025Pending: Senate Labor
SF2419
Certain information provided by businesses when determining worker classification requirement provision
March 13, 2025Pending: Senate Labor
SF2153
Job misclassification prohibition provision
March 10, 2025Pending: Senate Labor
SF2256
Workers' compensation fraud prevention certificates of insurance establishment
March 6, 2025Pending: Senate Labor
SF1993
Threshold for municipal reporting of construction-related and development-related fee collections; commissioner of labor and industry establishment of a cost per square foot valuation of certain properties for the purpose of setting municipal building permit fees requirement
February 27, 2025Pending: Senate Labor
SF671
Minimum wage increase provision
February 24, 2025Pending: Senate Labor
SF1756
Minnesota Helmets to Hardhats program appropriation
February 24, 2025Pending: Senate Labor
SF1601
Steam boilers rules adoption by the commissioner directing provision
February 20, 2025Pending: Senate Labor
SF1566
Nursing Home Workforce Standards Board modification
February 17, 2025Pending: Senate Labor
SF1518
Nursing Home Workforce Standards Board appropriation for certified worker organization grants
February 17, 2025Pending: Senate Labor
SF1508
Apprenticeship readiness programming appropriation
February 17, 2025Pending: Senate Labor
SF1229
Paid Youth Trades Employment Opportunity Act
February 10, 2025Pending: Senate Labor
SF987
Adoption of rules authorization to increase accessibility for examination rooms
February 6, 2025Pending: Senate Labor
SF947
Employee definition modification for the purposes of safe and sick time provision
February 3, 2025Pending: Senate Labor
SF740
Grant award requirements modification for the border-to-border broadband development grant program
January 27, 2025Pending: Senate Labor
SF709
Employers requiring or incentivizing public display of medical information prohibition
January 27, 2025Pending: Senate Labor
SF691
Employment of unauthorized individuals prohibition provision
January 27, 2025Pending: Senate Labor
SF602
Minnesota Nursing Home Workforce Standards Board expedited rulemaking authority removal provision
January 27, 2025Pending: Senate Labor
SF537
Notification to student employees regarding membership in a collective bargaining unit requirement
January 23, 2025Pending: Senate Labor
SF494
Employee definition modification for earned sick and safe time
January 23, 2025Pending: Senate Labor
SF467
Local ban prohibition on new natural gas hookups in residential construction
January 21, 2025Pending: Senate Labor