Minnesota Legal Updates

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Minnesota Legal Updates:

January 2025

• St. Paul, Minnesota Enacts Civil Wage Theft Ordinance (effective Jan 01, 2025)
• Minnesota Eliminates Alternative Minimum Wages (effective Jan 01, 2025)
• Minnesota Omnibus Bill Includes Pay Transparency Provisions (effective Jan 01, 2025)

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December 2024

• St. Paul, Minnesota Enacts Civil Wage Theft Ordinance

October 2024

• Minnesota Amends Jury Duty Leave Law–Includes Updated Policy

September 2024

• Minnesota Amends Jury Duty Leave Law–Includes Updated Policy
• St. Paul Amends Sick and Safe Time Ordinance to Align with Statewide Paid Sick and Safe Leave Law–Updated Policy Forthcoming

August 2024

• Minnesota Amends Antidiscrimination Law (effective Aug 01, 2024)
• Minnesota Omnibus Bill Includes Changes to Pregnancy and Parental Leave and Pregnancy Accommodation Laws–Now Includes Updated Policy (effective Aug 01, 2024)

July 2024

• Minnesota Bans Restrictive Covenants Between Service Providers and Their Customers (effective Jul 01, 2024)
• Minnesota Enacts New Law on Misclassifying Employees (effective Jul 01, 2024)
• Minnesota Amends Voting Leave Law–Now Includes Policy Updates (effective Jul 01, 2024)
• Minnesota Omnibus Bill Includes Changes to Expand Paid Leave Act
• Minnesota Eliminates Alternative Minimum Wages
• Minnesota Amends its Earned Sick and Safe Time Act and Paid Family Leave Laws–Includes Updated Sick Leave Policy
• Minnesota Omnibus Bill Includes Pay Transparency Provisions
• Minnesota Omnibus Bill Includes Changes to Pregnancy and Parental Leave and Pregnancy Accommodation Laws–Now Includes Updated Policy
• Minnesota Amends Law to Clarify Provisions on Cannabis Testing
• Minnesota Enacts Consumer Data Privacy Act
• Minnesota Amends Antidiscrimination Law

June 2024

• Mississippi Defines “Sex” for Purposes of Construing State Law

May 2024

• St. Paul Amends Sick and Safe Time Ordinance to Align with Statewide Paid Sick and Safe Leave Law–Updated Policy Forthcoming

February 2024

• St. Paul, Minnesota Amends Paid Sick Leave Rules

January 2024

• Minnesota Passes Statewide Sick and Safe Leave Law–Now Includes Sample Policy (effective 01/01/24)
• New Minnesota Law Requires Health Plans to Cover Certain Reproductive Health Items and Services (effective 01/01/24)
• St. Paul Amends Sick and Safe Time Ordinance to Align with Statewide Paid Sick and Safe Leave Law–Updated Policy Forthcoming (effective 01/01/24)
• St. Paul, Minnesota Amends Human Rights Ordinance Provisions on Disability (effective 01/17/24)
• Duluth, Minnesota Repeals Paid Sick and Safe Time Ordinance (effective 01/18/24)
• Minnesota Adopts New Rule Incorporating Federal OSHA Rules

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December 2023

• Minnesota Passes Statewide Sick and Safe Leave Law–Now Includes Sample Policy

November 2023

• St. Paul Amends Sick and Safe Time Ordinance to Align with Statewide Paid Sick and Safe Leave Law–Updated Policy Forthcoming

October 2023

• Minnesota Removes Employee Hours Eligibility Requirement from School Activities Leave Law–Includes Updated Policy

August 2023

• Minnesota Enacts the CROWN Act, Prohibiting Discrimination Based on Natural Hair–Includes Updated Policy (effective 08/01/23)
• Minnesota Legalizes Recreational Cannabis and Prohibits Discrimination Against Employees for Use Outside of Working Hours (effective 08/01/23)
• Minnesota Amends Unpaid Parental Leave Law–Includes Updated Policy
• Minnesota Passes Statewide Sick and Safe Leave Law–New Policy Forthcoming
• Minnesota Amends Lactation Accommodation and Pregnancy Accommodation Laws, Adding Handbook Notice Requirement–Includes Updated Policies

July 2023

• Bloomington, MN Amends Sick and Safe Time Ordinance Before It Takes Effect--Now Includes Policy Template (effective 07/01/23)
• Bloomington, Minnesota Passes Earned Sick and Safe Leave Ordinance--New Policy Forthcoming (effective 07/01/23)
• Minnesota Bans Virtually All Non-Competes (effective 07/01/23)
• Marijuana Legalizes Recreational Cannabis and Prohibits Discrimination Against Employees for Use Outside of Working Hours
• Minnesota Omnibus Bill Includes Antidiscrimination Protections Based on Gender Identity, a Salary History Ban and New Provisions on Expunged Criminal Records--Includes Updated Policy
• Minnesota Enacts Paid Family and Medical Leave Statute--New Policy Template Forthcoming
• New Minnesota Law Requires Health Plans to Cover Certain Reproductive Health Items and Services
• Minnesota Establishes Secure Choice Retirement Program--Includes Notice Requirement
• Minnesota Amends Voting Leave Law, Effective July 1, 2024--Policy Updates Forthcoming

April 2023

• New Minnesota Law Establishes Right to Reproductive Health
• Bloomington, MN Amends Sick and Safe Time Ordinance Before it Takes Effect
• Minnesota Enacts the CROWN Act, Prohibiting Discrimination Based on Natural Hair--Includes Updated Policy
• St. Paul Minnesota Amends Sick and Safe Time Ordinance--Now Includes Updated Policy

July 2022

• Bloomington, Minnesota Passes Earned Sick and Safe Leave Ordinance–New Policy Forthcoming

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