S.F. No. 1725 Summary

• Amends Minnesota Statutes section 176.011, subdivision 18, regarding weekly wage calculations for workers' compensation purposes.

• Creates a special calculation method for workers engaged in agricultural employment fewer than 30 calendar days per year who have concurrent employment or are regularly employed by two or more employers.

• Agricultural workers meeting the criteria shall have their weekly wage calculated as either five times their daily agricultural wage or based on their other concurrent employment, whichever is higher.

• This provision prevents agricultural workers with minimal farm work from having their workers' compensation benefits reduced by averaging in lower agricultural wages with higher wages from other employment.