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2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 175 - 187 — Labor, Industry › Chapter 179A — Public Employment Labor Relations › Section 179A.21 — Grievance Arbitration.

179A.21 GRIEVANCE ARBITRATION.
Subdivision 1.
Definition.
For purposes of this section, "grievance" means a dispute or disagreement as to the interpretation or application of any term or terms of any contract required by section 179A.20.
Subd. 2.
Selection.
If the parties to a contract cannot agree upon an arbitrator or panel of arbitrators as provided by the contract grievance procedures or the procedures established by the commissioner, the parties shall alternately strike names from a list of arbitrators selected by the commissioner until only one name remains. This arbitrator shall decide the grievance and the decision is binding upon the parties. The parties shall share equally the costs and fees of the arbitrator.
Subd. 3.
Limits.
Arbitration decisions authorized or required by a grievance procedure are subject to the limitations contained in section 179A.16, subdivision 5. The arbitrator shall send the commissioner a copy of each grievance arbitration decision and any written explanation. If any issues submitted to arbitration are settled voluntarily before the arbitrator issues a decision, the arbitrator shall report the settlement to the commissioner.
History:
1984 c 462 s 22; 1987 c 186 s 15; 1992 c 582 s 22,23
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 175 - 187 — Labor, Industry › Chapter 179A — Public Employment Labor Relations › Section 179A.22 — State And Its Employees; Negotiations.

179A.22 STATE AND ITS EMPLOYEES; NEGOTIATIONS.
Subdivision 1.
Appointing authority.
For purposes of this section the term "appointing authority" has the meaning given it by section 43A.02, subdivision 5.
Subd. 2.
Employer.
The employer of state executive branch employees shall be, for purposes of sections 179A.01 to 179A.25, the commissioner of management and budget or the commissioner's representative.
Subd. 3.
Duties.
In all negotiations between the executive branch of the state and exclusive representatives, the state executive branch shall be represented by the commissioner of management and budget or the commissioner's representative. The attorney general, and each appointing authority shall cooperate with the commissioner of management and budget in conducting negotiations and shall make available any personnel and other resources necessary to enable the commissioner to conduct effective negotiations.
Subd. 4.
Agreements.
The commissioner of management and budget is authorized to enter into agreements with exclusive representatives as provided in section 43A.06, subdivisions 1, paragraph (b), and 3. The Board of Trustees of the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities is authorized to enter into agreements with exclusive representatives as provided in section 43A.06, subdivision 1, paragraph (c). The negotiated agreements and any related arbitration decisions must be implemented by the commissioner of management and budget or the Board of Trustees of the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities respectively, following the approval of the tentative agreement by exclusive representatives.
History:
1984 c 462 s 23; 1986 c 444; 1992 c 582 s 24; 1994 c 560 art 2 s 20; 1999 c 216 art 7 s 14,15; 2008 c 204 s 42; 2009 c 101 art 2 s 109; 2023 c 62 art 2 s 107
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 175 - 187 — Labor, Industry › Chapter 179A — Public Employment Labor Relations › Section 179A.225 — Court Employees; Negotiations.

179A.225 COURT EMPLOYEES; NEGOTIATIONS.
Subdivision 1.
Employer.
The employer of court employees is, for purposes of sections 179A.01 to 179A.25, the state court administrator or designated representative.
Subd. 2.
Duties.
In all negotiations between the state court system and exclusive representatives of court employees, the state court system must be represented by the state court administrator or designated representative. All judges and managerial, confidential, and supervisory personnel of the supreme court, the court of appeals, and the judicial districts that are under section 480.181, subdivision 1, paragraph (b), shall cooperate with the designated representative of the state court administrator in conducting negotiations and shall make available any personnel and other resources necessary to enable the representative of the state court administrator to conduct effective negotiations.
Subd. 3.
Agreements.
The state court administrator is authorized to enter into agreements with exclusive representatives.
History:
1999 c 216 art 7 s 16
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 175 - 187 — Labor, Industry › Chapter 179A — Public Employment Labor Relations › Section 179A.226 — Board Of Public Defense Employees; Negotiations.

179A.226 BOARD OF PUBLIC DEFENSE EMPLOYEES; NEGOTIATIONS.
Subdivision 1.
Duties.
In all negotiations between the state Board of Public Defense and exclusive representatives, the board must be represented by the chief administrator of the board or the chief administrator's designee. Each appointing authority shall cooperate with the chief administrator in conducting negotiations and shall make available any personnel and other resources necessary to enable the chief administrator to conduct effective negotiations. For purposes of this subdivision, "appointing authority" means the state public defender, the deputy state public defender, or the chief public defender of the judicial district, as appropriate.
Subd. 2.
Agreements.
The state Board of Public Defense is authorized to enter into agreements with exclusive representatives.
History:
1999 c 216 art 7 s 17
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 175 - 187 — Labor, Industry › Chapter 179A — Public Employment Labor Relations › Section 179A.23 — Limitation On Contracting-out Of Services Provided By Members Of A State Of Minnesota Or University Of Minnesota Bargaining Unit.

179A.23 LIMITATION ON CONTRACTING-OUT OF SERVICES PROVIDED BY MEMBERS OF A STATE OF MINNESOTA OR UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA BARGAINING UNIT.
Any contract entered into after March 23, 1982, by the state of Minnesota or the University of Minnesota involving services, any part of which, in the absence of the contract, would be performed by members of a unit provided in sections 179A.10 and 179A.11, shall be subject to section 16C.06 and shall provide for the preferential employment by a party of members of that unit whose employment with the state of Minnesota or the University of Minnesota is terminated as a result of that contract.
Contracts entered into by the state of Minnesota for the purpose of providing court reporter services or transcription of the record of a hearing which was recorded by means of an audio magnetic recording device shall be subject to section 16C.08 and the preferential employment provisions enumerated in this section. Any court reporter seeking a contract pursuant to the preferential employment provisions of this section shall be given preference when the services are needed only if that court reporter's charges for the services requested are no greater than the average of the charges made for the identical services by other court reporters in the same locality who are also under contract with the state for those services.
History:
1984 c 462 s 24; 1987 c 384 art 2 s 1; 1998 c 386 art 2 s 66
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 175 - 187 — Labor, Industry › Chapter 179A — Public Employment Labor Relations › Section 179A.24 — Application Of Sections 185.07 To 185.19.

179A.24 APPLICATION OF SECTIONS 185.07 TO 185.19.
Sections 185.07 to 185.19, apply to all public employees, including those specifically excepted from the definition of public employee in section 179A.03, subdivision 14, except as sections 185.07 to 185.19 are inconsistent with section 179A.13.
History:
1984 c 462 s 25
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 175 - 187 — Labor, Industry › Chapter 179A — Public Employment Labor Relations › Section 179A.25 — Independent Review.

179A.25 INDEPENDENT REVIEW.
It is the public policy of the state of Minnesota that every public employee should be provided with the right of independent review, by a disinterested person or agency, of any grievance arising out of the interpretation of or adherence to terms and conditions of employment. When such review is not provided under statutory, charter, or ordinance provisions for a civil service or merit system, the governmental agency may provide for such review consistent with the provisions of law or charter. If no other procedure exists for the independent review of such grievances, the employee may present the grievance to the commissioner under procedures established by the commissioner.
History:
1984 c 462 s 26; 1986 c 444; 1992 c 582 s 25
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 175 - 187 — Labor, Industry › Chapter 179A — Public Employment Labor Relations › Section 179A.30 — Regional Treatment Center, Nursing Home, And Community-based Facility Employees.

179A.30 REGIONAL TREATMENT CENTER, NURSING HOME, AND COMMUNITY-BASED FACILITY EMPLOYEES.
Subdivision 1.
Exclusive representative.
The exclusive representative of employees may meet and negotiate with the commissioner of management and budget, in consultation with the commissioner of human services, concerning possible changes in hours or work schedules that could produce cost reductions in the regional treatment centers.
Subd. 2.
Commissioner of management and budget.
The commissioner of management and budget shall meet and negotiate in accordance with this chapter with the appropriate exclusive representative of the regional treatment center employees concerning the terms and conditions of employment that result from state-operated, community-based residential programs established under section 252.50.
History:
1988 c 689 art 2 s 62; 2008 c 204 s 42; 2009 c 101 art 2 s 109
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 175 - 187 — Labor, Industry › Chapter 179A — Public Employment Labor Relations › Section 179A.40 — Hennepin Healthcare System, Inc.

179A.40 HENNEPIN HEALTHCARE SYSTEM, INC.
Subdivision 1.
Units.
The following are the appropriate employee units of the Hennepin Healthcare System, Inc. All units shall exclude supervisors, managerial employees, and confidential employees. No additional units of Hennepin Healthcare System, Inc., shall be eligible to be certified for the purpose of meeting and negotiating with an exclusive representative. The units include all:
(1) registered nurses;
(2) physicians;
(3) professionals except for registered nurses and physicians;
(4) technical and paraprofessional employees;
(5) carpenters, electricians, painters, and plumbers;
(6) health general service employees;
(7) interpreters;
(8) emergency medical technicians/emergency medical dispatchers (EMT/EMD), and paramedics;
(9) bioelectronics specialists, bioelectronics technicians, and electronics technicians;
(10) skilled maintenance employees; and
(11) clerical employees.
Subd. 2.
Nonconforming units.
Preexisting Hennepin County Medical Center bargaining units covered by existing labor agreements on June 3, 2005, that do not conform to one of the 11 units described in subdivision 1 shall continue to be appropriate. If an employee representative seeks to represent employees who are residual to an existing nonconforming unit, then all of the employees who are residual to that unit shall be eligible to vote in an election conducted by the commissioner. An election shall be held when an employee organization or group of employees files a petition for an election and the petition is supported by a showing of interest from 30 percent or more of the employees who are residual to an existing nonconforming unit. The employees who are residual to an existing nonconforming unit shall be included within the existing nonconforming unit if a majority of the eligible employees who vote cast their ballots in favor of representation during an election conducted by the commissioner. Nothing shall preclude an exclusive representative and Hennepin Healthcare System, Inc., or prior to the formation of the corporation Hennepin County, from agreeing to an election conducted by the commissioner or other appropriate procedure by which less than all of the employees who are residual to an existing nonconforming unit may be added to the unit.
History:
2005 c 125 art 1 s 29; art 2 s 5,10; 1Sp2005 c 7 s 34
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 175 - 187 — Labor, Industry › Chapter 180 — Mine Inspectors › Section 180.01 — Appointment.

180.01 APPOINTMENT.
The board of commissioners of any county in this state, where there are at least five mines situate and in operation, is authorized and directed to enforce the provisions of this chapter by designating the appropriate individual or individuals to discharge the duties of county mine inspector. During periods of transition of up to 12 months, or for counties where less than five mines are situated and in operation, the county may designate an appropriate county officer that is exempt from the qualifications in section 180.02. Acts or omissions of a mine inspector, whether statutory or discretionary, are acts or omissions as defined in section 466.03, subdivision 5 or 6.
History:
(4233) 1905 c 166 s 1; 1951 c 687 s 1; 1986 c 444; 1988 c 530 s 4; 2013 c 38 s 1
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 175 - 187 — Labor, Industry › Chapter 180 — Mine Inspectors › Section 180.015 — Definitions.

180.015 DEFINITIONS.
Subdivision 1.
Scope.
The terms defined in this section have the meanings given.
Subd. 2.
Mine inspector.
"Mine inspector" or "inspector of mines" means the person designated by the county as the county mine inspector, and includes any assistant mine inspectors.
Subd. 3.
Mine waste.
"Mine waste" means any material, such as surface overburden, rock, lean ore, or tailings, which in the process of mining and beneficiation has been removed from the earth and stored elsewhere on the surface.
Subd. 4.
Mining.
"Mining" means the process of removing; stockpiling; processing; storing; transporting, excluding use of common carriers and public transportation systems; and reclaiming any material in connection with the commercial production of metallic minerals. This includes exploration activities such as the taking of large bulk samples.
Subd. 5.
Mining area or area subjected to mining.
"Mining area" or "area subjected to mining" means an area of land from which material is removed in connection with the production or extraction of metallic minerals; the lands on which material from the mining is deposited; the lands on which beneficiating plants, heap and dump leaching facilities, and auxiliary facilities are located; lands on which the water reservoirs used in the mining process are located; and auxiliary lands that are used or intended to be used in a particular mining operation.
Subd. 6.
Mining operation.
"Mining operation" means all of a mining project without regard to political, administrative, or ownership boundaries, which includes mining area, mine waste, and all of the facilities used in mining as defined in this chapter.
Subd. 7.
Reportable accident.
"Reportable accident" means:
(1) a death of any individual on mine property;
(2) an injury that has a reasonable potential to cause death;
(3) mine fires that result in evacuation of miners or cause significant damage to structures or equipment at a mine;
(4) all explosions, including methane, dust, or unplanned detonation of explosives or blasting agents;
(5) coal or rock outbursts, including bumps or bounces, that result in injury or evacuation of an area, or that interrupt production for more than 30 minutes;
(6) inundations by liquid or gas;
(7) entrapment of any person requiring mine rescue efforts;
(8) any unstable condition at an impoundment or refuse pile that requires emergency corrective action to prevent failure or requires evacuation;
(9) any accident at a mine that is likely to be the subject of immediate or extraordinary media interest; or
(10) a death of any individual off-mine property resulting from activities, such as flyrock, on mine property.
History:
2013 c 38 s 2
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 175 - 187 — Labor, Industry › Chapter 180 — Mine Inspectors › Section 180.02 — Qualifications, Oath.

180.02 QUALIFICATIONS, OATH.
Previous to appointment the inspector shall have had at least two years of practical experience in mining and mining-related safety work. Before entering upon the discharge of the duties of office, the inspector shall take an oath before a person authorized by law to administer oaths to support the Constitution of the United States and the Constitution of the state of Minnesota, and that the inspector will faithfully, impartially, and to the best of ability discharge the duties of office, and file a certificate of having done so in the office of the county auditor.
History:
(4234) 1905 c 166 s 2; 1911 c 133 s 1; 1921 c 7 s 1; 1951 c 687 s 2; 1953 c 259 s 1; 1957 c 310 s 1; 1986 c 444; 2013 c 38 s 3
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 175 - 187 — Labor, Industry › Chapter 180 — Mine Inspectors › Section 180.04 — Requiring Employees To Work After Order To Cease; Liability Of Employer.

180.04 REQUIRING EMPLOYEES TO WORK AFTER ORDER TO CEASE; LIABILITY OF EMPLOYER.
If a person is required to continue work in a place in which the inspector of mines has ordered employees to cease work, except to do the work required by the inspector to be done in order to render the place safe, ordinary risks of mining excepted, the persons or corporations requiring employees to work in the place shall be liable for all accidents causing injury or death to any employee arising by reason of the place not having been repaired or changed as required by the inspector.
History:
(4236) 1905 c 166 s 4; 1986 c 444; 2013 c 38 s 5
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 175 - 187 — Labor, Industry › Chapter 180 — Mine Inspectors › Section 180.05 — Inspector, Powers; Owner, Duties.

180.05 INSPECTOR, POWERS; OWNER, DUTIES.
It shall be lawful for the inspector of mines or assistant inspector to enter, examine, and inspect any and all mining operations and machinery belonging to the mine owner, operator, or agent at all reasonable times by day or by night, but so as not to obstruct or hinder the necessary workings of the facility. At the request of the inspector of mines, the owner, operator, or agent of a mining operation shall furnish for inspection:
(1) all maps, drawings, and plans of the mining facility, together with the plans of all contemplated changes;
(2) a suitable person, who shall be chosen by the inspector from a list containing at least three candidates, submitted by a majority of employees of the mine, to accompany the inspector through the mining operation;
(3) any necessary equipment to make a proper inspection; and
(4) all necessary facilities for such entry, examination, and inspection.
Upon receipt of a written request made by the inspector of mines, refusal to permit the inspection, or to furnish the necessary facilities for entry, examination, and inspection, shall be deemed a gross misdemeanor.
History:
(4237) 1905 c 166 s 5; 1951 c 687 s 4; 1984 c 628 art 3 s 11; 1986 c 444; 2013 c 38 s 6
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 175 - 187 — Labor, Industry › Chapter 180 — Mine Inspectors › Section 180.07 — Inspection Requested, Examination.

180.07 INSPECTION REQUESTED, EXAMINATION.
When 20 or more persons working in any mine or place where mining is done, or the owner, operator, or agent of any mine, or the certified collective bargaining agent for the employees of said mine, shall notify the inspector of mines in writing that services are needed the inspector shall immediately make an inspection thereof and examine as to the necessary precautions and general safety of the mines and see that all the provisions of this chapter are observed and strictly carried out.
History:
(4239) 1905 c 166 s 7; 1951 c 687 s 5; 1986 c 444
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 175 - 187 — Labor, Industry › Chapter 180 — Mine Inspectors › Section 180.08 — Accidents; Notice, Investigation.

180.08 ACCIDENTS; NOTICE, INVESTIGATION.
Upon the occurrence of a reportable accident, it is the duty of the manager or designee of the mine to give notice to the inspector of mines, as soon as practical but at least within one hour of stabilization of the accident scene, stating the particulars of the accident. Upon notification, the inspector shall, if the inspector deems it necessary, go immediately to the scene of the accident and make suggestions and render assistance as the inspector may deem necessary in the premises and personally investigate the cause of the accident and take steps as the inspector may deem necessary for the safety of the employees of the mine and to prevent accident of a like or similar nature. The inspector shall be accompanied by three persons appointed by the manager or other person in charge of the mine and by three persons appointed by a majority of the employees of the mine. The requirement for accompaniment may be modified by a waiver signed by representatives from the employees, management, and inspector.
History:
(4240) 1905 c 166 s 8; 1951 c 687 s 6; 1986 c 444; 2013 c 38 s 7
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 175 - 187 — Labor, Industry › Chapter 180 — Mine Inspectors › Section 180.10 — Removal Of Fence; Guard.

180.10 REMOVAL OF FENCE; GUARD.
A worker, employee, or other person who opens, removes, or disturbs any fence, guard, barrier, sign, or rail required by section 180.03 and fails to close or replace or have the same closed or replaced again around or in front of any mine shaft, pit, chute, excavation, cave, or land liable to cave, injure, or destroy, whether by accident, injury, or damage results, either to the mine or those at work therein, or to any other person, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. A worker, employee, or other person who, in regard to any fence, guard, barrier, sign, or rail, does any of the acts prohibited by section 609.52, commits theft of the fence, guard, barrier, sign, or rail may be sentenced as provided in section 609.52.
History:
(4242) 1905 c 166 s 10; 1Sp1985 c 13 s 290; 1986 c 444; 1988 c 530 s 8; 2013 c 38 s 8; 2018 c 154 s 4
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 175 - 187 — Labor, Industry › Chapter 180 — Mine Inspectors › Section 180.11 — Annual Report.

180.11 ANNUAL REPORT.
It is the duty of the inspector of mines to make and file no later than March first each year with the auditor of the county for which appointed a full and complete report of the activities of the mine inspector for each year ending December 31, stating the number of visits and inspections made, the number of mines in operation, the number of mines not in operation, the names of the mines, where located, the owners, lessees, or managers, the names of the officers, the quantity of ore shipped, the number of workers employed, the number of accidents and description of accidents, and any other information that relates to the subject of mines and mining inspection as the inspector may deem pertinent to the reporting duties of the office.
History:
(4243) 1905 c 166 s 11; 1923 c 41 s 1; 1923 c 62 s 1; 1947 c 99 s 1; Ex1967 c 1 s 6; 1986 c 444; 2002 c 224 s 1; 2013 c 38 s 9
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 175 - 187 — Labor, Industry › Chapter 180 — Mine Inspectors › Section 180.12 — Violations.

180.12 VIOLATIONS.
Subdivision 1.
Owner, operator, or agent.
Any owner, operator, or agent of any mine in this state violating the provisions of this chapter shall, except as otherwise specifically provided, be deemed guilty of a gross misdemeanor.
Subd. 2.
Person in immediate charge.
A person who is in immediate charge of the working of any mine who fails to carry out an order of the inspector, issued pursuant to section 180.03 or who permits, directs, or authorizes any person to work in a manner which violates the provisions of section 180.04 shall upon finding by the district court of the county where the mine is situated that the order of the inspector was not unjust or unreasonable or an abuse of discretion be guilty of a gross misdemeanor. Each time an order of the inspector issued under section 180.04 is not complied with, shall constitute a separate offense. Each offense shall be prosecuted by the attorney having gross misdemeanor jurisdiction for the location of the facility where the offense took place.
History:
(4244) 1905 c 166 s 12; 1951 c 687 s 7; 1965 c 51 s 37; 1984 c 628 art 3 s 11; 1986 c 444; 2013 c 38 s 10
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 175 - 187 — Labor, Industry › Chapter 180 — Mine Inspectors › Section 180.13 — Neglect Of Inspector.

180.13 NEGLECT OF INSPECTOR.
Any inspector of mines appointed under this chapter who fails to comply with the requirements of this chapter shall be guilty of a gross misdemeanor. Upon conviction, the inspector shall be fined not less than $100 nor more than $3,000 and be dismissed from office. The board of commissioners shall remove the inspector from office for neglect of duty, drunkenness, incompetency, malfeasance in office, or other good cause.
History:
(4245) 1905 c 166 s 13; 1984 c 628 art 3 s 11; 1986 c 444; 2013 c 38 s 11
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 175 - 187 — Labor, Industry › Chapter 181 — Employment › Section 181.01 — Wages Of Minors; To Whom Paid.

181.01 WAGES OF MINORS; TO WHOM PAID.
Any parent or guardian claiming the wages of a minor in service shall so notify the employer and, if failing to do so, payment to the minor of wages so earned shall be valid.
History:
(4133) RL s 1812; 1986 c 444
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 175 - 187 — Labor, Industry › Chapter 181 — Employment › Section 181.02 — Salary Or Wages Not To Be Paid By Nonnegotiable Instruments.

181.02 SALARY OR WAGES NOT TO BE PAID BY NONNEGOTIABLE INSTRUMENTS.
It is unlawful for an employer, other than a public service corporation, to issue to any employee in lieu of or in payment of any salary or wages earned by the employee a nonnegotiable time check or order.
History:
(4134) 1917 c 348 s 1; 1996 c 386 s 8; 1997 c 83 s 1
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 175 - 187 — Labor, Industry › Chapter 181 — Employment › Section 181.03 — Certain Acts Relating To Payment Of Wages Unlawful.

181.03 CERTAIN ACTS RELATING TO PAYMENT OF WAGES UNLAWFUL.
Subdivision 1.
Prohibited practices.
An employer may not, directly or indirectly and with intent to defraud:
(1) cause any employee to give a receipt for wages for a greater amount than that actually paid to the employee for services rendered;
(2) directly or indirectly demand or receive from any employee any rebate or refund from the wages owed the employee under contract of employment with the employer; or
(3) in any manner make or attempt to make it appear that the wages paid to any employee were greater than the amount actually paid to the employee.
Subd. 2.
Commissions.
Except as otherwise provided in section 181.13, an employer or a person, firm, corporation, or association may not alter the method of payment, timing of payment, or procedures for payment of commissions earned through the last day of employment after the employee has resigned or been terminated if the result is to delay or reduce the amount of payment.
Subd. 3.
Civil action.
An employer who violates this section is liable in a civil action brought by the employee for twice the amount in dispute.
Subd. 4.
Enforcement.
The use of an enforcement provision in this section shall not preclude the use of any other enforcement provision provided by law.
Subd. 5.
Effect on other laws.
Nothing in this section shall be construed to limit the application of other state or federal laws.
Subd. 6.
Retaliation.
An employer shall not discharge, discipline, penalize, interfere with, threaten, restrain, coerce, or otherwise retaliate or discriminate against an employee for asserting rights or remedies under this section, sections 177.21 to 177.44, 181.01 to 181.723, or 181.79, including, but not limited to, filing a complaint with the department or telling the employer of the employee's intention to file a complaint. In addition to any other remedies provided by law, an employer who violates this subdivision is liable for a civil penalty of not less than $700 nor more than $3,000 per violation.
History:
(4134-1) 1933 c 249; 1986 c 444; 1996 c 386 s 9; 1997 c 83 s 2; 2001 c 199 s 1; 1Sp2019 c 7 art 3 s 8-10; 2023 c 53 art 11 s 21
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 175 - 187 — Labor, Industry › Chapter 181 — Employment › Section 181.031 — Employers Not To Accept Consideration For Securing Employment.

181.031 EMPLOYERS NOT TO ACCEPT CONSIDERATION FOR SECURING EMPLOYMENT.
An employer, or any manager, superintendent, lead supervisor, or other representative of an employer, may not, directly or indirectly, demand or accept from any employee any part of such employee's wages or other consideration, or any gratuity, in consideration of giving to or securing, or assisting in securing, for any employee any employment with such employer.
History:
(10536-1) 1933 c 47; 1986 c 444; 1996 c 386 s 10
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 175 - 187 — Labor, Industry › Chapter 181 — Employment › Section 181.04 — Assignment, Sale, Or Transfer Of Wages; When Not Effective.

181.04 ASSIGNMENT, SALE, OR TRANSFER OF WAGES; WHEN NOT EFFECTIVE.
No assignment, sale, or transfer, however made or attempted to be made, of any wages or salary to be earned shall give any right of action either at law or in equity to the assignee or transferee of such wages or salary, nor shall any action lie for the recovery of such wages or salary, or any part thereof, by any other person than the person to whom such wages or salary are to become due unless a written notice, together with a true and complete copy of the instrument assigning or transferring such wages or salary, shall have been given within three days after the making of such instrument to the person, firm, or corporation from whom such wages or salary are accruing or may accrue.
History:
(4135) 1905 c 309 s 1; 1917 c 321 s 1
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 175 - 187 — Labor, Industry › Chapter 181 — Employment › Section 181.041 — Garnishment; Assignment, Sale, Or Transfer Of Wages; When Not Effective.

181.041 GARNISHMENT; ASSIGNMENT, SALE, OR TRANSFER OF WAGES; WHEN NOT EFFECTIVE.
No assignment, sale, or transfer, however made or attempted, of any earned or unearned wages or salary is in any manner valid or effectual for the transfer of any salary or wages and should be disregarded if made following service of a garnishment exemption notice and within ten days prior to the receipt of the first garnishment or execution on a debt.
History:
1976 c 335 s 2
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 175 - 187 — Labor, Industry › Chapter 181 — Employment › Section 181.05 — Consent Of Employer To Assignment Required.

181.05 CONSENT OF EMPLOYER TO ASSIGNMENT REQUIRED.
No assignment, sale, or transfer, however made or attempted, of any unearned wages or salary shall be in any manner valid or effectual for the transfer of any salary or wages to be earned or accruing after the making of such assignment, sale, or transfer unless the person, firm, or corporation from whom such wages or salary are to accrue shall consent thereto in writing. Any employer or agent of such employer accepting or charging any fee or commission for collecting the amount due on any such assignment, sale, or transfer shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor.
History:
(4136) 1905 c 309 s 2
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 175 - 187 — Labor, Industry › Chapter 181 — Employment › Section 181.06 — Assignment Of Wages; Payroll Deductions.

181.06 ASSIGNMENT OF WAGES; PAYROLL DEDUCTIONS.
Subdivision 1.
Assignment of wages.
Every assignment, sale, or transfer, however made or attempted, of wages or salary to be earned or to become due, in whole or in part, more than 60 days from and after the date of making such transfer, sale or assignment shall be absolutely void; provided however, that the foregoing restriction against transfer, sale or assignment shall not apply to any assignment, sale or transfer of that portion of wages or salary to be earned or to become due in excess of the first $1,500 per month where such assignment is for less than five years.
Subd. 2.
Payroll deductions.
A written contract may be entered into between an employer and an employee wherein the employee authorizes the employer to make payroll deductions for the purpose of paying union dues, premiums of any life insurance, hospitalization and surgical insurance, group accident and health insurance, group term life insurance, group annuities or contributions to credit unions or a community chest fund, a local arts council, a local science council or a local arts and science council, or Minnesota benefit association, a federally or state registered political action committee, membership dues of a relief association governed by sections 424A.091 to 424A.096 or Laws 2013, chapter 111, article 5, sections 31 to 42, contributions to a nonprofit organization that is tax exempt under section 501(c) of the Internal Revenue Code, or participation in any employee stock purchase plan or savings plan for periods longer than 60 days, including gopher state bonds established under section 16A.645. A private sector employer must make payroll deductions to a nonlabor organization under this subdivision when requested by five or more employees.
History:
(4137) 1905 c 309 s 3; 1937 c 95 s 1; 1951 c 213 s 1; 1965 c 778 s 1; 1967 c 517 s 1; 1977 c 231 s 1; 1984 c 508 s 1; 1997 c 183 art 2 s 17; 2015 c 65 art 4 s 1; 2023 c 53 art 11 s 22
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 175 - 187 — Labor, Industry › Chapter 181 — Employment › Section 181.063 — Assignment Of Wages, Public Employees.

181.063 ASSIGNMENT OF WAGES, PUBLIC EMPLOYEES.
Any officer or employee of a county, town, city, school district, or the state, or any department thereof, has the same right to sell, assign, or transfer salary or wages as any officer of or person employed by any corporation, firm, or person.
History:
1945 c 424 s 26; 1973 c 123 art 5 s 7; 1986 c 444; 1997 c 83 s 3
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 175 - 187 — Labor, Industry › Chapter 181 — Employment › Section 181.07 — Assignment Of Unearned Wages As Security.

181.07 ASSIGNMENT OF UNEARNED WAGES AS SECURITY.
No assignment of or order for wages to be earned in the future to secure a loan of less than $200 shall be valid against an employer of the person making the assignment or order until the assignment or order is accepted in writing by the employer and the assignment or order and the acceptance of the same have been filed and recorded with the clerk of the city or town where the party making the assignment or order resides, if a resident of this state, or in which the person is employed if the person is a nonresident. No assignment of or order for wages to be earned in the future shall be valid when made by a married person unless the written consent of the person's spouse to the making of the assignment or order is attached thereto.
History:
(4138) 1911 c 308 s 1; 1981 c 31 s 3
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 175 - 187 — Labor, Industry › Chapter 181 — Employment › Section 181.08 — Public Service Corporations; Payment Of Wages, Requirements.

181.08 PUBLIC SERVICE CORPORATIONS; PAYMENT OF WAGES, REQUIREMENTS.
All public service corporations doing business within this state are required to pay their employees at least semimonthly the wages earned by them to within 15 days of the date of such payment, unless prevented by inevitable casualty. Such wages less any voluntarily authorized payroll deduction set out in section 181.06 shall be paid in cash, or by checks convertible into cash at full face value thereof, without any service, exchange, discount, float, or other charges, at a bank designated by such public service corporation located in any city in which the employee to whom the check is issued is employed or into which such employee is required to go in the performance of work for the company issuing the same. It shall be the duty of the corporation to make necessary arrangements with a bank for the cashing of these checks without such charges, or to reimburse any employee who has paid such charges upon request. When an employee shall be discharged wages shall be paid at the time of discharge or whenever the employee shall demand the same thereafter; allowing a reasonable time within which to compute wages due and to make authorized and other deductions required by law.
History:
(4139) 1915 c 29 s 1; 1915 c 37 s 1; 1945 c 478 s 1; 1951 c 213 s 2; 1953 c 393 s 1; 1973 c 123 art 5 s 7; 1986 c 444
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 175 - 187 — Labor, Industry › Chapter 181 — Employment › Section 181.09 — Recovery Of Wages, Costs.

181.09 RECOVERY OF WAGES, COSTS.
When any public service corporation neglects or refuses to pay its employees, as prescribed by section 181.08, the wages may be recovered by action without further demand. Costs of $10 shall be allowed to the plaintiff and included in the judgment, in addition to disbursements allowed by law.
History:
(4140) 1915 c 29 s 2; 1915 c 37 s 2; 1953 c 359 s 1; 1983 c 359 s 19; 1986 c 444
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 175 - 187 — Labor, Industry › Chapter 181 — Employment › Section 181.10 — Wages Paid Every 15 Days.

181.10 WAGES PAID EVERY 15 DAYS.
Every employer employing any person to labor or perform service on any project of a transitory nature, such as the construction, paving, repair, or maintenance of roads or highways, sewers or ditches, clearing land, or the production of forest products or any other work that requires the employee to change the employee's place of abode, shall pay the wages or earnings of the person at intervals of not more than 15 days at the place of employment or in close proximity to the place of employment.
History:
(4140-1) 1933 c 223 s 1; 1986 c 444; 1997 c 83 s 4
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 175 - 187 — Labor, Industry › Chapter 181 — Employment › Section 181.11 — Discharged Employee Must Be Paid Within 24 Hours.

181.11 DISCHARGED EMPLOYEE MUST BE PAID WITHIN 24 HOURS.
When any such transitory employment as is described in section 181.10 which requires an employee to change the employee's place of abode while performing the service required by the employment is terminated, either by the completion of the work or by the discharge or quitting of the employee, the wages or earnings of such employee in such employment shall be paid within 24 hours and, if not then paid, the employer shall pay the employee's reasonable expenses of remaining in the camp or elsewhere away from home while awaiting the arrival of payment of wages or earnings and, if such wages or earnings are not paid within two business days after the termination of such employment for any cause, the employer shall, in addition, pay to the employee two times the average amount of the employee's daily earnings in such employment from the time of the termination of the employment until payment has been made in full.
History:
(4140-2) 1933 c 223 s 2; 1986 c 444; 2005 c 127 s 1
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 175 - 187 — Labor, Industry › Chapter 181 — Employment › Section 181.13 — Penalty For Failure To Pay Wages Promptly.

181.13 PENALTY FOR FAILURE TO PAY WAGES PROMPTLY.
(a) When any employer employing labor within this state discharges an employee, the wages or commissions actually earned and unpaid at the time of the discharge are immediately due and payable upon demand of the employee. Wages are actually earned and unpaid if the employee was not paid for all time worked at the employee's regular rate of pay or at the rate required by law, including any applicable statute, regulation, rule, ordinance, government resolution or policy, contract, or other legal authority, whichever rate of pay is greater. If the employee's earned wages and commissions are not paid within 24 hours after demand, whether the employment was by the day, hour, week, month, or piece or by commissions, the employer is in default. In addition to recovering the wages and commissions actually earned and unpaid, the discharged employee may charge and collect a penalty equal to the amount of the employee's average daily earnings at the employee's regular rate of pay or the rate required by law, whichever rate is greater, for each day up to 15 days, that the employer is in default, until full payment or other settlement, satisfactory to the discharged employee, is made. In the case of a public employer where approval of expenditures by a governing board is required, the 24-hour period for payment does not commence until the date of the first regular or special meeting of the governing board following discharge of the employee. An employee's demand for payment under this section must be in writing but need not state the precise amount of unpaid wages or commissions. An employee may directly seek and recover payment from an employer under this section even if the employee is not a party to a contract that requires the employer to pay the employee at the rate of pay demanded by the employee, so long as the contract or any applicable statute, regulation, rule, ordinance, government resolution or policy, or other legal authority requires payment to the employee at the particular rate of pay. The employee shall be able to directly seek payment at the highest rate of pay provided in the contract or applicable law, and any other related remedies as provided in this section.
(b) The wages and commissions must be paid in the usual manner of payment unless the employee requests that the wages and commissions be sent through the mails. If, in accordance with a request by the employee, the employee's wages and commissions are sent to the employee through the mail, the wages and commissions are paid as of the date of their postmark.
History:
(4127) 1919 c 175 s 1; 1933 c 173 s 1; 1984 c 446 s 1; 1Sp1985 c 16 art 1 s 2; 1986 c 444; 1997 c 83 s 5; 2013 c 27 s 1
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 175 - 187 — Labor, Industry › Chapter 181 — Employment › Section 181.141 — Sexual Harassment Or Abuse Settlement; Payment As Severance Or Wages Prohibited.

181.141 SEXUAL HARASSMENT OR ABUSE SETTLEMENT; PAYMENT AS SEVERANCE OR WAGES PROHIBITED.
In a sexual harassment or abuse settlement between an employer and an employee, when there is a financial settlement provided, the financial settlement cannot be provided as wages or severance pay to the employee regardless of whether the settlement includes a nondisclosure agreement.
History:
2023 c 64 art 1 s 11
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 175 - 187 — Labor, Industry › Chapter 181 — Employment › Section 181.15 — When Employee Not Entitled To Benefits.

181.15 WHEN EMPLOYEE NOT ENTITLED TO BENEFITS.
No such servant or employee who hides or stays away to avoid receiving payment, or refuses to receive the same when fully tendered, shall be entitled to any benefit under sections 181.13 to 181.171 for such time as so avoiding payment; provided, when any number of employees enter upon a strike the wages due such striking employees at the time of entering upon such strike shall not become due until the next regular payday after the commencement of such strike.
History:
(4129) 1919 c 175 s 3; 1986 c 444; 1997 c 7 art 1 s 86
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 175 - 187 — Labor, Industry › Chapter 181 — Employment › Section 181.16 — Construction Of Sections 181.13 To 181.171.

181.16 CONSTRUCTION OF SECTIONS 181.13 TO 181.171.
Sections 181.13 to 181.171 shall not be construed to apply to any employer or an individual, copartnership, or corporation that is bankrupt, or where a receiver or trustee is acting under the direction of the court. Payment or tender by check drawn on a bank situated in the county where a laborer is employed shall be a sufficient payment or tender to comply with the provisions of sections 181.13 to 181.171.
History:
(4130) 1919 c 175 s 4; 1983 c 41 s 1; 1997 c 7 art 1 s 87
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 175 - 187 — Labor, Industry › Chapter 181 — Employment › Section 181.171 — Court Actions; Private Party Civil Actions.

181.171 COURT ACTIONS; PRIVATE PARTY CIVIL ACTIONS.
Subdivision 1.
Civil action; damages.
A person may bring a civil action seeking redress for violations of sections 181.02, 181.03, 181.031, 181.032, 181.08, 181.09, 181.10, 181.101, 181.11, 181.13, 181.14, 181.145, and 181.15 directly to district court. An employer who is found to have violated the above sections is liable to the aggrieved party for the civil penalties or damages provided for in the section violated. An employer who is found to have violated the above sections shall also be liable for compensatory damages and other appropriate relief including but not limited to injunctive relief.
Subd. 2.
District court jurisdiction.
An action brought under subdivision 1 may be filed in the district court of the county wherein a violation is alleged to have been committed, where the respondent resides or has a principal place of business, or any other court of competent jurisdiction.
Subd. 3.
Attorney fees and costs.
In an action brought under subdivision 1, the court shall order an employer who is found to have committed a violation to pay to the aggrieved party reasonable costs, disbursements, witness fees, and attorney fees.
Subd. 4.
Employer; definition.
"Employer" means any person having one or more employees in Minnesota and includes the state or a contractor that has assumed a subcontractor's liability within the meaning of section 181.165 and any political subdivision of the state. This definition applies to this section and sections 181.02, 181.03, 181.031, 181.032, 181.06, 181.063, 181.10, 181.101, 181.13, 181.14, and 181.16.
History:
1996 c 386 s 12; 1997 c 83 s 7; 2015 c 54 art 6 s 2; 2023 c 53 art 10 s 7
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 175 - 187 — Labor, Industry › Chapter 181 — Employment › Section 181.172 — Wage Disclosure Protection.

181.172 WAGE DISCLOSURE PROTECTION.
(a) An employer shall not:
(1) require nondisclosure by an employee of his or her wages as a condition of employment;
(2) require an employee to sign a waiver or other document which purports to deny an employee the right to disclose the employee's wages; or
(3) take any adverse employment action against an employee for disclosing the employee's own wages or discussing another employee's wages which have been disclosed voluntarily.
(b) Nothing in this section shall be construed to:
(1) create an obligation on any employer or employee to disclose wages;
(2) permit an employee, without the written consent of the employer, to disclose proprietary information, trade secret information, or information that is otherwise subject to a legal privilege or protected by law;
(3) diminish any existing rights under the National Labor Relations Act under United States Code, title 29; or
(4) permit the employee to disclose wage information of other employees to a competitor of their employer.
(c) An employer that provides an employee handbook to its employees must include in the handbook notice of employee rights and remedies under this section.
(d) An employer shall not discharge, discipline, penalize, interfere with, threaten, restrain, coerce, or otherwise retaliate or discriminate against an employee for asserting rights or remedies under this section.
(e) An employee may bring a civil action against an employer for a violation of paragraph (a) or (d). If a court finds that an employer has violated paragraph (a) or (d), the court may order reinstatement, back pay, restoration of lost service credit, if appropriate, and the expungement of any related adverse records of an employee who was the subject of the violation.
History:
2014 c 239 art 4 s 2; 2023 c 53 art 11 s 23
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 175 - 187 — Labor, Industry › Chapter 181 — Employment › Section 181.1721 — Attorney General Enforcement.

181.1721 ATTORNEY GENERAL ENFORCEMENT.
In addition to the enforcement of this chapter by the department, the attorney general may enforce this chapter under section 8.31.
History:
1Sp2019 c 7 art 3 s 13