Update to Minnesota Minimum Wage Notice Effective January 1, 2019! 2019 Minnesota Minimum Wage Peel ‘N Post™ Minnesota All-On-One Labor Law Poster™ What’s new? Minnesota Minimum Wage notice updated with 2019 wage rates! Available on the Minnesota All-On-One™ Labor Law Poster or as a cost-effective Peel ‘N Post™ update sticker! What’s changed? The Minnesota Minimum Wage notice Read more
On January 1, 2019, 20 states, including the state of Minnesota, are set to increase the minimum wage. Employers are required to pay employees at least the new minimum wage rate and post a notice in the workplace to inform employees of their right to receive the minimum wage. The Minnesota Department of Labor has released Read more
Starting August 1, a new law in Minnesota makes it illegal for individuals to intentionally misrepresent an animal as a service animal in order to access the rights or privileges available to a person who qualifies for a service animal under state or federal law. Businesses which are required to allow individuals with disabilities to Read more
Lawmakers and business owners are hopeful that a new Minnesota service animal law will cut down on the number of people who misrepresent their pets as service animals in order to take advantage of the legal protections available to people who require the services of a qualified assistance animal. The law, which was signed by Read more
On January 1, 2018, the minimum wage increased in 18 states, an even greater number of municipalities, and on the federal level for employees of federal contractors. Employers were required to pay employees at the updated hourly wage rate and, in many cases, update their outdated workplace posters with a 2018 minimum wage poster. While Read more
While some consider New Year’s Day to be a holiday, employers in Minnesota will have to get up bright and early to make sure that mandatory workplace posters are updated with new state minimum wage rates effective as of January 1, 2018. Employers operating in the city of Minneapolis will also be required to post Read more
Coming close on the heels of the city’s recent implementation of mandatory paid sick and safe time, the Minneapolis City Council has again turned its focus to employment policy. Beginning January 1, 2018, large employers must pay employees a minimum wage of $10 per hour, to rise each July thereafter until it reaches $15 per Read more
At least there’s still time before cold and flu season! Although many were hoping that it would end up delayed or dead, it’s happening: Effective July 1, employers in two Minnesota cities are required to provide earned sick and safe time to employees. Minneapolis started the trend by passing the Sick and Safe Time Ordinance Read more
At least until the next court date, Minnesota employers operating outside of the city of Minneapolis can breathe a sigh of relief…and so can employees of Minneapolis-based employers. In response to the initial challenge to the Midwest’s first local sick leave law, a Hennepin County District Court Judge ruled that the Minneapolis Sick and Safe Read more
Back in June we reported on the passage of the Minneapolis Sick and Safe Time Ordinance, which requires employers to provide workers with earned leave for the purpose of seeking assistance with health or safety issues for themselves or a family member. Minneapolis was the first city in the Midwest to pass a sick time Read more
