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177.22 STATEMENT OF PURPOSE.
The purpose of the Minnesota Fair Labor Standards Act is: (1) to establish minimum wage
and overtime compensation standards that maintain workers' health, efficiency, and general
well-being; (2) to safeguard existing minimum wage and overtime compensation standards that
maintain workers' health, efficiency, and general well-being against the unfair competition
of wage and hour standards that do not; and (3) to sustain purchasing power and increase
employment opportunities.
History: 1973 c 721 s 2; 1984 c 628 art 4 s 1
The purpose of the Minnesota Fair Labor Standards Act is: (1) to establish minimum wage
and overtime compensation standards that maintain workers' health, efficiency, and general
well-being; (2) to safeguard existing minimum wage and overtime compensation standards that
maintain workers' health, efficiency, and general well-being against the unfair competition
of wage and hour standards that do not; and (3) to sustain purchasing power and increase
employment opportunities.
History: 1973 c 721 s 2; 1984 c 628 art 4 s 1
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