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Articles Discussing Minnesota Wage & Hour Claims.

Minnesota Mandates Meal and Work Breaks Starting January 1, 2026—With Automatic Penalties

Posted: July 13, 2025 | Ogletree Deakins Category: Minnesota - Wage & Hour

Starting January 1, 2026, Minnesota employers must allow expanded breaks to all employees in Minnesota. Currently, employers are only required to provide “sufficient time to eat a meal” every eight hours of work, and “adequate time from work” to use the nearest restroom every four hours. This will change to

Minnesota’s Paid Leave Law Is Final: Here’s How Employers Can Prepare Now

Posted: July 9, 2025 | Jackson Lewis Category: Minnesota - Wage & Hour, Uncategorized

The state’s Paid Family and Medical Leave Law survived the legislative session with minimal change and the Department of Employment and Economic Development published its final rules on 06.16.25.

Summer Heat Wave of Paid Leave Amendments Continues in Minnesota

Posted: June 30, 2025 | Littler Category: Minnesota - Wage & Hour

Summer Heat Wave of Paid Leave Amendments Continues in Minnesota

On June 14, 2025, Minnesota Governor Tim Walz signed SF 17, the state’s omnibus jobs and workforce bill. The omnibus bill amends both the state’s paid sick leave law and the forthcoming paid family medical leave program (Minnesota Paid Leave) in

New Minnesota Meal and Rest Break Requirements

Posted: June 18, 2025 | Littler Category: Minnesota - Wage & Hour

New Minnesota Meal and Rest Break Requirements

On June 14, 2025, Minnesota’s governor signed an omnibus bill, SF 17, which includes amendments to the state’s meal and rest break requirements found at Minnesota Statute Sections 177.253 and 177.254. 

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Proposed Rules for Minnesota’s Earned Sick and Safe Time Law: Key Insights for Employers

Posted: March 18, 2025 | Jackson Lewis Category: Minnesota - Wage & Hour

Over a year after Minnesota’s Earned Sick and Safe Time (ESST) law went into effect in January 2024, Minnesota’s Department of Labor and Industry (DLI) recently published proposed permanent rules (the Proposed Rules) that, if adopted, will regulate the ESST law. Although the rules are not yet final, they offer

Minnesota Department of Labor and Industry Proposes Rules on Statewide Earned Sick and Safe Time Law

Posted: March 18, 2025 | Ogletree Deakins Category: Minnesota - Wage & Hour

The Minnesota Department of Labor and Industry (MNDOLI) recently issued proposed rules for governing Minnesota’s Earned Sick and Safe Time Law (ESST). The proposed rules are open for public comment through April 2, 2025.

Minnesota Adopts New Rules for Parental Leave, Tips, and Recordkeeping Starting August 1, 2024

Posted: July 31, 2024 | Ogletree Deakins Category: Minnesota - Wage & Hour

New laws in Minnesota will change how employers need to handle parental leave, tips, and recordkeeping. Most of the changes were part of the state’s omnibus bill for 2024 and are set to take effect on August 1, 2024.

Minnesota’s Paid Leave Law: New Guidance, Higher Payroll Taxes, Amendments

Posted: June 5, 2024 | Jackson Lewis Category: Minnesota - Wage & Hour

Under Minnesota’s Paid Leave Law (PLL) that goes into effect in January 2026, employers must provide covered employees up to 20 weeks of leave to care for themselves and their family members with paid leave benefits available through the Minnesota Paid Leave Program.

Top Changes to Minnesota’s Earned Sick and Safe Time Statute

Posted: June 4, 2024 | Jackson Lewis Category: Minnesota - Wage & Hour

Minnesota Governor Tim Waltz signed legislation amending the state’s Earned Sick and Safe Time (ESST) law, on May 24, 2024, nearly six months after the statute took effect. Although all of the amendments are important, the top changes are outlined here.

Minnesota Job Postings Must Comply With New Compensation Disclosure Requirements Beginning January 2025

Posted: May 29, 2024 | Jackson Lewis Category: Minnesota - Wage & Hour

The final days of the 2024 Minnesota legislative session brought a flurry of activity impacting Minnesota employment laws, including many substantive changes to existing Minnesota employment laws and several new employment laws. One of the new laws is Minnesota Statutes section 181.173, requiring employers with at least 30 employees to

Duluth, Minnesota Repeals Its Paid Leave Ordinance; Other City Ordinances Remain

Posted: April 11, 2024 | Jackson Lewis Category: Minnesota - Wage & Hour

Leave laws, regulations, and ordinances continue to change in Minnesota. The city of Duluth, Minnesota, repealed its Earned Sick and Safe Time (ESST) ordinance effective Jan. 17, 2024. The Duluth ESST had guaranteed paid leave for qualifying employees working in the city since Jan. 1, 2020. Minnesota’s statewide ESST statute

Guidance Interpreting Minnesota’s New Earned Sick and Safe Time Law

Posted: January 10, 2024 | Jackson Lewis Category: Minnesota - Wage & Hour

Minnesota’s statewide paid sick and safe leave mandate, the Earned Sick and Safe Time (ESST) law, went into effect Jan. 1, 2024. The Department of Labor and Industry (DLI) has posted answers to Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ Guide) that it revised on Dec. 4, 2023.

Bloomington Amends Sick and Safe Time Ordinance to Align With Minnesota’s Sick and Safe Time Law

Posted: November 5, 2023 | Jackson Lewis Category: Minnesota - Wage & Hour

The City Council for the City of Bloomington, Minnesota, has adopted amendments to its Sick and Safe Time Ordinance (previously called the Sick and Safe Leave Time Ordinance). The amendments, Ordinance No. 2023-24 § 23.05, will go in effect on January 1, 2024.

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Minnesota Adds Statewide Paid Sick and Safe Leave Starting on January 1, 2024

Posted: June 6, 2023 | Ogletree Deakins Category: Minnesota - Wage & Hour

On May 24, 2023, Governor Tim Walz signed into law an omnibus jobs and economic development bill that included, among its many workplace-related provisions, the establishment of a statewide paid sick leave program, effective on January 1, 2024.

Bloomington Becomes the Fourth City in Minnesota to Require Paid Sick and Safe Leave

Posted: June 29, 2022 | Jackson Lewis Category: Minnesota - Wage & Hour Tags: Bloomington

The City of Bloomington, Minnesota is the latest city in Minnesota to join the cities of Minneapolis, St. Paul and Duluth in enacting an Earned Sick and Safe Leave ordinance (ORDINANCE NO. 2022-31). The Ordinance, which largely mirrors the requirements of the City of Minneapolis’ Sick and Safe Time Ordinance

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