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MN Stat § 181.645 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 175 - 186 — Labor, Industry|Chapter 181 — Employment|Section 181.645 — Expenses For Background Checks, Testing, And Orientation.

181.645 EXPENSES FOR BACKGROUND CHECKS, TESTING, AND ORIENTATION. Except as provided by section 123B.03 or as otherwise specifically provided by law, an employer, as defined in section 181.931, or a prospective employer may not require an employee or prospective employee to pay for expenses incurred in criminal or background checks, credit checks, or orientation. An employer or prospective employer may not require an employee or prospective employee to pay for the expenses of training or testing that is required by federal or state law or is required by the employer for the employee to maintain the employee's current position, unless the training or testing is required to obtain or maintain a license, registration, or certification for the employee or prospective employee. History:   2002 c 380 art 3 s 1
MN Stat § 181.65 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 175 - 186 — Labor, Industry|Chapter 181 — Employment|Section 181.65 — Penalties.

181.65 PENALTIES. Any person, firm, association, or corporation violating any provision of section 181.64 and this section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. Any person who shall be influenced, induced, or persuaded to enter or change employment or change a place of employment through or by means of any of the things prohibited in section 181.64, shall have a right of action for the recovery of all damages sustained in consequence of the false or deceptive representations, false advertising, or false pretenses used to induce the person to enter into or change a place of employment, against any person, firm, association, or corporation directly or indirectly causing such damage; and, in addition to all such actual damages such person may have sustained, shall have the right to recover such reasonable attorney fees as the court shall fix, to be taxed as costs in any judgment recovered. History:  (10393) 1913 c 544 s 2; 1923 c 272 s 2; 1986 c 444
MN Stat § 181.66 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 175 - 186 — Labor, Industry|Chapter 181 — Employment|Section 181.66 — Equal Pay For Equal Work Law; Definitions.

181.66 EQUAL PAY FOR EQUAL WORK LAW; DEFINITIONS. Subdivision 1. Scope. For the purpose of sections 181.66 to 181.71 the terms defined in this section have the meanings given them. Subd. 2. Employer. "Employer" means any person employing one or more employees, but does not include the state or any municipal corporation or political subdivision of the state having in force a civil service system based on merit, or the federal government. Subd. 3. Employee. "Employee" means an individual who, otherwise than as copartner of the employer or as an independent contractor, renders personal service wholly or partly in this state to an employer who pays or agrees to pay such individual at a fixed rate. However, where services are rendered only partly in this state, an individual is not an employee unless a contract of employment has been entered into, or payments thereunder are ordinarily made or to be made within this state. Subd. 4. Wages. "Wages" means all compensation for performance of services by an employee for an employer whether paid by the employer or another person including cash value of all compensation paid in any medium other than cash. Subd. 5. Rate. "Rate" with reference to wages means the basis of compensation for services by an employee for an employer and includes compensation based on the time spent in the performance of such services, or on the number of operations accomplished, or on the quantity produced or handled. Subd. 6. Unpaid wages. "Unpaid wages" means the difference between the wages actually paid to an employee and the wages required under section 181.67 to be paid to such employee. History:  1969 c 143 s 1; 1986 c 444
MN Stat § 181.67 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 175 - 186 — Labor, Industry|Chapter 181 — Employment|Section 181.67 — Wage Discrimination Based On Sex; Protection Of Employees Involved In Proceeding.

181.67 WAGE DISCRIMINATION BASED ON SEX; PROTECTION OF EMPLOYEES INVOLVED IN PROCEEDING. Subdivision 1. General prohibition. No employer shall discriminate between employees on the basis of sex by paying wages to employees at a rate less than the rate the employer pays to employees of the opposite sex for equal work on jobs the performance of which requires equal skill, effort, and responsibility, and which are performed under similar working conditions, except where such payment is made pursuant to a seniority system, a merit system, a system which measures earnings by quantity or quality of production, or a differential based on any other factor other than sex. Provided, that an employer who is paying a wage rate differential in violation of sections 181.66 to 181.71 shall not, in order to comply with the provisions of sections 181.66 to 181.71, reduce the wage rate of any employee. Subd. 2. Employees involved in proceeding. No employer shall discriminate against any employee in regard to hire or tenure of employment or any term or condition of employment because the employee has filed a complaint in a proceeding under sections 181.66 to 181.71, or has testified, or is about to testify, in any investigation or proceedings pursuant to sections 181.66 to 181.71 or in a criminal action pursuant to sections 181.66 to 181.71. History:  1969 c 143 s 2; 1986 c 444
MN Stat § 181.68 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 175 - 186 — Labor, Industry|Chapter 181 — Employment|Section 181.68 — Actions; Limitations, Damages, Attorney Fees, Parties, Compromises.

181.68 ACTIONS; LIMITATIONS, DAMAGES, ATTORNEY FEES, PARTIES, COMPROMISES. Subdivision 1. Right of action. Any employee whose compensation is at a rate that is in violation of section 181.67 has a right of action against an employer for the recovery of the amount of the unpaid wages to which the employee is entitled for the one year period preceding the commencement of the action, and an amount up to the amount of these unpaid wages may be levied at the discretion of the court as exemplary damages. Subd. 2. Attorney fees. In addition to any judgment awarded to the plaintiff, the court shall allow reasonable attorney fees to be taxed as costs. Subd. 3. Parties to action. The action for the unpaid wages and liquidated damages may be maintained by one or more employees on behalf of themselves or other employees similarly situated. Subd. 4. Agreements for lesser compensation. An agreement for compensation at a rate less than the rate to which an employee is entitled under sections 181.66 to 181.71 is not a defense to any such action. History:  1969 c 143 s 3; 1986 c 444
MN Stat § 181.70 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 175 - 186 — Labor, Industry|Chapter 181 — Employment|Section 181.70 — Violations.

181.70 VIOLATIONS. A violation of sections 181.66 to 181.71 is a misdemeanor. History:   1969 c 143 s 5
MN Stat § 181.71 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 175 - 186 — Labor, Industry|Chapter 181 — Employment|Section 181.71 — Citation.

181.71 CITATION. Sections 181.66 to 181.71 may be cited as the Equal Pay for Equal Work Law. History:   1969 c 143 s 6
MN Stat § 181.721 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 175 - 186 — Labor, Industry|Chapter 181 — Employment|Section 181.721 — Construction Bid Equity.

181.721 CONSTRUCTION BID EQUITY. Subdivision 1. Workers' compensation and unemployment contribution costs. A successful bidder on a project must provide coverage for workers' compensation and unemployment benefits for its employees required under chapters 176 and 268, respectively, and other state and federal laws. Subd. 2. Employee status. Employee status shall be determined using the same tests and in the same manner as employee status is determined under the applicable workers' compensation and unemployment insurance program laws and rules. Subd. 3. Scope. This section applies to any nonresidential project for the construction, repair, remodeling, alteration, conversion, modernization, improvement, rehabilitation, replacement, or renovation of a building or structure. Subd. 4. Civil remedy. A person injured by a violation of subdivision 1 may bring an action for damages against the violator. There is a rebuttable presumption that a losing bidder on a project on which a violation of subdivision 1 has occurred has suffered damages in an amount equal to the profit it projected to make on its bid. The court may award attorney fees, costs, and disbursements to a party recovering under this subdivision. Subd. 5. Penalty. In addition to any other penalties provided by law for the failure to obtain required workers' compensation coverage or the failure to make unemployment benefits contributions, a person violating subdivision 1 is guilty of a misdemeanor. History:  1991 c 260 s 1; 1994 c 488 s 8; 1997 c 66 s 80; 1999 c 107 s 66; 2000 c 343 s 4
MN Stat § 181.722 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 175 - 186 — Labor, Industry|Chapter 181 — Employment|Section 181.722 — Misrepresentation Of Employment Relationship Prohibited.

181.722 MISREPRESENTATION OF EMPLOYMENT RELATIONSHIP PROHIBITED. Subdivision 1. Prohibition. No employer shall misrepresent the nature of its employment relationship with its employees to any federal, state, or local government unit; to other employers; or to its employees. An employer misrepresents the nature of its employment relationship with its employees if it makes any statement regarding the nature of the relationship that the employer knows or has reason to know is untrue and if it fails to report individuals as employees when legally required to do so. Subd. 2. Agreements to misclassify prohibited. No employer shall require or request any employee to enter into any agreement, or sign any document, that results in misclassification of the employee as an independent contractor or otherwise does not accurately reflect the employment relationship with the employer. Subd. 3. Determination of employment relationship. For purposes of this section, the nature of an employment relationship is determined using the same tests and in the same manner as employee status is determined under the applicable workers' compensation and unemployment insurance program laws and rules. Subd. 4. Civil remedy. A construction worker, as defined in section 179.254, who is not an independent contractor and has been injured by a violation of this section, may bring a civil action for damages against the violator. If the construction worker injured is an employee of the violator of this section, the employee's representative, as defined in section 179.01, subdivision 5, may bring a civil action for damages against the violator on behalf of the employee. The court may award attorney fees, costs, and disbursements to a construction worker recovering under this section. Subd. 5. Reporting of violations. Any court finding that a violation of this section has occurred shall transmit a copy of its findings of fact and conclusions of law to the commissioner of labor and industry. The commissioner of labor and industry shall report the finding to relevant state and federal agencies, including the commissioner of commerce, the commissioner of employment and economic development, the commissioner of revenue, the federal Internal Revenue Service, and the United States Department of Labor. History:   1Sp2005 c 1 art 4 s 41
MN Stat § 181.73 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 175 - 186 — Labor, Industry|Chapter 181 — Employment|Section 181.73 — Migrant Labor; Health Insurance.

181.73 MIGRANT LABOR; HEALTH INSURANCE. Subdivision 1. Health insurance requirement. Any person, association, organization, or other group employing five or more persons, full time, part time or otherwise, who come within the definition of recruited migrant laborers as hereafter defined and who are employed or are recruited to be employed in the processing of agricultural produce other than as field labor, shall provide at its expense health care insurance during the period of employment or for illness or injury incurred while employed. Such health care insurance shall be in accordance with such rules as the commissioner of labor and industry may prescribe by rule for each such recruited migrant laborer who is not a resident of Minnesota and who does not have health care insurance meeting the requirements of the rules promulgated by the commissioner of labor and industry. Subd. 2. Exception. No such insurance need be purchased for any employee performing exclusively agricultural labor as defined by section 3121(g) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954. Subd. 3. Recruited migrant laborer defined. For the purposes of this section, a recruited migrant laborer is a migrant laborer who is offered some type of housing or transportation expense by an employer as an inducement to employment or anticipated employment. History:  1971 c 752 s 1; 1973 c 254 s 3; 1977 c 430 s 25 subd 1; 1985 c 248 s 70; 1Sp1985 c 14 art 9 s 75; 1986 c 444; 1994 c 483 s 1; 2004 c 206 s 30
MN Stat § 181.74 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 175 - 186 — Labor, Industry|Chapter 181 — Employment|Section 181.74 — Failure Of Employer To Pay Benefits Or Wage Supplements, Penalty.

181.74 FAILURE OF EMPLOYER TO PAY BENEFITS OR WAGE SUPPLEMENTS, PENALTY. Subdivision 1. Gross misdemeanor. Any employer required under the provisions of an agreement to which the employer is a party to pay or provide benefits or wage supplements to employees or to a third party or fund for the benefit of employees, and who refuses to pay the amount or amounts necessary to provide such benefits or furnish such supplements within 30 days after such payments are required to be made under law or under agreement, is guilty of a gross misdemeanor. If such employer is a corporation, any officer who intentionally violates the provisions of this section shall be guilty of a gross misdemeanor. The institution of bankruptcy proceedings according to law shall be a defense to any criminal action under this section. Subd. 2. Benefits or wage supplements defined. As used in this section, the term "benefits or wage supplements" includes, but is not limited to, reimbursement for expenses; health, welfare, and retirement benefits; and vacation, separation or holiday pay. History:  1973 c 602 s 1; 1986 c 444; 2005 c 127 s 2
MN Stat § 181.75 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 175 - 186 — Labor, Industry|Chapter 181 — Employment|Section 181.75 — Polygraph Tests Of Employees Or Prospective Employees Prohibited.

181.75 POLYGRAPH TESTS OF EMPLOYEES OR PROSPECTIVE EMPLOYEES PROHIBITED. Subdivision 1. Prohibition, penalty. No employer or agent thereof shall directly or indirectly solicit or require a polygraph, voice stress analysis, or any test purporting to test the honesty of any employee or prospective employee. No person shall sell to or interpret for an employer or the employer's agent a test that the person knows has been solicited or required by an employer or agent to test the honesty of an employee or prospective employee. An employer or agent or any person knowingly selling, administering, or interpreting tests in violation of this section is guilty of a misdemeanor. If an employee requests a polygraph test any employer or agent administering the test shall inform the employee that taking the test is voluntary. Subd. 2. Investigations. The Department of Labor and Industry shall investigate suspected violations of this section. The department may refer any evidence available concerning violations of this section to the county attorney of the appropriate county, who may with or without such reference, institute the appropriate criminal proceedings under this section. Subd. 3. Injunctive relief. In addition to the penalties provided by law for violation of this section, specifically and generally, whether or not injunctive relief is otherwise provided by law, the courts of this state are vested with jurisdiction to prevent and restrain violations of this section and to require the payment of civil penalties. Whenever it shall appear to the satisfaction of the attorney general that this section has been or is being violated, the attorney general shall be entitled, on behalf of the state, to sue for and have injunctive relief in any court of competent jurisdiction against any such violation or threatened violation without abridging other penalties provided by law. Subd. 4. Individual remedies. In addition to the remedies otherwise provided by law, any person injured by a violation of this section may bring a civil action to recover any and all damages recoverable at law, together with costs and disbursements, including costs of investigation and reasonable attorney's fees, and receive other equitable relief as determined by the court. The court may, as appropriate, enter a consent judgment or decree without a finding of illegality. History:  1973 c 667 s 1; 1976 c 256 s 1; 1986 c 444
MN Stat § 181.76 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 175 - 186 — Labor, Industry|Chapter 181 — Employment|Section 181.76 — Disclosure Of Lie Detector Tests Prohibited.

181.76 DISCLOSURE OF LIE DETECTOR TESTS PROHIBITED. No person shall disclose that another person has taken a polygraph or any test purporting to test honesty or the results of that test except to the individual tested. If such a test is given after August 1, 1973 and at the employee's request, the results may be given only to persons authorized by the employee to receive the results. A person who violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor. History:   1973 c 667 s 2
MN Stat § 181.78 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 175 - 186 — Labor, Industry|Chapter 181 — Employment|Section 181.78 — Agreements; Terms Relating To Inventions.

181.78 AGREEMENTS; TERMS RELATING TO INVENTIONS. Subdivision 1. Inventions not related to employment. Any provision in an employment agreement which provides that an employee shall assign or offer to assign any of the employee's rights in an invention to the employer shall not apply to an invention for which no equipment, supplies, facility or trade secret information of the employer was used and which was developed entirely on the employee's own time, and (1) which does not relate (a) directly to the business of the employer or (b) to the employer's actual or demonstrably anticipated research or development, or (2) which does not result from any work performed by the employee for the employer. Any provision which purports to apply to such an invention is to that extent against the public policy of this state and is to that extent void and unenforceable. Subd. 2. Effect of subdivision 1. No employer shall require a provision made void and unenforceable by subdivision 1 as a condition of employment or continuing employment. Subd. 3. Notice to employee. If an employment agreement entered into after August 1, 1977 contains a provision requiring the employee to assign or offer to assign any of the employee's rights in any invention to an employer, the employer must also, at the time the agreement is made, provide a written notification to the employee that the agreement does not apply to an invention for which no equipment, supplies, facility or trade secret information of the employer was used and which was developed entirely on the employee's own time, and (1) which does not relate (a) directly to the business of the employer or (b) to the employer's actual or demonstrably anticipated research or development, or (2) which does not result from any work performed by the employee for the employer. History:  1977 c 47 s 1; 1986 c 444
MN Stat § 181.79 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 175 - 186 — Labor, Industry|Chapter 181 — Employment|Section 181.79 — Wages Deductions For Faulty Workmanship, Loss, Theft, Or Damage.

181.79 WAGES DEDUCTIONS FOR FAULTY WORKMANSHIP, LOSS, THEFT, OR DAMAGE. Subdivision 1. Deduction requirements. (a) No employer shall make any deduction, directly or indirectly, from the wages due or earned by any employee, who is not an independent contractor, for lost or stolen property, damage to property, or to recover any other claimed indebtedness running from employee to employer, unless the employee, after the loss has occurred or the claimed indebtedness has arisen, voluntarily authorizes the employer in writing to make the deduction or unless the employee is held liable in a court of competent jurisdiction for the loss or indebtedness. Such authorization shall not be admissible as evidence in any civil or criminal proceeding. Any authorization for a deduction shall set forth the amount to be deducted from the employee's wages during each pay period. (b) A deduction may not be in excess of the amount established by law as subject to garnishment or execution on wages. (c) Any agreement entered into between an employer and an employee contrary to this section shall be void. This section shall not apply to the following: (1) in cases where a contrary provision in a collective bargaining agreement exists; (2) any rules established by an employer for employees who are commissioned salespeople, where the rules are used for purposes of discipline, by fine or otherwise, in cases where errors or omissions in performing their duties exist; or (3) in cases where an employee, prior to making a purchase or loan from the employer, voluntarily authorizes in writing that the cost of the purchase or loan shall be deducted from the employee's wages, at regular intervals or upon termination of employment. Subd. 2. Violations by employer. An employer who violates the provisions of this section shall be liable in a civil action brought by the employee for twice the amount of the deduction or credit taken. History:  1977 c 227 s 1; 1978 c 588 s 1; 1Sp1985 c 13 s 293; 1986 c 444
MN Stat § 181.80 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 175 - 186 — Labor, Industry|Chapter 181 — Employment|Section 181.80 — Union Notice Of Injury Or Death.

181.80 UNION NOTICE OF INJURY OR DEATH. If a work-related death or work-related injury which requires a report to the commissioner of labor and industry in accordance with section 176.231, subdivision 1, occurs, a copy of the report shall be mailed by the employer to the employee's local union at the local union office within 48 hours after the employer receives notice of the occurrence. History:   1977 c 230 s 1
MN Stat § 181.812 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 175 - 186 — Labor, Industry|Chapter 181 — Employment|Section 181.812 — Rules.

181.812 RULES. The commissioner may promulgate rules which are deemed necessary to carry out the provisions of section 181.81. History:   1979 c 40 s 5
MN Stat § 181.82 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 175 - 186 — Labor, Industry|Chapter 181 — Employment|Section 181.82 — Benefits Based On Job Performance Prohibited.

181.82 BENEFITS BASED ON JOB PERFORMANCE PROHIBITED. No employer may terminate or threaten to terminate: (1) group accident and health insurance coverage; (2) group life insurance coverage; or (3) pension benefits for an employee, including a commissioned agent, based on the employee's job performance unless the employer has first given the employee the opportunity to continue coverage by making the same contribution the employer would have to make to continue coverage for the employee. History:   1978 c 697 s 1
MN Stat § 181.83 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 175 - 186 — Labor, Industry|Chapter 181 — Employment|Section 181.83 — Corn Detasselers; Termination Of Employment.

181.83 CORN DETASSELERS; TERMINATION OF EMPLOYMENT. Upon termination by the employer of employment to perform corn detasseling, or injury to, or illness of the employee, the employer shall provide transportation to the terminated, injured or ill individual from the place of work to the location at which the employee was picked up on the day of termination, injury or illness. The employer shall pay a terminated, injured or ill individual at the individual's usual rate of pay during the time period between when the individual was terminated, injured or became ill, and when the employer returned the individual to the location at which the employee was picked up. History:  1978 c 731 s 2; 1986 c 444