Events: Labor Standards

The Minnesota Department of Labor and Industry's (DLI's) Labor Standards Division is providing a series of webinars to help workers and employers better understand the state's wage and hour laws.

These sessions include topics such as wage and hour basics, labor standards in the construction industry, child labor laws, workplace protections for expectant and new parents, minimum wage, overtime exemptions and sick, safe and medical leave laws.

Earned sick and safe time (ESST) law updates:  What’s new for workers and employers

This webinar will review the earned sick and safe time (ESST) law and updates related to the recent adoption of ESST administrative rules. Issues discussed will include eligibility, accrual, usage and employer obligations.

• Oct. 14, from 2-3 p.m.

Past webinars

• Conozca sus derechos laborales: Lo que toda persona trabajadora debe saber (September 2026): Watch the webinar recording. View the presentation.

• Guía Esencial de la Ley Laboral para Pequeños Negocios en Minnesota (September 2026): Watch the webinar recording. View the presentation.

• Know your workplace rights (September 2026): Watch the webinar recording. View the presentation.

• Employment law basics for small businesses in Minnesota (September 2026): Watch the webinar recording. View the presentation.

• Working while learning: What to know about youth employment during the school year (September 2026):  Watch the webinar recording. View the presentation.

• National Breastfeeding Month: State and federal workplace protections of pregnant and nursing parents and programs to assist and recognize supportive employer practices (August 2026):  Watch the webinar recording. View the presentation.

• Working hard this summer? Know your rights on overtime and gratuities and general information about wage theft (July 2026):  Watch the webinar recording. View the presentation.

• Your job, your rights: Protections under Minnesota’s Paid Leave law (June 2026):  Watch the webinar recording. View the presentation.

• Fundamentos de las leyes laborales para pequeñas empresas en Minnesota (Mayo 2026):  Watch the webinar recording. View the presentation.

• Employment law basics for small businesses in Minnesota (May 2026):  Watch the webinar recording. View the presentation.

• Youth at work:  Understanding Minnesota’s youth employment laws (May 2026):  Watch the webinar recording. View the presentation.

• Prevailing wage on public projects: What contractors and employers need to know (April 2026):  Watch the webinar recording. View the presentation.

• Employee or independent contractor? Understanding worker misclassification (April 2026):  Watch the webinar recording. View the presentation.

• Supporting women in the workplace:  Understanding Minnesota’s economic security protections (March 2026):  Watch the webinar recording. View the presentation.

• Earned sick and safe time (February 2026):  Watch the webinar recording. View the presentation slides.

• New workplace laws now in effect:  Breaks and minimum-wage (January 2026):  Watch the webinar recording. View the presentation slides.

• Understanding minimum wage and overtime requirements for workers in Minnesota (November 2025):  Watch the webinar recording.

• Tiempo ganado por enfermedad y razones de seguridad:  Cómo se gana, se usa y se transfiere (Octubre 2025):  Vea la grabación del seminario web.

• Workplace laws for small-business owners:  Wage requirements, overtime rules and employee protections (September 2025):  Watch the webinar recording.

• Derechos laborales de los trabajadores en Minnesota:  Horas extras, robo de salarios, deducciones y más (Septiembre de 2025):  Watch the webinar recording.

• Labor standards for young workers and their families in Minnesota:  Child labor laws, school activities leave and more (September 2025):  Watch the webinar recording.

• National Breastfeeding Month:  State and federal workplace protections of pregnant and nursing parents and programs to assist and recognize supportive employer practices (August 2025):  Watch the webinar recording.

• Recent updates to Minnesota labor laws:  Earned sick and safe time, nursing accommodations and more (July 2025):  Watch the webinar recording.

• A guide to earned sick and safe time (ESST) (June 2025):  Watch the webinar recording.

• Understanding Minnesota labor laws for teen workers: Hours, hazards, wages and requirements (May 2025):  Watch the webinar recording.

• Workplace laws for small-business owners: Wage requirements, overtime rules and employee protections (May 2025):  Watch the webinar recording.

• Understanding prevailing wage and its impact on contractors, workers and public works projects (April 2025):  Watch the webinar recording.

• Celebrating Women's History Month: The impact of the Women’s Economic Security Act on Minnesota workers and employers (March 2025):  Watch the webinar recording.

Alternative dates, interpretation services

If the dates and times for these webinars do not fit your schedule, email David Skovholt at david.skovholt@state.mn.us to schedule a personalized webinar for you or your business.

Interpretation services, including sign language, for these sessions can be provided at no cost to you when you request them ahead of time. Contact David Skovholt at david.skovholt@state.mn.us or 651-470-5566 to request interpretation services.