2005 Minnesota Statutes - 177.25 — Overtime.

     177.25 Overtime. 


    Subdivision 1.    Compensation required.  No employer 
 may employ an employee for a workweek longer than 48 hours, 
 unless the employee receives compensation for employment in 
 excess of 48 hours in a workweek at a rate of at least 1-1/2 
 times the regular rate at which the employee is employed.  The 
 state of Minnesota or a political subdivision may grant time off 
 at the rate of 1-1/2 hours for each hour worked in excess of 48 
 hours in a week in lieu of monetary compensation.  An employer 
 does not violate the overtime pay provisions of this section by 
 employing any employees for a workweek in excess of 48 hours 
 without paying the compensation for overtime employment 
 prescribed (1) if the employee is employed under an agreement 
 meeting the requirement of section 7(b)(2) of the Fair Labor 
 Standards Act of 1938, as amended, or (2) if the employee is 
 employed as a sugar beet hand laborer on a piece rate basis, 
 provided that the regular rate of pay received per hour of work 
 exceeds the applicable wage provided in section 177.24, 
 subdivision 1 by at least 40 cents. 


    Subd. 2.    Health care exception.  An employer who 
 operates a health care facility does not violate subdivision 1 
 if the employer and employee agree before performance of the 
 work to accept a work period of 14 consecutive days in lieu of 
 the workweek of seven consecutive days for the purpose of 
 overtime compensation and if for the employment in excess of 
 eight hours in any work day and in excess of 80 hours in the 
 14-day period the employee receives compensation at a rate not 
 less than 1-1/2 times the regular rate at which the employee is 
 employed.  


    Subd. 3.    Motor vehicle salespeople; mechanics.  
 Subdivision 1 does not apply to any salesperson, parts person, 
 or mechanic primarily engaged in selling or servicing 
 automobiles, trailers, trucks, or farm implements and paid on a 
 commission or incentive basis, if employed by a nonmanufacturing 
 establishment primarily engaged in selling the vehicles to 
 ultimate purchasers. 


    Subd. 4.    Constructors of on-farm silos.  Subdivision 
 1 does not apply if the employee is employed in the construction 
 of on-farm silos or the installation of appurtenant equipment on 
 a unit or piece rate basis, if the regular rate of pay received 
 per hour of work exceeds the applicable wage provided in section 
 177.24, subdivision 1.  


    HIST: 1973 c 721 s 5; 1981 c 289 s 1,3; 1Sp1981 c 4 art 4 s 
 30; 1983 c 60 s 2,3; 1983 c 95 s 1; 1984 c 628 art 4 s 1; 1986 c 
 444