OFCCP Updates Required EEO Posters
Recently, the Department of Labor’s Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP), which is responsible for enforcing the nondiscrimination and affirmative action commitments of companies...
View ArticleMNOSHA Adopts Permanent COVID-19 Recordkeeping and Reporting Standards Left...
Minnesota OSHA recently adopted recordkeeping and reporting provisions left over from the withdrawn Federal emergency standard protecting workers providing healthcare or healthcare support services...
View ArticleNLRB Expands Make-Whole Relief to Include Direct or Foreseeable Damages
On Tuesday, the National Labor Relations Board (the “Board”) issued a decision holding that, when its standard remedy for a respondent’s unfair labor practices includes an order for “make-whole...
View ArticleNLRB Resurrects the “Micro-Unit”; Increased Union Organizing Likely to Follow
This week, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) reinstated its 2011 decision allowing unions to form smaller bargaining units by organizing smaller portions of an employer’s business. These small...
View ArticleNew Year, New Minimum-Wage Rates for Minnesota
With 2023 right around the corner, we want to issue a reminder that Minnesota’s minimum-wage rates will increase, effective January 1, 2023. Every year, the Minnesota Department of Labor and Industry...
View ArticleFederal Trade Commission Proposes Rule Banning Nearly All Non-compete Agreements
A few hours ago, the Federal Trade Commission (or FTC) announced a proposed rule banning nearly all noncompete agreements and voiding existing noncompete agreements. The sweeping rule would have...
View ArticleCongress Adds Federal Protections for Pregnant Workers and Nursing Mothers
On December 29, 2022, President Biden signed the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2023, Pub. L. 117-328, into law. Included in the massive 1,600-page spending bill are two new federal protections...
View ArticleMinnesota Passes Law Banning Hair Discrimination
On February 1, 2023, Governor Tim Walz signed the CROWN Act, whose name stands for “Creating a Respectful and Open World for Natural Hair.” The law prohibits racial discrimination based on natural hair...
View ArticleLights Out On The COVID-19 Presumption
The COVID-19 presumption, set forth in Minn. Stat. 176.011 subd. 15(f) for certain healthcare workers and first responders, sunset as of 11:59 p.m. on January 13, 2023, turning the lights off on the...
View ArticleMinnesota Supreme Court Clarifies MHRA Standards regarding Hostile Work...
The Minnesota Supreme Court issued an important decision in an employment law case on February 8, 2023, Henry v. Independent School District 625. The Plaintiff, Barbara Henry, was a Network Technician...
View ArticleLabor Board Attacks Confidentiality and Non-Disparagement Provisions in...
Earlier this week, the National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB” or the “Board”) issued a decision in McLaren Macomb, 372 NLRB No. 58 (Feb. 21, 2023), finding that confidentiality and non-disparagement...
View ArticleMinnesota Supreme Court Rules That in Order to Receive Workers’ Compensation...
The employee was a deputy sheriff for Mower County from 2007-2019. During his employment with Mower County, he experienced many traumatic events including violence and death. In February 2019, he was...
View ArticleMinnesota Senate Passes Non-Compete Ban
On Friday, April 14, the Minnesota Senate passed legislation that would significantly limit the use of non-compete agreements in our state. While several steps remain before any non-compete ban would...
View ArticleMinnesota Non-Compete Ban Gets One Step Closer to Becoming Law
On April 24, 2023, the Minnesota House passed an omnibus bill which, among other things, included a non-compete ban. The language was identical to the language passed by the Senate ten days earlier on...
View ArticleMinnesota House Passes Recreational Marijuana Bill
Yesterday, the Minnesota House passed a bill, HF100, that would legalize recreational marijuana in Minnesota. The bill still needs to pass the senate and be signed by the Governor before it can become...
View ArticleLabor Board Expands Protections for Workplace Misconduct, **#@@!
Earlier this week, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) issued a decision in Lion Elastomers LLC, 372 NLRB No. 83 (2023), which revived the “setting-specific standards” for determining whether an...
View ArticleMN Legislature Passes Statewide Paid Sick Leave, Non-compete Ban, and Much More
Late last night, the Minnesota House and Senate passed SF 3035, which is the 276-page omnibus jobs bill. SF 3035 includes numerous changes to Minnesota state law, including: mandating statewide paid...
View ArticleLegislature Passes Statewide Paid Family and Medical Leave Beginning January...
Last week, the Minnesota House and Senate passed the Minnesota Paid Family and Medical Leave Bill (“MN-PFML”), which establishes a state-run insurance program to provide Minnesota workers with partial...
View ArticleLegislature Passes Laws Impacting Settlement Agreements, Damages for Claims...
Recently, we have covered major legislation that was passed by the Minnesota legislature, including Statewide Paid Family and Medical Leave, Statewide Paid Sick Leave, a non-compete ban, and much more....
View ArticleIs the Sun Setting on Non-Compete Agreements? The NLRB General Counsel Joins...
In a memo released on May 30, National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) General Counsel Jennifer Abruzzo dealt another blow to noncompete agreements. With the newly passed Minnesota ban set to go into...
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