Title Minnesota Statutes, Minnesota Statutes

177.25 OVERTIME. § Subdivision 1.Compensation required. No employer may employ an employee for a workweek longer than 48 hours, unless the employee receives compensation for employment in excess of 48 hours in a workweek at a rate of at least 1-1/2 times the regular rate at which…

177.251 RIDE SHARING NOT OVERTIME. The provisions of this chapter relating to compensation for overtime and payment of a minimum wage do not apply to employees' time spent in ride-sharing arrangements as defined in section 169.011, subdivision 65. History: 1983 c 311 s 10; 1984 c…

177.253 MANDATORY WORK BREAKS. § Subdivision 1.Rest breaks. An employer must allow each employee a rest break of at least 15 minutes or enough time to utilize the nearest convenient restroom, whichever is longer, within each four consecutive hours of work. § Subd. 2.Collective ba…

177.254 MANDATORY MEAL BREAK. § Subdivision 1.Meal break. An employer must allow each employee who is working for six or more consecutive hours a meal break of at least 30 minutes. § Subd. 2.Payment not required. Except for subdivision 4, nothing in this section requires the empl…

177.255 PAYROLL CARD ACCOUNTS. § Subdivision 1.Definitions. For the purposes of this section, the following terms have the meanings given them in this subdivision. (a) "Payroll card" means a card issued to an employee by an employer or other payroll card issuer to access funds fr…

177.26 DIVISION OF LABOR STANDARDS. § Subdivision 1.Creation. The Division of Labor Standards in the Department of Labor and Industry is supervised and controlled by the commissioner of labor and industry. § Subd. 2.Powers and duties. The Division of Labor Standards shall adminis…

177.27 POWERS AND DUTIES OF COMMISSIONER. § Subdivision 1.Examination of records. The commissioner may enter during reasonable office hours or upon request and inspect the place of business or employment of any employer of employees working in the state, to examine and inspect bo…

177.28 POWER TO MAKE RULES. § Subdivision 1.General authority. The commissioner may adopt rules, including definitions of terms, to carry out the purposes of sections 177.21 to 177.44, to prevent the circumvention or evasion of those sections, and to safeguard the minimum wage an…

177.29 JUDICIAL REVIEW. § Subdivision 1.Appeal. A person aggrieved by an administrative rule issued under section 177.28 may appeal in accordance with chapter 14. § Subd. 2. [Repealed, 1983 c 247 s 219] § Subd. 3. [Repealed, 1983 c 247 s 219] History: 1973 c 721 s 9; 1982 c 424 s…

177.30 KEEPING RECORDS; PENALTY. (a) Every employer subject to sections 177.21 to 177.44 must make and keep a record of: (1) the name, address, and occupation of each employee; (2) the rate of pay, and the amount paid each pay period to each employee; (3) the hours worked each da…

177.31 POSTING OF LAW AND RULES; PENALTY. Every employer subject to sections 177.21 to 177.44 must obtain and keep a summary of those sections, approved by the department, and copies of any applicable rules adopted under those sections, or a summary of the rules. The employer mus…

177.32 PENALTIES. § Subdivision 1.Misdemeanors. An employer who does any of the following is guilty of a misdemeanor: (1) hinders or delays the commissioner in the performance of duties required under sections 177.21 to 177.435, 181.01 to 181.723, or 181.79; (2) refuses to admit …

177.35 RIGHT OF COLLECTIVE BARGAINING. Nothing in sections 177.21 to 177.35 limits the right of employees to bargain collectively with their employers through representatives of their own choosing to establish wages or other conditions of work more favorable to the employees than…

177.41 STATE PROJECTS AND STATE HIGHWAY CONSTRUCTION; PUBLIC POLICY. It is in the public interest that public buildings and other public works be constructed and maintained by the best means and highest quality of labor reasonably available and that persons working on public work…

177.42 DEFINITIONS. § Subdivision 1.Scope. As used in sections 177.41 to 177.44 the terms defined in this section have the meanings given them except where the context indicates otherwise. § Subd. 2.Project. "Project" means demolition, erection, construction, alteration, improvem…

177.43 CONTRACTS FOR STATE PROJECTS; PENALTY. § Subdivision 1.Hours of labor. Any contract which provides for a project must state that: (1) no laborer or mechanic employed directly on the project work site by the contractor or any subcontractor, agent, or other person doing or c…

177.435 FACILITY CONSTRUCTION; PREVAILING WAGE. Construction of value-added agricultural product processing facility financed in whole or in part with a loan or grant provided under section 41A.035, 41B.044, or 41B.046 is a "project" as that term is defined in section 177.42, sub…

177.44 HIGHWAY CONTRACTS; HOURS OF LABOR; WAGE RATES; PENALTY. § Subdivision 1.Hours, wages permitted. A laborer or mechanic employed by a contractor, subcontractor, agent, or other person doing or contracting to do all or part of the work under a contract based on bids as provid…

177.45 ATTORNEY GENERAL ENFORCEMENT. In addition to the enforcement of this chapter by the department, the attorney general may enforce this chapter under section 8.31. History: 1Sp2019 c 7 art 3 s 7

177.50 EARNED SICK AND SAFE TIME ENFORCEMENT. § Subdivision 1.Definitions. The definitions in section 181.9445 apply to this section. § Subd. 2.Individual remedies. An action to recover damages under section 181.944 for violation of sections 181.9445 to 181.9448 must be commenced…