Employers Cannot Inquire into Applicant’s Pay History

The Minnesota Legislature was sure to keep HR professionals/businesses and their employment law attorneys busy Q4 of 2023! If you’re wondering why my blog went silent…read on! Now that I’m out from under that rock, if you are from another state, or new to MN, here is what

Effective today, Minnesota employers must follow the new so-called “Wage Theft Law” (it is actually just a bunch of amendments to existing law). This is primarily a change in recordkeeping and employee notices, creating an administrative burden likely to cause many in HR to want to raise the white surrender flag. While I’m not a

Minnesota employers of drivers take note – the Minnesota District Court in Farah v. Alpha & Omega USA, Inc. dba Travelon Transportation held that drivers’ trip logs provide constructive notice of unpaid overtime. The employer, a transportation service company for elderly and disabled individuals, employed Plaintiffs under an independent contractor agreement as drivers. As a