New Workplace Protections
On January 1, 2022, there are new workplace protections in place in Minnesota for expectant and new parents. This article provides a brief, but not complete, summary of the significant changes. If your business has a minimum of 15 employees this law now applies to you (under the old law, the minimum number of employees was 21). Furthermore, this law applies immediately on day one of employment. The new law also prohibits requiring lactating employees to use accrued paid time off, vacation or sick time when they are expressing milk. In addition, based on an eight-hour shift, now the break time...
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