Workplace Rights Week

Workplace Rights Week in Minnesota took place Sept. 21-27, 2025, and was 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.

• Read the proclamation from Gov. Tim Walz and the city of St. Paul recognizing Workplace Rights Week.

Highlights from 2025

• DLI staff members visited 1,470 worksites across the state to share information about workplace rights.

• Mobile clinics were hosted to answer in-person questions from workers and employers.

• Events were held in partnership with 13 community groups, chambers of commerce, CareerForce centers and libraries.

• A Facebook Live Q&A aired on Sept. 24, 2025, and is now available to watch below

Learn more

• Watch videos about workplace rights (English, Hmong, Somali and Spanish)

• Read brochures and fact sheets

• View our FAQs

Highlights from 2024

In 2024, DLI launched the first-ever Workplace Rights Week, during which staff visited more than 1,000 worksites in 29 cities, hosted webinars with partners and joined Lt. Gov. Peggy Flanagan at a worksite event to raise awareness of workplace rights in Minnesota.