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MN Stat § 176.581 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 175 - 186 — Labor, Industry|Chapter 176 — Workers' Compensation|Section 176.581 — Payment To State Employees.

176.581 PAYMENT TO STATE EMPLOYEES. Upon a request prepared by the commissioner of administration, and in accordance with the terms of the order awarding compensation, the commissioner of management and budget shall pay compensation to the employee or the employee's dependent. These payments shall be made from money appropriated for this purpose. History:  1953 c 755 s 75; 1973 c 388 s 142-144; 1973 c 492 s 14; 1986 c 444; 1987 c 332 s 107; 2003 c 112 art 2 s 26; 2008 c 204 s 34; 2009 c 101 art 2 s 109; 1Sp2019 c 10 art 3 s 26
MN Stat § 176.591 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 175 - 186 — Labor, Industry|Chapter 176 — Workers' Compensation|Section 176.591 — State Compensation Revolving Fund.

176.591 STATE COMPENSATION REVOLVING FUND. Subdivision 1. Establishment. To facilitate the discharge by the state of its obligations under this chapter, there is established a revolving fund to be known as the state compensation revolving fund. This fund is comprised of the unexpended balance in the fund on July 1, 1935, and the sums which the several departments of the state pay to the fund. Subd. 2. Commissioner of management and budget as custodian. The commissioner of management and budget is custodian of this fund. Subd. 3. Compensation payments upon request. The commissioner of management and budget shall make compensation payments from the fund only as authorized by this chapter upon request of the commissioner of administration. History:  1953 c 755 s 76; 1973 c 388 s 145; 1987 c 332 s 108; 2003 c 112 art 2 s 50; 2008 c 204 s 35; 2009 c 101 art 2 s 109; 1Sp2019 c 10 art 3 s 27
MN Stat § 176.603 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 175 - 186 — Labor, Industry|Chapter 176 — Workers' Compensation|Section 176.603 — Cost Of Administering Chapter, Payment.

176.603 COST OF ADMINISTERING CHAPTER, PAYMENT. The annual cost to the commissioner of the Department of Administration of administering this chapter in relation to state employees and the necessary expenses which the Department of Administration or the attorney general incurs in investigating, administering, and defending a claim against the state for compensation shall be paid from the state compensation revolving fund. History:  1974 c 355 s 32; 1986 c 461 s 34; 1987 c 332 s 109; 2008 c 204 s 36
MN Stat § 176.84 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 175 - 186 — Labor, Industry|Chapter 176 — Workers' Compensation|Section 176.84 — Specificity Of Notice Or Statement.

176.84 SPECIFICITY OF NOTICE OR STATEMENT. Subdivision 1. Specificity required. Notices of discontinuance and denials of liability shall be sufficiently specific to convey clearly, without further inquiry, the basis upon which the party issuing the notice or statement is acting. If the commissioner or compensation judge determines that a notice or statement is not sufficiently specific to meet the standard under this section, the notice or statement may be rejected as unacceptable and the party issuing it shall be informed of this. The rejected notice or statement may be amended to meet the requirement of this section or a new one may be filed. Subd. 2. Penalty. The commissioner or compensation judge may impose a penalty of $500 for each violation of subdivision 1. This penalty is payable to the commissioner for deposit in the assigned risk safety account. Subd. 3. Effective date. This section shall not be effective until the commissioner adopts rules which specify what is required to be contained in the notice of discontinuance and the denial of liability. History:  1983 c 290 s 166; 1987 c 332 s 113; 1995 c 231 art 2 s 100; 2002 c 262 s 22
MN Stat § 176.85 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 175 - 186 — Labor, Industry|Chapter 176 — Workers' Compensation|Section 176.85 — Penalties; Appeals.

176.85 PENALTIES; APPEALS. Subdivision 1. Appeal procedure. If the commissioner has assessed a penalty against a party subject to this chapter and the party believes the penalty is not warranted, the party may request that a formal hearing be held on the matter. The request must be filed within 30 days of the date that the penalty assessment is served on the party. Upon receipt of a timely request for a hearing the commissioner shall refer the matter to the chief administrative law judge for assignment to a compensation judge or administrative law judge. The chief administrative law judge shall keep a record of the proceeding and provide a record pursuant to section 176.421. The decision of the compensation judge or administrative law judge shall be final and shall be binding and enforceable. The decision may be appealed to the Workers' Compensation Court of Appeals. Subd. 2. Exception. This section does not apply to penalties for which another appeal procedure is provided, including but not limited to penalties imposed pursuant to section 176.102 or 176.103. Subd. 3. Hearing costs. For purposes of this section, a hearing before an administrative law judge shall be treated in the same manner as a hearing before a compensation judge and no costs may be charged to the commissioner for the hearing, regardless of who hears it. History:  1983 c 290 s 167; 1984 c 432 art 2 s 51; 1984 c 640 s 32
MN Stat § 176.861 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 175 - 186 — Labor, Industry|Chapter 176 — Workers' Compensation|Section 176.861 — Disclosure Of Information.

176.861 DISCLOSURE OF INFORMATION. Subdivision 1. Insurance information. The commissioner may, in writing, require an insurance company to release to the commissioner any or all relevant information or evidence the commissioner deems important which the company may have in its possession relating to a workers' compensation claim including material relating to the investigation of the claim, statements of any person, and any other evidence relevant to the investigation. The writing from the commissioner requiring release of the information shall contain a statement that the commissioner has reason to believe a crime or civil fraud has been committed with respect to an insurance claim, payment, or application. Subd. 2. Information released to authorized persons. If an insurance company has evidence that a claim may be fraudulent, the company shall, in writing, notify the commissioner and provide the commissioner with all relevant material related to the company's inquiry into the claim. Subd. 3. Good faith immunity. An insurance company or its agent acting in its behalf and in good faith who releases oral or written information under subdivisions 1 and 2 is immune from civil or criminal liability that might otherwise be incurred or imposed. Subd. 4. Self-insurer; assigned risk plan. For the purposes of this section "insurance company" includes a self-insurer and the assigned risk plan and their agents. History:   1995 c 231 art 1 s 31
MN Stat § 176.862 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 175 - 186 — Labor, Industry|Chapter 176 — Workers' Compensation|Section 176.862 — Disclosure To Law Enforcement.

176.862 DISCLOSURE TO LAW ENFORCEMENT. The commissioner must disclose the current address of an employee collected or maintained under this chapter to law enforcement officers who provide the name of the employee and notify the commissioner that the employee is a person required to register under section 243.166 and is not residing at the address at which the employee is registered under section 243.166. History:   2000 c 311 art 6 s 3
MN Stat § 177.21 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 175 - 186 — Labor, Industry|Chapter 177 — Labor Standards And Wages|Section 177.21 — Citation; Fair Labor Standards Act.

177.21 CITATION; FAIR LABOR STANDARDS ACT. Sections 177.21 to 177.35 may be cited as the "Minnesota Fair Labor Standards Act." History:  1973 c 721 s 1; 1984 c 628 art 4 s 1
MN Stat § 177.22 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 175 - 186 — Labor, Industry|Chapter 177 — Labor Standards And Wages|Section 177.22 — Statement Of Purpose.

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
MN Stat § 177.25 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 175 - 186 — Labor, Industry|Chapter 177 — Labor Standards And Wages|Section 177.25 — Overtime.

177.25 OVERTIME. Subdivision 1. Compensation required. No employer may employ an employee for a workweek longer than 48 hours, unless the employee receives compensation for employment in excess of 48 hours in a workweek at a rate of at least 1-1/2 times the regular rate at which the employee is employed. The state of Minnesota or a political subdivision may grant time off at the rate of 1-1/2 hours for each hour worked in excess of 48 hours in a week in lieu of monetary compensation. An employer does not violate the overtime pay provisions of this section by employing any employees for a workweek in excess of 48 hours without paying the compensation for overtime employment prescribed (1) if the employee is employed under an agreement meeting the requirement of section 7(b)(2) of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938, as amended, or (2) if the employee is employed as a sugar beet hand laborer on a piece rate basis, provided that the regular rate of pay received per hour of work exceeds the applicable wage provided in section 177.24, subdivision 1 by at least 40 cents. Subd. 2. Health care exception. An employer who operates a health care facility does not violate subdivision 1 if the employer and employee agree before performance of the work to accept a work period of 14 consecutive days in lieu of the workweek of seven consecutive days for the purpose of overtime compensation and if for the employment in excess of eight hours in any workday and in excess of 80 hours in the 14-day period the employee receives compensation at a rate not less than 1-1/2 times the regular rate at which the employee is employed. Subd. 3. Motor vehicle salespeople; mechanics. Subdivision 1 does not apply to any salesperson, parts person, or mechanic primarily engaged in selling or servicing automobiles, trailers, trucks, or farm implements and paid on a commission or incentive basis, if employed by a nonmanufacturing establishment primarily engaged in selling the vehicles to ultimate purchasers. Subd. 4. Constructors of on-farm silos. Subdivision 1 does not apply if the employee is employed in the construction of on-farm silos or the installation of appurtenant equipment on a unit or piece rate basis, if the regular rate of pay received per hour of work exceeds the applicable wage provided in section 177.24, subdivision 1. Subd. 5. Air carrier employees. Subdivision 1 does not apply to employees of air carriers subject to the provisions of title II of the Railway Labor Act, when the hours worked by an employee in excess of 48 in a workweek are not required by the carrier, but are arranged through a voluntary agreement among employees to trade scheduled work hours. History:  1973 c 721 s 5; 1981 c 289 s 1,3; 1Sp1981 c 4 art 4 s 30; 1983 c 60 s 2,3; 1983 c 95 s 1; 1984 c 628 art 4 s 1; 1986 c 444; 2011 c 11 s 1
MN Stat § 177.251 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 175 - 186 — Labor, Industry|Chapter 177 — Labor Standards And Wages|Section 177.251 — Ride Sharing Not Overtime.

177.251 RIDE SHARING NOT OVERTIME. The provisions of this chapter relating to compensation for overtime and payment of a minimum wage do not apply to employees' time spent in ride-sharing arrangements as defined in section 169.011, subdivision 65. History:  1983 c 311 s 10; 1984 c 628 art 4 s 1
MN Stat § 177.253 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 175 - 186 — Labor, Industry|Chapter 177 — Labor Standards And Wages|Section 177.253 — Mandatory Work Breaks.

177.253 MANDATORY WORK BREAKS. Subdivision 1. Rest breaks. An employer must allow each employee adequate time from work within each four consecutive hours of work to utilize the nearest convenient restroom. Subd. 2. Collective bargaining agreement. Nothing in this section prohibits employers and employees from establishing rest breaks different from those provided in this section pursuant to a collective bargaining agreement. History:   1988 c 559 s 1
MN Stat § 177.254 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 175 - 186 — Labor, Industry|Chapter 177 — Labor Standards And Wages|Section 177.254 — Mandatory Meal Break.

177.254 MANDATORY MEAL BREAK. Subdivision 1. Meal break. An employer must permit each employee who is working for eight or more consecutive hours sufficient time to eat a meal. Subd. 2. Payment not required. Nothing in this section requires the employer to pay the employee during the meal break. Subd. 3. Collective bargaining agreement. Nothing in this section prohibits employers and employees from establishing meal periods different from those provided in this section pursuant to a collective bargaining agreement. History:   1989 c 167 s 1
MN Stat § 177.26 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 175 - 186 — Labor, Industry|Chapter 177 — Labor Standards And Wages|Section 177.26 — Division Of Labor Standards.

177.26 DIVISION OF LABOR STANDARDS. Subdivision 1. Creation. The Division of Labor Standards and Apprenticeship in the Department of Labor and Industry is supervised and controlled by the commissioner of labor and industry. Subd. 2. Powers and duties. The Division of Labor Standards and Apprenticeship shall administer this chapter and chapters 178, 181, 181A, and 184. Subd. 3. Employees; transfer from Division of Women and Children. All persons employed by the department in the Division of Women and Children are transferred to the Division of Labor Standards. A transferred person does not lose rights acquired by reason of employment at the time of transfer. History:  1973 c 721 s 6; 1984 c 628 art 4 s 1; 1986 c 444; 1992 c 438 s 1; 2003 c 128 art 11 s 2,3
MN Stat § 177.28 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 175 - 186 — Labor, Industry|Chapter 177 — Labor Standards And Wages|Section 177.28 — Power To Make Rules.

177.28 POWER TO MAKE RULES. Subdivision 1. General authority. The commissioner may adopt rules, including definitions of terms, to carry out the purposes of sections 177.21 to 177.44, to prevent the circumvention or evasion of those sections, and to safeguard the minimum wage and overtime rates established by sections 177.24 and 177.25. Subd. 2.  [Repealed, 1988 c 629 s 64] Subd. 3. Rules required. The commissioner shall adopt rules under sections 177.21 to 177.35 defining and governing: (1) salespeople who conduct no more than 20 percent of their sales on the premises of the employer; (2) allowances as part of the wage rates for board, lodging, and other facilities or services furnished by the employer and used by the employees; (3) bonuses; (4) part-time rates; (5) special pay for special or extra work; (6) procedures in contested cases; (7) other facilities or services furnished by employers and used by employees; and (8) other special items usual in a particular employer-employee relationship. Subd. 4.  [Repealed, 1996 c 305 art 1 s 52] Subd. 5. Rules regarding people with disabilities. In order to prevent curtailment of opportunities for employment, avoid undue hardship, and safeguard the minimum wage rates under sections 177.24 and 177.25, the department shall also issue rules providing for the employment of disabled workers at wages lower than the wage rates applicable under sections 177.24 and 177.25, under permits and for periods of time as specified therein. The rules must provide for the employment of learners and apprentices at wages lower than the wage rates applicable under sections 177.24 and 177.25, under permits and subject to limitations on number, proportion, length of learning period, occupations, and other conditions as the department may prescribe. The rules must provide that where a disabled person is performing or is being considered for employment where work must be performed which is equal to work performed by a nondisabled person, the disabled person must be paid the same wage as a nondisabled person with similar experience and skill. Subd. 6. Administrative Procedure Act to apply. The rules are subject to the provisions of chapter 14. History:  1973 c 721 s 8; 1976 c 165 s 2; 1977 c 369 s 3; 1982 c 424 s 50; 1984 c 628 art 4 s 1; 1984 c 636 s 1; 1Sp1985 c 13 s 280; 1986 c 444; 2005 c 56 s 1; 2007 c 135 art 3 s 9
MN Stat § 177.29 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 175 - 186 — Labor, Industry|Chapter 177 — Labor Standards And Wages|Section 177.29 — Judicial Review.

177.29 JUDICIAL REVIEW. Subdivision 1. Appeal. A person aggrieved by an administrative rule issued under section 177.28 may appeal in accordance with chapter 14. Subd. 2.  [Repealed, 1983 c 247 s 219] Subd. 3.  [Repealed, 1983 c 247 s 219] History:  1973 c 721 s 9; 1982 c 424 s 51; 1983 c 247 s 75; 1984 c 628 art 4 s 1
MN Stat § 177.31 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 175 - 186 — Labor, Industry|Chapter 177 — Labor Standards And Wages|Section 177.31 — Posting Of Law And Rules; Penalty.

177.31 POSTING OF LAW AND RULES; PENALTY. Every employer subject to sections 177.21 to 177.44 must obtain and keep a summary of those sections, approved by the department, and copies of any applicable rules adopted under those sections, or a summary of the rules. The employer must post the summaries in a conspicuous and accessible place in or about the premises in which any person covered by sections 177.21 to 177.44 is employed. The department shall furnish copies of the summaries and rules to employers without charge. The commissioner may fine an employer up to $200 for each failure to comply with this section. This penalty is in addition to any penalties provided by section 177.32, subdivision 1. History:  1973 c 721 s 11; 1982 c 424 s 53; 1983 c 209 s 3; 1984 c 628 art 4 s 1; 1987 c 329 s 21; 2009 c 78 art 5 s 4
MN Stat § 177.32 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 175 - 186 — Labor, Industry|Chapter 177 — Labor Standards And Wages|Section 177.32 — Penalties.

177.32 PENALTIES. Subdivision 1. Misdemeanors. An employer who does any of the following is guilty of a misdemeanor: (1) hinders or delays the commissioner in the performance of duties required under sections 177.21 to 177.435, 181.01 to 181.723, or 181.79; (2) refuses to admit the commissioner to the place of business or employment of the employer, as required by section 177.27, subdivision 1; (3) repeatedly fails to make, keep, and preserve records as required by section 177.30; (4) falsifies any record; (5) refuses to make any record available, or to furnish a sworn statement of the record or any other information as required by section 177.27; (6) repeatedly fails to post a summary of sections 177.21 to 177.44 or a copy or summary of the applicable rules as required by section 177.31; (7) pays or agrees to pay wages at a rate less than the rate required under sections 177.21 to 177.44; (8) refuses to allow adequate time from work as required by section 177.253; or (9) otherwise violates any provision of sections 177.21 to 177.44. Subd. 2. Fine. An employer shall be fined not less than $700 nor more than $3,000 if convicted of discharging or otherwise discriminating against any employee because: (1) the employee has complained to the employer or to the department that wages have not been paid in accordance with sections 177.21 to 177.435; (2) the employee has instituted or will institute a proceeding under or related to sections 177.21 to 177.435; or (3) the employee has testified or will testify in any proceeding. History:  1973 c 721 s 12; 1982 c 424 s 54; 1983 c 209 s 4; 1984 c 628 art 3 s 11; art 4 s 1; 1Sp1985 c 13 s 281; 1986 c 444; 1988 c 559 s 2; 2009 c 78 art 5 s 5; 1Sp2019 c 7 art 3 s 6
MN Stat § 177.35 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 175 - 186 — Labor, Industry|Chapter 177 — Labor Standards And Wages|Section 177.35 — Right Of Collective Bargaining.

177.35 RIGHT OF COLLECTIVE BARGAINING. Nothing in sections 177.21 to 177.35 limits the right of employees to bargain collectively with their employers through representatives of their own choosing to establish wages or other conditions of work more favorable to the employees than those required by sections 177.21 to 177.35. History:  1973 c 721 s 15; 1982 c 424 s 57; 1984 c 628 art 4 s 1
MN Stat § 177.41 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 175 - 186 — Labor, Industry|Chapter 177 — Labor Standards And Wages|Section 177.41 — State Projects And State Highway Construction; Public Policy.

177.41 STATE PROJECTS AND STATE HIGHWAY CONSTRUCTION; PUBLIC POLICY. It is in the public interest that public buildings and other public works be constructed and maintained by the best means and highest quality of labor reasonably available and that persons working on public works be compensated according to the real value of the services they perform. It is therefore the policy of this state that wages of laborers, workers, and mechanics on projects financed in whole or part by state funds should be comparable to wages paid for similar work in the community as a whole. History:  1973 c 724 s 1; 1975 c 191 s 1; 1984 c 628 art 4 s 1