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Past editions

• June 2024:  Changes to earned sick and safe time law

• May 2024:  Ensure compliance with wage and hour laws when hiring teens for summer positions

• April 2024:  Taking time off for a child’s school conference or activity? There’s a law for that.

• March 2024:  Your guide to compliance: Agricultural law changes

• February 2024:  When are employees owed their last paycheck?

• January 2024:  Stay compliant: Explore new labor laws and resources

• December 2023:  Workplace law updates for the new year

• November 2023:  New ESST law just weeks away – are you prepared?

• October 2023:  New sick and safe leave earnings statement requirements

• September 2023:  Earned sick and safe time FAQs added

• August 2023:  Construction Worker Wage Protection Act now in effect

• July 2023:  Grant funding available

• June 2023:  Workplace rights to be expanded for expectant, new parents

• May 2023:  Tips for employers, teens this summer

• April 2023:  Learn what wage theft is and contact us with questions

• March 2023:  Tip:  Don’t misclassify workers to avoid paying overtime

• February 2023:  What businesses need to know about pregnancy, nursing rights in the workplace

• January 2023:  An employer’s guide to tipping laws

• December 2022:  New statewide minimum-wage rates effective Jan. 1, 2023

• November 2022:  Holiday hours in the workplace

• October 2022:  What reasons can employers give to terminate an employee?

• September 2022:  What to know about minimum wage in Minnesota

• August 2022:  State fair brings crowds, teen workers

• July 2022:  A review of Minnesota's wage theft law

• June 2022:  Summer employment laws for teen workers

• May 2022:  Minnesota Frontline Worker Pay

• April 2022:  Minnesota’s payment of wages laws

• March 2022:  Minnesota's sick and safe leave law

• February 2022:  New resources created for home health care, restaurant industries

• January 2022:  New year, new law changes

• December 2021:  Changes to workplace protections for expectant, new parents

• November 2021:  New minimum wage poster available, other required posters

• October 2021:  School conference and activities leave law

• September 2021:  New videos, grants available

• August 2021:  New state minimum wage as of Jan. 1, 2022

• July 2021:  Workplace provisions to support breastfeeding families

• June 2021:  Pay stub requirements

• May 2021:  Teens gearing up for summer employment

• April 2021:  Minnesota's wage disclosure protection law

• March 2021:  Information about employees who earn tips

• February 2021:  Issuing a final paycheck to an employee

• January 2021:  Minnesota's labor standards recordkeeping laws

• December 2020:  Minimum wage increases on Jan. 1, 2021

• November 2020:  New minimum wage poster available, other required posters

• October 2020:  Employee paycheck deductions

• September 2020:  Employer required medical tests, employee access to personnel file

• August 2020:  Employee notice requirements

• July 2020:  Workplace provisions to support breastfeeding

• June 2020:  Preparing for summer youth employment

• April 2020:  Updates:  COVID-19 labor and employment resources

• March 2020:  Minnesota sick leave requirements and COVID-19 labor and employment resources

• February 2020:  Minnesota wage and hour recordkeeping requirements

• January 2020:  Exemptions from overtime, minimum wage

• December 2019:  2020 brings labor standards changes

• November 2019:  Overtime law in Minnesota

• September 2019:  Labor Standards agencies in Minnesota

• August 2019:  New state minimum wage as of Jan. 1, 2020

  Minnesota's minimum-wage rates will be adjusted for inflation beginning Jan. 1, 2020, to $10 an hour for large employers and $8.15 an hour for other state minimum wages.

• June 2019:  Minnesota enacts Wage Theft Law, effective July 1

  Beginning July 1, new requirements for all Minnesota employers include providing an employee notice upon employment and additional information for already-required earnings statements and employer recordkeeping.

  Increased enforcement of state wage and hour laws and criminal penalties for employers that commit wage theft are also included in the new law.

• May 2019:  Keeping teens safe at work this summer

• April 2019:  Regulations for final paycheck

• March 2019:  Wage theft in Minnesota

• December 2018:  Minimum-wage increases Jan. 1

• November 2018:  Employer compliance for nursing mothers

• October 2018:  Minimum-wage increase

• September 2018:  Teen work-hours limited during school year

• July 2018:  Packinghouse workers bill of rights law

• June 2018:  Minnesota's laws about wage deductions

• May 2018:  Keeping teens safe at work this summer

• April 2018:  Required workplace posters available free

• February 2018:  Employer tips for avoiding wage theft

• January 2018:  Pregnancy and parental leave

• December 2017:  Minimum wage increases Jan. 1, 2018

• November 2017:  Information about tip pooling and tip sharing

• October 2017:  Holiday hours in the workplace

• September 2017:  Minimum wage information