Last year’s Minnesota legislative session resulted in a 1,000-page omnibus bill that included significant changes to the state’s labor and employment laws. As this year’s legislative session comes to a close, we predict a...more
5/12/2025
/ Employee Rights ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Employer Responsibilities ,
Governor Walz ,
New Legislation ,
Penalties ,
Proposed Legislation ,
Rest and Meal Break ,
Retaliation ,
Service Animals ,
State Labor Laws ,
Wage and Hour
After controlling Minnesota’s House, Senate, and governorship since 2023, the Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor (DFL) Party’s legislative and gubernatorial “trifecta” at the state capitol is no more....more
4/4/2025
/ Earned Sick Time ,
Employee Benefits ,
Employee Rights ,
Independent Contractors ,
New Legislation ,
Paid Leave ,
Proposed Amendments ,
Proposed Legislation ,
Safe Leave ,
Sick Leave ,
State Labor Laws
As the Minnesota Legislature enters the latter half of its 2023–2024 legislative session, the pressure is on to meet critical deadlines before adjournment on May 20, 2024. House and Senate committees are racing against the...more
4/17/2024
/ Compliance ,
Earned Sick Time ,
Job Ads ,
Proposed Amendments ,
Proposed Legislation ,
Restrictive Covenants ,
Safe Leave ,
Salary/Wage History ,
Service Contracts ,
State and Local Government ,
State Labor Laws ,
State Legislatures ,
Strike ,
Unemployment Benefits ,
Wage and Hour
The Minnesota Legislature is back in session and actively addressing employment law legislation in several pending bills following a very busy 2023–2024 session last year. The legislature kicked off its 2024 regular session...more
3/28/2024
/ Earned Sick and Safe Time Act ,
Earned Sick Time ,
Human Rights Act ,
Job Ads ,
Proposed Legislation ,
Restrictive Covenants ,
Safe Time ,
Staffing Agencies ,
State Labor Laws ,
Strike ,
Unemployment Benefits ,
Wage and Hour
In part one of this series, we reported on several legislative developments in Minnesota that could impact employers. Now the Minnesota Legislature has proposed more bills affecting the workplace....more
4/1/2019
/ Employer Liability Issues ,
Equal Pay ,
Gender-Based Pay Discrimination ,
Legislative Agendas ,
Minimum Wage ,
Preemption ,
Proposed Legislation ,
Right to Work ,
Sexual Harassment ,
Sick Leave ,
State Labor Laws ,
Wage and Hour ,
Wage Theft
After suffering two embarrassing departures of its members in the wake of sexual harassment complaints by staffers and female members, the Minnesota Legislature is considering amending the state’s discrimination statute to...more
The battle over paid sick leave and minimum wage ordinances at the municipal level moved to the Minnesota Legislature as its 2017–2018 session kicked off at the end of January. Several bills introduced in the 2017-2018...more