Minnesota Statutes

Minn. Stat. § 181.940 (2026)

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Subdivision 1.Scope.

For the purposes of sections 181.940 to 181.944, the terms defined in this section have the meanings given them.

Subd. 2.Employee.

"Employee" means a person who performs services for hire for an employer from whom a leave is requested under sections 181.940 to 181.944.

Employee includes all individuals employed by the employer but does not include an independent contractor.

Subd. 3.Employer.

"Employer" means a person or entity that employs one or more employees and includes an individual, corporation, partnership, association, business, trust, nonprofit organization, group of persons, state, county, town, city, school district, or other governmental subdivision.

Subd. 4.Child.

"Child" means an individual under 18 years of age or an individual under age 20 who is still attending secondary school.

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 10 cases, 1991–2016 · leading case: Hansen v. Robert Half Int'l, Inc., 813 N.W.2d 906 (Minn. 2012).

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Hansen v. Robert Half Int'l, Inc., 813 N.W.2d 906 (Minn. 2012). · cites it 4× “” Minn.Stat. § 181.940, subd. 2 (emphasis added).”

Polley v. Gopher Bearing Co., 478 N.W.2d 775 (Minn. Ct. App. 1991). · cites it 12× “Instead, the Commissioner's representative concluded that appellant did not have good cause to quit because the receptionist job was suitable employment and appellant did not communicate her dissatisfaction with her reduced hours to Gopher.”

Abrahamson v. St. Louis Cnty. Sch. Dist., 819 N.W.2d 129 (Minn. 2012). · cites it 2× “See Minn.Stat. §§ 181.940, subd. 3 (2010) (including both “corporation” and “school district” in the definition of “employer”); 181.”

Scheidecker v. Arvig Enter., Inc., 122 F. Supp. 2d 1031 (D. Minnesota 2000). · cites it 2× “” Minn.Stat. § 181.940(2). Schei- *1045 decker commenced employment with Defendant on May 27, 1997 and less than one year later requested maternity leave on April 14, 1998.”

Nichols v. State, 858 N.W.2d 773 (Minn. 2015). · cites it 2× “939(c) (2014) (accommodations for nursing mothers); Minn.Stat. § 181.940, subd. 3 (2014) (parenting leave); Minn.”

Nichols v. State, Off. of the Sec'y, 842 N.W.2d 20 (Minn. Ct. App. 2014). · cites it 2× “939 (accommodations for nursing mothers); Minn.Stat. § 181.940, subd. 3 (parenting leave); Minn.”

Hansen v. Robert Half Int'l, Inc., 796 N.W.2d 359 (Minn. Ct. App. 2011). · cites it 2× “” Minn.Stat. § 181.940, subd. 2 (2010) (emphasis added).”

AT & T Servs., Inc. v. Peterson, 163 F. Supp. 3d 583 (D. Minnesota 2016). · cites it 2× “(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,…”

Gangnon v. Park Nicollet Methodist Hosp., 771 F. Supp. 2d 1049 (D. Minnesota 2011). · cites it 2× “(“FMLA”), by failing to grant her an extended leave of absence in connection with her pregnancy, and violated the Minnesota Parental Leave Act, Minn.Stat. § 181.940, et seq. (“MPLA”), by terminating her after she took an approved leave of absence.”

Joan M. Nichols v. State of Minnesota, Off. of the Sec'y of State (Minn. 2015). · cites it 2× “939 (c) (2014) (accommodations for nursing mothers); Minn. Stat. § 181.940 , subd. 3 (2014) (parenting leave); Minn.”

— Minn. Stat. § 181.940(2) — 1 case

Scheidecker v. Arvig Enter., Inc., 122 F. Supp. 2d 1031 (D. Minnesota 2000). “” Minn.Stat. § 181.940(2). Schei- *1045 decker commenced employment with Defendant on May 27, 1997 and less than one year later requested maternity leave on April 14, 1998.”

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