SF4594 • 2026

Employee's ability to waive a meal break clarification

Labor

Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor: Seeberger
Last action: 2026-03-18
Official status: Introduction and first reading
Effective date: Not listed

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Employee's ability to waive a meal break clarification

What This Bill Does

Employee's ability to waive a meal break clarification

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Bill History

2026-03-18 House
Introduction and first reading

Official Summary Text

Employee's ability to waive a meal break clarification

Current Bill Text

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A bill for an act

relating to employment; clarifying an employee's ability to waive a meal break;

amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 177.254, by adding a subdivision.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

Section 1.

Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 177.254, is amended by adding a subdivision

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Subd. 5.

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Meal break waiver.

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(a) Notwithstanding subdivision 3, an employee may

voluntarily waive a mandatory meal break required under this section. An employer must

pay an employee for time worked during a meal break waived under this paragraph.

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(b) A meal break waiver request:

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(1) must be made to the employer electronically or in writing; and

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(2) may be revoked by an employee for any shift where reasonable notice is provided

to the employer.

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(c) An employer must not require an employee to waive a meal break required under

this section.

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