1.1.................... moves to amend H.F. No. 2, the seventh engrossment, as follows:
1.2Page 14, line 10, delete ""Employer"" and insert "Except as provided in paragraph (c),
1.3"employer""
1.4Page 14, after line 26, insert:
1.5"(c) The provision of family and medical leave coverage required under this chapter is
1.6voluntary and at the discretion of the employer for an employer having fewer than 50
1.7individuals in covered employment."
1.8Page 49, line 9, delete "SELF-EMPLOYED AND INDEPENDENT CONTRACTOR"
1.9Page 49, line 11, delete "individual or" and insert "individual,"
1.10Page 49, line 12, after "contractor" insert ", or an individual whose employer has elected
1.11not to provide paid family or medical leave coverage under section 268B.01, subdivision
1.1218, paragraph (c),"
1.13Page 49, line 24, delete "self-employed"
1.14Page 49, line 26, delete "self-employed"
1.15Page 50, line 3, delete "A self-employed" insert "(a) An"
1.16Page 50, line 6, after "base" insert "or taxable wages"
1.17Page 50, after line 8, insert:
1.18"(b) Individuals employed by employers with fewer than 50 employees who elect to
1.19receive coverage under this chapter shall make their premium remittances by payroll
1.20deduction. An employer with fewer than 50 employees who has employees who have
1.21individually opted into coverage under this chapter shall remit the employees' premium
1.22payments to the department in the manner directed by the commissioner."
1.23Page 50, line 9, delete "a self-employed" insert "an"