Workplace Rights Week

Workplace Rights Week in Minnesota (Sept. 22-28, 2024) is an opportunity to educate workers and employers about their rights and responsibilities in the workplace. Safe and healthy workplaces are what make our economy and communities strong, and it’s important Minnesotans understand their workplace rights and are empowered to assert those rights.

DLI staff members plan to visit more than 1,000 worksites statewide to share information with workers and employers about their rights under laws such as earned sick and safe time, the Women’s Economic Security Act, Packinghouse Workers Bill of Rights, ergonomics protections, child labor and workplace safety and health laws. Staff members and community partners will share messages and materials all week to increase awareness of workplace rights in Minnesota.

• Read the proclamation from Gov. Tim Walz about Workplace Rights Week in Minnesota.

Workplace Rights Week events

Thursday, Sept. 26, from 4-5 p.m.:  Wage and hour protections under Minnesota law (webinar)

Learn about wage and hour laws in Minnesota from city, state and federal experts. Representatives from city, state and federal agencies will give short presentations and answer questions.

• Register for the webinar.

Workplace rights videos

• Employee wage notice (1:50) – English | Hmong | Somali | Spanish

• Earned sick and safe time (2:07) – English | Hmong | Somali | Spanish

• Minimum wage (1:37) – English | Hmong | Somali | Spanish

• Paycheck deductions (2:01) – English | Hmong | Somali | Spanish

• Personal care assistants (PCAs), home health care workers (4:17) – English

• Pregnancy, parental rights (4:03) – English | Hmong | Somali | Spanish

• Preventing wage theft (3:32) – English | Hmong | Somali | Spanis

• Recordkeeping (2:05) – English | Hmong | Somali | Spanish

• Restaurant, hospitality industry (5:02) – English

Social media toolkit 

Use these sample social media messages and images to share more information about Workplace Rights Week with your workers, employers, colleagues and others.

• It's Workplace Rights Week in Minnesota! Learn about the rights and protections available to workers and employers. #WorkplaceRightsWeekMN #DerechosLaboralesMN

• Workplace Rights Week in Minnesota is an opportunity for workers and employers to understand their rights and responsibilities in creating safe and healthy work environments. Let's empower our workforce and strengthen our communities. #WorkplaceRightsWeekMN #DerechosLaboralesMN

• Did you know Minnesota workers and employers have workplace rights? Learn more during Workplace Rights Week, Sept. 22-28. #WorkplaceRightsWeekMN #DerechosLaboralesMN

Download

Download

Download