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Mandated holiday pay rule for Minnesota nursing facilities effective January 1, 2025


Todd Bergstrom
By Todd Bergstrom | January 3, 2025 | SNF/NF providers




As expected, the Monday December 9, 2024, edition of the State Register included the official notice that Nursing Home Workforce Standards Board’s “Expedited Permanent Rules Modifying Certification Criteria, Notice Posting Requirements, And Holiday Pay Rules For Nursing Home Workers” were adopted as proposed.

What does this mean for nursing facilities?

  • Beginning January 1, 2025, a nursing home worker who works any holiday shall be paid a minimum of time-and-one-half their regular hourly wage for all hours worked during the holiday
  • Holiday is defined as a 24-hour period comprised of the time from midnight of the date designated as a holiday to the next midnight
  • There are eleven mandated holidays:
    • New Year’s Day, January 1
    • Martin Luther King’s Birthday, the third Monday in January
    • Washington’s and Lincoln’s Birthday, the third Monday in February
    • Memorial Day, the last Monday in May
    • Juneteenth, June 19
    • Independence Day, July 4
    • Labor Day, the first Monday in September
    • Indigenous Peoples’ Day, the second Monday in October
    • Veterans Day, November 11
    • Thanksgiving Day, the fourth Thursday in November
    • Christmas Day, December 25
  • A nursing home employer may substitute up to four of the holidays and alter the application of the 24-hour framework if agreed upon by a majority of affected nursing home workers or the exclusive representative of the affected nursing home workers if one exists.
  • These rules go into effect on January 1, 2025. 
    • The Minnesota Department of Labor and Industry has enforcement and investigative authority. 
    • Nursing home workers may bring a civil action in district court seeking redress for violations.

For more information, please review the following resources.
Please contact Todd Bergstrom at the Association office if you have any questions. 



Todd Bergstrom  |  Director of Research & Data Analysis  |   tbergstrom@careproviders.org  |  952-851-2486

 

 

 

 



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