Feedback questions

At the forums, the Nursing Home Workforce Standards Board is interested in all feedback from workers, employers and organizations that represent workers or employers, and the public. Below are some guiding questions to assist. 

For providers 

• How have the holiday pay rules affected staffing and the ability to hire?  

• How have they affected your facility financially?

• How did the implementation for the holidays go for your facility?

• How are the coming minimum-wage rules affecting staffing and the ability to hire? What is their anticipated effect on your facility's finances?

• Do you feel prepared to implement these minimum wages?

• What else would improve the health and wellbeing of workers in your facility?

• What else would improve the health and wellbeing of workers in your facility?

• What data do you think would be helpful for the board to examine?  

• Are your facilities planning to use the Minnesota Secure Choice Retirement Program once it is implemented?

For workers 

• How have the holiday pay rules affected your satisfaction in the workplace?

• How have the holiday pay rules affected you financially?

• How have the holiday pay rules affected the functioning of the facility where you work?

• How do you anticipate the minimum-wage standards will affect your satisfaction in the workplace? Will they affect you financially? Will they affect the functioning of the facility where you work? 

• What else would improve the health and wellbeing of workers in your facility?

• What else would improve the health and wellbeing of workers in your facility?

• Are your facilities planning to use the Minnesota Secure Choice Retirement Program once it is implemented?

For more information, contact the NHWSB at nhswb.dli@state.mn.us.