Effective January 1, 2020, the Minneapolis Wage Theft Prevention Ordinance subjects employers with employees working in Minneapolis to written notice and other obligations that go beyond the requirements of the statewide wage...more
A new wage theft ordinance coming to the City of Minneapolis in 2020 places more stringent requirements on employers than the new statewide wage theft law that took effect on July 1, 2019. On August 8, the Minneapolis City...more
Beginning January 1, 2018, California employers will no longer be able to ask job applicants about their salary history. California joins a small but growing group of states and cities that have enacted similar measures,...more
On July 1, 2017, the Minneapolis Sick and Safe Leave Ordinance and the St. Paul Earned Sick and Safe Time Ordinance are scheduled to take effect. Businesses with employees in Minneapolis or St. Paul that have not yet become...more
The Washington, D.C. Council recently passed the Universal Paid Leave Act of 2016 (UPLA), one of the nation’s most generous paid family and medical leave proposals to date. The bill will become law upon signature or inaction...more
Paid leave — as previously reported in our March legal update, “The Push for Paid Sick, Family and Medical Leave in Minnesota” — has been a hot topic in Minnesota this spring. Although none of the bills addressing statewide...more
On March 16, 2016, the Minneapolis Workplace Regulations Partnership Group (WPG) presented its findings and recommendations concerning paid sick time to the Minneapolis City Council’s Committee of the Whole. With many members...more