Under current Minnesota law, employers are only entitled to either monitor their employee's calls, read their emails or search their desks if they advise them of their rights to do so in advance. Additionally, they're only allowed to do so for a business-related reason.
New Minnesota workplace laws passed by the Legislature and signed into law by Gov. Tim Walz make Minnesota the best state for workers and their families. These new provisions support working families, expand worker protections, increase worker knowledge and allow workers to have a greater voice in the workplace.
Minnesota has laws that provide greater protections to employees than federal law, including pregnancy accommodation rights, a higher minimum wage, health care continuation coverage obligations for smaller employers and bone marrow donation leave, but generally follows federal law with respect to topics such as ...
Summary. Minnesota law prohibits an employer from discriminating and retaliating against employees in a variety of protected classes. Employers must also provide pregnancy accommodations, protect whistleblowers and allow employees to access their personnel files and to discuss their wages.
Your Minnesota employee handbook must include both state-specific and federal policies. Whether all of your employees are based in Minnesota or just a few, you will need to provide a Minnesota-specific handbook to ensure that they are aware of the policies and rights granted to them by their state.
Minnesota has laws that provide greater protections to employees than federal law, including pregnancy accommodation rights, a higher minimum wage, health care continuation coverage obligations for smaller employers and bone marrow donation leave, but generally follows federal law with respect to topics such as ...
Minnesota employers are required to provide employees with access to their personnel record upon written request. A current employee is entitled to review their personnel record once every six months.
Most often, workers' compensation is an exclusive remedy. However, there are situations in which an employer can be held civilly liable. For example, if you are the victim of assault and battery at work, that harm can give rise to a civil suit. In addition, gross negligence can also give rise to a civil claim.
The agency oversees the state's programs for apprenticeship, construction codes and licensing, dual-training pipeline, occupational safety and health, wage and hour standards, workers' compensation and youth skills training programs.