Minnesota Session Laws - 1993, Regular Session

  
    Laws of Minnesota 1993 

                        CHAPTER 253-H.F.No. 1151 
           An act relating to employment; requiring wage payments 
          at certain times; amending Minnesota Statutes 1992, 
          section 181.101. 
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
     Section 1.  Minnesota Statutes 1992, section 181.101, is 
amended to read: 
    181.101 [WAGES; HOW OFTEN PAID.] 
    Every employer shall must pay all wages due earned by an 
employee at least once every 30 days on a regular pay day 
designated in advance by the employer, except that an employer 
may withhold an employee's check until the signed statement for 
that pay period stating the amount of gratuities is received, as 
provided in section 177.28, subdivision 4 regardless of whether 
the employee requests payment at longer intervals.  Unless paid 
earlier, the wages earned during the first half of the first 
30-day pay period become due on the first regular payday 
following the first day of work.  If wages due earned are not 
paid, the commissioner of labor and industry or the 
commissioner's representative may demand payment on behalf of an 
employee.  If payment is not made within ten days of demand, the 
commissioner may charge and collect the wages due earned and a 
penalty in the amount of the employee's average daily earnings 
at the rate agreed upon in the contract of employment, not 
exceeding 15 days in all, for each day beyond the ten-day limit 
following the demand.  Money collected by the commissioner must 
be paid to the employee concerned.  This subdivision does not 
prevent an employee from prosecuting a claim for wages.  For 
purposes of this section, "employee" includes a person who 
performs agricultural labor as defined in section 181.85, 
subdivision 2.  For purposes of this section, wages are earned 
on the day an employee works. 
    Sec. 2.  [EFFECTIVE DATE.] 
    Section 1 is effective the day following final enactment. 
    Presented to the governor May 15, 1993 
    Signed by the governor May 19, 1993, 8:23 a.m.