As promised, I’m sharing what I know. As of now, the Minnesota Department of Labor & Industry (MNDOLI) is indicating that their goal is to launch the frontline worker pay application mid-June (at which time the 45 day application period
It’s been quiet around here (from a wage and hour standpoint) in Minnesota! I’ve had very little to blog about – no more! Governor Tim Walz recently signed a bill, Frontline Worker Payments, which will provide a payment to
From time-to-time, I meet (read: they got in trouble or were about to) a new client from out of state that has an issue in Minnesota arise – not because of any willful or intentional wrongdoing, but just because they
They say money makes the world go round… As end-of-year reviews are coming up and it may be close to merit increase time, I wanted to send out a friendly remember that Minnesota’s state minimum wage rates increase January 1,
On August 11, 2021, the Minnesota Supreme Court held that it is for a jury to decide. In Hagen v. Steven Scott Management, Inc., (yes, this is the same case I just wrote about for rent credits being wages),
Can an employer pay an employee in rent credits versus money? On August 11, 2021, the Minnesota Supreme Court held that rent credits are “wages” (not improper deductions) under the Minnesota Fair Labor Standards Act (MFLSA). In Hagen v. Steven
I think I’m in movie mode; last week I was blogging Back to the Future, this week I’m channeling my inner Top Gun. In any event, on to the less exciting legal mumbo jumbo. With remote work and expanding businesses,
Duluth employers take note – the Earned Sick and Safe Time (ESST) Ordinance has been amended, and the revisions take effect August 19, 2021. What’s new, you ask? Here’s the good stuff:
On August 5, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) announced it has settled yet another matter whereby a Golden Valley, MN home healthcare business paid only straight time to its employees regardless of how many hours they worked. In this
Great Scott! In another Department of Labor (DOL) reversal of its own rulemaking during the Trump Administration, the Final Rule, Joint Employer Status Under the Fair Labor Standards Act, which had gone into effect (and I wrote about here)