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Categories: Youth Skills Training, YST@DLI, dual training, YST, Youth Skills, Advanced manufacturing, agriculture, Information technology, health care
[ST. PAUL, MN] – Governor Walz today announced that the state is partnering with 59 Minnesota businesses to provide nearly $3.3 million in Dual Training Grants to fund on-the-job training for employees in high-demand industries. Over half of the grants awarded by the Minnesota Office of Higher Education (OHE) were to employers located in greater Minnesota.   
It is in the public interest that public buildings and other public works be constructed and maintained by the best means and highest quality of labor reasonably available and that people working on public works be compensated according to the real value of the services they perform. Therefore, it is the policy of this state that wages of laborers, workers and mechanics on projects financed in whole or part by state funds should be comparable to wages paid for similar work in the community as a whole.
Categories: Prevailing wage and contracting agencies, prevailing wage law in Minnesota
The Minnesota Department of Labor and Industry's (DLI's) Minnesota OSHA (MNOSHA) Compliance has issued a $10,500 penalty to Amazon in Shakopee, Minnesota, regarding worker safety hazards at a warehouse distribution center.
The Minnesota Department of Labor and Industry’s (DLI’s) Labor Standards Division protects all Minnesota workers regardless 
Categories: Apprenticeship Works newsletter, apprenticship, fall, 2017