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Minnesota Session Laws 2012 to 2024 Index (topics)

LABOR AND EMPLOYMENT

Advertising, unfair discriminatory practices, Minn. Law 2023 c 52 art 19 s 55

Area labor-management committees, grants, repealed, Minn. Law 2024 c 127 art 7 s 2

Background checks, criminal history, questions about, in hiring, limitations, Minn. Law 2013 c 61

Background checks, evidence, civil actions, automatic expungements, effect of, Minn. Law 2023 c 52 art 7 s 3

Child care centers, wrongful employment at, Minn. Law 2015 c 78 art 4 s 42 to 2015 c 78 art 4 s 47, 59, 2019 1Sp c 9 art 2 s 82

Collective bargaining, see COLLECTIVE BARGAINING

Compensation and salaries, nondisclosure agreements, prohibition, Minn. Law 2014 c 239 art 4 s 2

Contested cases, compensation and salary compliance orders, Minn. Law 2023 c 59 art 1 s 3, 2024 c 110 art 2 s 3

Covered employment, Minn. Law 2019 1Sp c 7 art 4 s 1

Criminal history, questions about, Minn. Law 2023 c 52 art 7 s 19

Criminal history, questions about, in hiring, limitations, Minn. Law 2013 c 61

Damages, packinghouse workers bill of rights, Minn. Law 2023 c 53 art 2 s 3

Definitions

Base rate, Minn. Law 2024 c 127 art 11 s 6

Drug and alcohol testing in the workplace, Minn. Law 2023 c 63 art 6 s 27 to 2023 c 63 art 6 s 32

Drug and alcohol testing in the workplace, positive test result, cannabis, Minn. Law 2024 c 121 art 2 s 26

Earned sick and safe time, Minn. Law 2023 c 53 art 12 s 4, 2024 c 127 art 11 s 5

Employee, Minn. Law 2024 c 127 art 11 s 7

Migrant workers, Minn. Law 2023 c 53 art 2 s 11, 12

Refineries (oil), contractor workforce training and skill requirements, Minn. Law 2023 c 30 s 2

Unemployment insurance law, noncovered employment, Minn. Law 2024 c 120 art 2 s 8

Definitions, Unemployment Insurance Law, Minn. Law 2016 c 189 art 9 s 1, 2

Disabled persons, reasonable accommodation, Minn. Law 2021 1Sp c 11 art 3 s 13

Disabled persons, reasonable accommodation fund, Minn. Law 2023 c 53 art 15 s 31

Discharge, prompt payment of wages, definitions, Minn. Law 2013 c 27 s 1

Disclosure, drug and alcohol testing, Minn. Law 2024 c 121 art 2 s 31

Disclosure, payroll information, Minn. Law 2019 1Sp c 7 art 3 s 11

Disclosure, personnel records, peace officer applicants, Minn. Law 2023 c 52 art 10 s 22 to 2023 c 52 art 10 s 24

Drug and alcohol testing

Cannabis testing, Minn. Law 2023 c 63 art 6 s 33 to 2023 c 63 art 6 s 37, 39, 2024 c 110 art 7 s 5, 2024 c 121 art 2 s 26 to 2024 c 121 art 2 s 31

Collective bargaining, Minn. Law 2023 c 63 art 6 s 41

Data, classification, Minn. Law 2023 c 63 art 6 s 40

Disclosure, Minn. Law 2024 c 121 art 2 s 31

Employees, Minn. Law 2023 c 63 art 6 s 42

Employers, duties, Minn. Law 2024 c 110 art 7 s 5

Job applicants, Minn. Law 2023 c 63 art 6 s 42, 2024 c 110 art 7 s 5, 2024 c 121 art 2 s 29

Medical cannabis patient registry program, participant employee rights, Minn. Law 2023 c 63 art 1 s 58

Oral fluid test, Minn. Law 2024 c 110 art 7 s 4, 8

Policies, Minn. Law 2023 c 63 art 6 s 38, 2024 c 110 art 7 s 5, 2024 c 121 art 2 s 30

Positive test results, cannabis, Minn. Law 2024 c 121 art 2 s 26, 31

Professional athletes, Minn. Law 2024 c 121 art 2 s 27

Retaliation, Minn. Law 2023 c 53 art 11 s 36

Dual training competencies for employees

Standards for, Minn. Law 2015 c 69 art 3 s 18

Student grants, Minn. Law 2015 c 69 art 3 s 11

Dual training competency program, Minn. Law 2016 c 86 s 1, 2

Employee suggestion data, Minn. Law 2012 c 290 s 22

Employees

Cannabis testing, Minn. Law 2024 c 121 art 2 s 27 to 2024 c 121 art 2 s 31

Covenants not to compete, void and unenforceable, injunctive relief, Minn. Law 2023 c 53 art 6 s 1

Definitions

Earned sick and safe time, Minn. Law 2023 c 53 art 12 s 4, 2024 c 127 art 11 s 7

Parenting leave, Minn. Law 2023 c 53 art 11 s 28, 29

State projects and highway contracts, Minn. Law 2024 c 110 art 2 s 6

Disabled employees, medical assistance, eligibility, Minn. Law 2023 c 61 art 3 s 4

Earned sick and safe time, Minn. Law 2023 c 53 art 12 s 4 to 2023 c 53 art 12 s 7, 2023 c 53 art 13 s 4

Accrual, Minn. Law 2024 c 127 art 11 s 8

Documentation, Minn. Law 2024 c 127 art 11 s 10

Eligible uses, Minn. Law 2024 c 127 art 11 s 9

Employer succession, Minn. Law 2024 c 127 art 11 s 17

Minimum benefit, Minn. Law 2024 c 127 art 11 s 15

Records, confidentiality, Minn. Law 2024 c 127 art 11 s 12

Remedies, Minn. Law 2024 c 127 art 11 s 3

Separation, reinstatement, Minn. Law 2024 c 127 art 11 s 16

Time, Minn. Law 2024 c 127 art 11 s 11

Weather event, exception, Minn. Law 2024 c 127 art 11 s 14

Family and medical benefit insurance program

Bonding leave, Minn. Law 2023 c 59 art 1 s 17

Covered employment, defined, Minn. Law 2024 c 127 art 73 s 6

Employee rights, Minn. Law 2023 c 59 art 1 s 18

Former and new employee applications, Minn. Law 2024 c 127 art 73 s 34

Intermittent schedule, Minn. Law 2023 c 59 art 1 s 17, 2024 c 127 art 73 s 24

Notice given, Minn. Law 2023 c 59 art 1 s 17

Plan changes during leave, Minn. Law 2024 c 127 art 73 s 32

Private employer plan coverage, Minn. Law 2023 c 59 art 1 s 19, 2024 c 127 art 73 s 28 to 2024 c 127 art 73 s 37

Remedies, Minn. Law 2023 c 59 art 1 s 18

Retaliation and reinstatement protections, Minn. Law 2023 c 59 art 1 s 18, 2024 c 127 art 73 s 25 to 2024 c 127 art 73 s 27

Taxation of benefits, Minn. Law 2023 c 59 art 1 s 24

Garnishment of wages, retaliation prohibited, Minn. Law 2024 c 114 art 3 s 102

Lactating employees, work breaks, Minn. Law 2023 c 53 art 11 s 27

Lawful consumable products, use during nonworking hours, Minn. Law 2023 c 63 art 6 s 26

Medical cannabis patient registry program, participant rights, Minn. Law 2023 c 63 art 1 s 58

Medical cannabis patient registry program, participant rights, technical changes, Minn. Law 2024 c 121 art 2 s 118

Meetings and communication, religious or political matters, Minn. Law 2023 c 53 art 11 s 25, 2024 c 110 art 7 s 3

Nursing mothers, work breaks, Minn. Law 2021 1Sp c 10 art 3 s 3

Packing plant workers rights, Minn. Law 2023 c 53 art 5 s 1 to 2023 c 53 art 5 s 8

Packinghouse workers bill of rights, Minn. Law 2023 c 53 art 2 s 1 to 2023 c 53 art 2 s 4

Parenting leave, see PREGNANCY AND PARENTING LEAVE

Pregnant women, Minn. Law 2021 1Sp c 10 art 3 s 3, 22

Restrictive employment contracts, service contract customers, Minn. Law 2024 c 110 art 2 s 12

Right to payment, Minn. Law 2019 1Sp c 7 art 3 s 12

Shared work, unemployment insurance, revisor's correction, Minn. Law 2023 c 25 s 149

Statement of earnings, Minn. Law 2019 1Sp c 7 art 3 s 11, 2023 c 59 art 1 s 4

Unreimbursed expenses, income and franchise taxes, deductions, Minn. Law 2019 1Sp c 6 art 1 s 16

Voting, Minn. Law 2023 c 34 art 2 s 2, 2023 c 62 art 4 s 90

Wage disclosure protection, Minn. Law 2023 c 53 art 11 s 23

Employees, debts, levy on wages, Minn. Law 2020 c 86 art 4 s 1 to 2020 c 86 art 4 s 5

Employees' expunged criminal records, treatment, Minn. Law 2014 c 246 s 10

Employers

Cannabis testing, Minn. Law 2024 c 121 art 2 s 27 to 2024 c 121 art 2 s 31

Contracts, payroll deductions, Minn. Law 2023 c 53 art 11 s 22

Covenants not to compete, void and unenforceable, choice of law, venue, Minn. Law 2023 c 53 art 6 s 1

Data, public assistance liens, duties, Minn. Law 2024 c 80 art 1 s 37

Definitions

Earned sick and safe time, Minn. Law 2023 c 53 art 12 s 4

Employment law, Minn. Law 2024 c 127 art 9 s 4

Fair Labor Standards Act, Minn. Law 2024 c 110 art 6 s 1, 2

Parenting leave, Minn. Law 2023 c 53 art 11 s 28, 29

State projects and highway contracts, Minn. Law 2024 c 110 art 2 s 6

Disclosure, Minn. Law 2023 c 52 art 10 s 22 to 2023 c 52 art 10 s 24, 2024 c 110 art 7 s 2

Dual training competency grants, Minn. Law 2023 c 41 art 2 s 21 to 2023 c 41 art 2 s 24

Earned sick and safe time

Duties, Minn. Law 2024 c 127 art 11 s 8

Liability, Minn. Law 2024 c 127 art 11 s 3

Minimum benefit, Minn. Law 2024 c 127 art 11 s 15

Records, Minn. Law 2024 c 127 art 11 s 12, 13

Succession, Minn. Law 2024 c 127 art 11 s 17

Earned sick and safe time, duties, Minn. Law 2023 c 53 art 12 s 5 to 2023 c 53 art 12 s 7, 2023 c 53 art 13 s 4

Expunged criminal records, employment decision effect, Minn. Law 2023 c 52 art 7 s 19

Family and medical benefit insurance program

Average wage calculation, Minn. Law 2024 c 127 art 73 s 41

Data provided, Minn. Law 2023 c 59 art 1 s 12, 2024 c 127 art 73 s 14

Employee rights, Minn. Law 2023 c 59 art 1 s 18

Former and new employee applications, Minn. Law 2024 c 127 art 73 s 34

Notice received, Minn. Law 2023 c 59 art 1 s 15, 17, 2024 c 127 art 73 s 20, 22

Notice to employees, Minn. Law 2023 c 59 art 1 s 37, 2024 c 127 art 73 s 47

Plan changes during leave, Minn. Law 2024 c 127 art 73 s 32

Quarterly wage reporting, Minn. Law 2024 c 127 art 73 s 37

Record keeping and reports, Minn. Law 2023 c 59 art 1 s 19

Retaliation prohibition, Minn. Law 2023 c 59 art 1 s 18, 2024 c 127 art 73 s 25

Substitution of private plan, Minn. Law 2023 c 59 art 1 s 19, 2024 c 127 art 73 s 28 to 2024 c 127 art 73 s 37

Wage detail reporting, Minn. Law 2023 c 59 art 1 s 21

Grants to, ergonomics programs, musculoskeletal disorders prevention, Labor and Industry Department, Minn. Law 2023 c 53 art 1 s 21

Jurors, acts against, criminal contempt, Minn. Law 2024 c 123 art 13 s 6

Liability

Back wages and gratuities, Minn. Law 2024 c 110 art 2 s 4, 2024 c 127 art 10 s 5

Civil damages, Minn. Law 2024 c 127 art 10 s 6

Reimbursement for public defense, repealed, Minn. Law 2024 c 123 art 14 s 23

Mediation, wage determination, deleted, Minn. Law 2024 c 127 art 10 s 3

Medical cannabis patient registry program, Minn. Law 2023 c 63 art 1 s 58, 2024 c 121 art 2 s 118

Meetings and communication, religious or political matters, Minn. Law 2023 c 53 art 11 s 25, 2024 c 110 art 7 s 3

Minimum wage compliance orders, objections, Minn. Law 2024 c 110 art 2 s 3

Misclassification of employees, Minn. Law 2024 c 127 art 10 s 7

Names, Minn. Law 2023 c 59 art 1 s 4

Notice given

Compensation and salary compliance orders, objections, Minn. Law 2023 c 59 art 1 s 3

Veterans' benefits and services posting, Minn. Law 2023 c 53 art 1 s 12

Notice given, compensation and salary compliance orders, Minn. Law 2024 c 110 art 2 s 3

Notice to employee, Minn. Law 2023 c 53 art 12 s 1, 2023 c 59 art 1 s 4, 2024 c 127 art 11 s 4, 12

Public assistance liens, duties, Minn. Law 2024 c 80 art 1 s 37

Public defense, payments, withholding, repealed, Minn. Law 2024 c 123 art 14 s 23

Reasonable accommodation fund, Minn. Law 2023 c 53 art 15 s 31

Reprisals, unfair discriminatory practices, gender identity, Minn. Law 2023 c 52 art 19 s 68

Restrictive employment contracts, service contracts, Minn. Law 2024 c 110 art 2 s 12

Retaliation against employees, see same under this topic, same under this topic

Shakopee area workforce development scholarship pilot program, Minn. Law 2024 c 120 art 2 s 11

Special family day care homes, license holders, revisor's correction, Minn. Law 2023 c 25 s 123

Tax return data

Attorney general, disclosure to, Minn. Law 2024 c 127 art 10 s 12

Commerce Department, disclosure to, Minn. Law 2024 c 127 art 10 s 11

Voting, Minn. Law 2023 c 62 art 4 s 90

Employers, notice given, federal public service loan forgiveness programs, Minn. Law 2016 c 189 art 1 s 16

Employers, retaliation against employees, wage payment disputes, Minn. Law 2019 1Sp c 7 art 3 s 10

Employment, definitions, Minn. Law 2016 c 189 art 9 s 1, 2016 c 189 art 10 s 1 to 2016 c 189 art 10 s 4, 2017 c 35 art 3 s 2, 2019 1Sp c 7 art 7 s 1

Family and medical leave, use for family members other than children, Minn. Law 2013 c 87

Fines

Earned sick and safe time violations, Minn. Law 2023 c 53 art 13 s 1

Packinghouse workers bill of rights, Minn. Law 2023 c 53 art 2 s 4

Forced or coerced labor or services, Minn. Law 2023 c 27 s 4

Hiring, criminal history, questions about, limitations, Minn. Law 2013 c 61

Hiring, pay history, questions about, job applicants, Minn. Law 2023 c 52 art 19 s 56

Job postings, disclosure, salary range, Minn. Law 2024 c 110 art 7 s 2

Job sharing, Minn. Law 2023 c 62 art 8 s 22

Joint powers board employees, protections, Minn. Law 2014 c 223

Labor agreements, see LABOR AGREEMENTS

Large employer, Fair Labor Standards Act, definition, Minn. Law 2024 c 110 art 6 s 1

Lawsuits, earned sick and safe time violations, Minn. Law 2023 c 53 art 13 s 3

Lockouts, unemployment insurance, Minn. Law 2013 c 85 art 4 s 5 to 2013 c 85 art 4 s 8

Mediation, wage determination, deleted, Minn. Law 2024 c 127 art 10 s 3

Minimum wage, increase, Minn. Law 2014 c 166 s 2

Mining, mine inspections, Minn. Law 2013 c 38

Minnesota energy transition plan, impact analysis, Minn. Law 2021 1Sp c 4 art 8 s 8

Minnesota job creation fund, Minn. Law 2013 c 85 art 3 s 8

Minnesota Secure Choice Retirement Program, see MINNESOTA SECURE CHOICE RETIREMENT PROGRAM

Minnesota Workers Memorial, Minn. Law 2014 c 294 art 1 s 12

Noncovered employment, unemployment insurance, Minn. Law 2024 c 120 art 2 s 8

Nursing mothers, accommodations, Minn. Law 2014 c 239 art 4 s 1, 3 to 5

Orders, earned sick and safe time violations, Minn. Law 2023 c 53 art 13 s 2

Orders, payment by employers, Minn. Law 2024 c 127 art 10 s 4, 5

Personnel data, Minn. Law 2012 c 290 s 21

Policies, cannabis use, limitations, Minn. Law 2023 c 63 art 6 s 38

Policy of state, discrimination, Minn. Law 2021 1Sp c 11 art 3 s 12, 2024 c 105 s 1

Pregnant women

Accommodations, Minn. Law 2014 c 239 art 3 s 4, 5

Unpaid leave, Minn. Law 2014 c 239 art 3 s 1, 2

Pregnant women, accommodations, Minn. Law 2023 c 53 art 11 s 27, 2024 c 110 art 2 s 9

Public employees

Confidential employees, definition, Minn. Law 2014 c 219

Joint powers board employees, protections, Minn. Law 2014 c 223

Quitting, prompt payment of wages, Minn. Law 2023 c 53 art 2 s 5

Quitting, prompt payment of wages, definitions, Minn. Law 2013 c 27 s 2

Quitting, unemployment insurance, ineligibility for benefits, Minn. Law 2016 c 189 art 9 s 6, 2016 c 189 art 11 s 3, 2017 c 35 art 3 s 13, 14

Records and record keeping

Earned sick and safe time, Minn. Law 2023 c 53 art 12 s 6, 2024 c 127 art 11 s 12, 13

Generally, Minn. Law 2024 c 127 art 10 s 1 to 2024 c 127 art 10 s 3

Migrant workers, Minn. Law 2023 c 53 art 2 s 17

Retaliation against employees

Bone marrow donation leave, Minn. Law 2023 c 53 art 11 s 34

Crimes, reporting, Minn. Law 2023 c 53 art 11 s 26

Drug and alcohol testing, Minn. Law 2023 c 53 art 11 s 36

Earned sick and safe time, Minn. Law 2023 c 53 art 12 s 6

Lactating employees, accommodations, Minn. Law 2023 c 53 art 11 s 27

Personnel records, Minn. Law 2023 c 53 art 11 s 37

Pregnancy accommodations, Minn. Law 2023 c 53 art 11 s 27

Sick care of relatives leave, Minn. Law 2023 c 53 art 11 s 31

Wage disclosure protection, Minn. Law 2023 c 53 art 11 s 23

Retaliation against employees, pregnancy accommodations, Minn. Law 2024 c 110 art 2 s 9

Retirement, public employees

Safety-sensitive positions, random drug testing, Minn. Law 2024 c 121 art 2 s 27

Seasonal employees, family and medical benefit insurance program

Eligibility, Minn. Law 2023 c 59 art 1 s 14

Notice to employees, Minn. Law 2023 c 59 art 1 s 37

Seasonal employers, withholding returns, Minn. Law 2014 c 308 art 11 s 3

Shared work, Minn. Law 2015 1Sp c 1 art 6 s 13

Shared work program, Minn. Law 2013 c 85 art 4 s 10 to 2013 c 85 art 4 s 15, 19, 20

Shared work, unemployment insurance, Minn. Law 2020 1Sp c 10

Shared work, unemployment insurance, revisor's correction, Minn. Law 2023 c 25 s 149

Small employer, Fair Labor Standards Act, definition, Minn. Law 2024 c 110 art 6 s 2

State employees, see STATE EMPLOYEES

Suspension, exceeding thirty days, considered discharge, unemployment insurance, Minn. Law 2017 c 35 art 1 s 3, 4

Unemployment, see UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE

Unfair discriminatory practices

Gender identity, Minn. Law 2023 c 52 art 19 s 52 to 2023 c 52 art 19 s 55, 68

Inquiries into pay history, job applicants, Minn. Law 2023 c 52 art 19 s 56

Reprisals, Minn. Law 2023 c 52 art 19 s 68

Services to minors, exemptions, repealed, Minn. Law 2023 c 52 art 19 s 72

Unfair discriminatory practices, exemptions, Minn. Law 2024 c 105 s 11

Unfair labor practices, public employees, charges and investigations, Minn. Law 2014 c 211 s 10, 11

Unions, see UNIONS

Veterans

Hire a Veteran Month, change of month, Minn. Law 2015 c 40

Veterans Preference Act, hearings, Minn. Law 2015 c 77 art 3 s 6

Veterans preference, see VETERANS PREFERENCE

Violations and penalties

Earned sick and safe time, Minn. Law 2023 c 53 art 13 s 4, 2024 c 127 art 11 s 3

Enforcement, Minn. Law 2019 1Sp c 7 art 3 s 7 to 2019 1Sp c 7 art 3 s 9, 13

Independent contractors, failure to register, Minn. Law 2024 c 127 art 10 s 25

Packing plant workers rights, Minn. Law 2023 c 53 art 5 s 7

Records violations, wage records, Minn. Law 2019 1Sp c 7 art 3 s 3, 5, 6, 2024 c 110 art 2 s 2

Voting, time off to vote, elections covered, Minn. Law 2015 c 70 art 1 s 33, 34

Wage theft, see WAGE THEFT

Wages, nondisclosure agreements, prohibition, Minn. Law 2014 c 239 art 4 s 2

Women's Economic Security Act, Minn. Law 2014 c 239

Work reporting system, Human Services Department, Minn. Law 2012 c 216 art 1 s 3, 4

Workers compensation, see WORKERS COMPENSATION

Workforce housing development pilot project, 2014, Minn. Law 2015 1Sp c 1 art 2 s 21

Workforce housing development program, Minn. Law 2015 1Sp c 1 art 2 s 2

Workforce service areas, rural career counseling coordinators, Minn. Law 2015 1Sp c 1 art 2 s 9