Employment Laws

Are you aware that certain employers in Minnesota starting on January 1, 2025, will be required to state, amongst other requirements, salary ranges or fixed hourly rates in job postings?

Are you aware that certain employers in Minnesota starting on January 1, 2025, will be required to state a general description of all benefits and other compensation and salary ranges or fixed hourly rates in job postings?

Are you aware that the legislature in 2024 made changes to Minnesota’s Earned Sick and Safe Leave?

Are you aware that the legislature in 2024 made changes to Minnesota’s Earned Sick and Safe Leave including allowing employers to provide an employee’s earned sick and safe time (ESST) available for use and the ESST hours used during the pay period electronically?

Are you aware that the legislature in 2024 made changes to Minnesota’s Earned Sick and Safe Leave including clarifying that employees who are anticipated to work at least 80 hours in a year for an employer in Minnesota are covered under earned sick and safe time (ESST)?

Are you aware that Minnesota will be requiring retirement savings accounts for most employees?

Are you aware that in Minnesota employers who do not sponsor a retirement plan for their employees will be required to transmit a percentage of the employee’s pay, for each employee who chooses to participate, to a state-sponsored individual retirement account?

Are you aware that in Minnesota all employers must provide notice to new hires about their rights and remedies to review their personnel record?

Are you aware that in Minnesota employees must receive the full amount of tips paid by credit card without reducing the tip amount by the credit card fees the employer pays?

Are you aware that in Minnesota employers must offer the same health benefits and continue to pay their portion of a pregnant employee’s health benefits during the pregnant employee’s pregnancy and parental leave?

Are you aware that in Minnesota, as of August 1, 2024, employees who take prenatal medical leave cannot have that leave counted against an employee’s pregnancy and parental leave?

Are you aware that on July 1, 2024, the minimum wage increased for small businesses in Minneapolis and St. Paul?

Are you aware that as of January 1, 2025, Minnesota’s minimum wage law eliminated reduced minimum wages for small employers, youth under the age of 18 and J-1 visa workers?

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