Title Minnesota Statutes, Minnesota Statutes

181.9448 EFFECT ON OTHER LAW OR POLICY. § Subdivision 1. Effect on more generous sick and safe time policies. (a) Nothing in sections 181.9445 to 181.9448 shall be construed to discourage employers from adopting or retaining earned sick and safe time policies that meet or exceed,…

181.945 LEAVE FOR BONE MARROW DONATIONS. § Subdivision 1.Definitions. (a) For the purposes of this section, the following terms have the meanings given to them in this subdivision. (b) "Employee" means a person who performs services for hire for an employer, for an average of 20 …

181.9456 LEAVE FOR ORGAN DONATION. § Subdivision 1.Definitions. (a) For the purposes of this section, the following terms have the meanings given to them in this subdivision. (b) "Employee" means a person who performs services for hire for a public employer, for an average of 20 …

181.9458 AUTHORIZATION FOR BLOOD DONATION LEAVE. An employer may grant paid leave from work to an employee to allow the employee to donate blood. History: 2008 c 318 art 1 s 12

181.946 LEAVE FOR CIVIL AIR PATROL SERVICE. § Subdivision 1.Definitions. For purposes of this section, "employee" and "employer" have the meanings given them in section 181.945. § Subd. 2.Unpaid leave required. Unless the leave would unduly disrupt the operations of the employer,…

181.947 LEAVE FOR IMMEDIATE FAMILY MEMBERS OF MILITARY PERSONNEL INJURED OR KILLED IN ACTIVE SERVICE. § Subdivision 1.Definitions. (a) The definitions in this subdivision apply to this section. (b) "Active service" has the meaning given in section 190.05, subdivision 5. (c) "Empl…

181.948 LEAVE TO ATTEND MILITARY CEREMONIES. § Subdivision 1.Definitions. (a) For the purposes of this section, the following terms have the meanings given in this subdivision. (b) "Active service" has the meaning given in section 190.05, subdivision 5. (c) "Employee" means a per…

181.950 DEFINITIONS. § Subdivision 1.Applicability. For the purposes of sections 181.950 to 181.957, the terms and phrases defined in this section have the meanings given them. § Subd. 2.Confirmatory test; confirmatory retest. "Confirmatory test" and "confirmatory retest" mean a …

181.951 AUTHORIZED DRUG AND ALCOHOL TESTING. § Subdivision 1.Limitations on testing. (a) An employer may not request or require an employee or job applicant to undergo drug and alcohol testing except as authorized in this section. (b) An employer may not request or require an emp…

181.952 POLICY CONTENTS; PRIOR WRITTEN NOTICE. § Subdivision 1.Contents of the policy. An employer's drug and alcohol and cannabis testing policy must, at a minimum, set forth the following information: (1) the employees or job applicants subject to testing under the policy; (2) …

181.953 RELIABILITY AND FAIRNESS SAFEGUARDS. § Subdivision 1.Use of licensed, accredited, or certified laboratory required. (a) Except as provided under subdivision 5a, an employer who requests or requires an employee or job applicant to undergo drug or alcohol testing or cannabi…

181.954 PRIVACY, CONFIDENTIALITY, AND PRIVILEGE SAFEGUARDS. § Subdivision 1.Privacy limitations. A laboratory may only disclose to the employer test result data regarding the presence or absence of drugs, cannabis, alcohol, or their metabolites in a sample tested. § Subd. 2.Confi…

181.955 CONSTRUCTION. § Subdivision 1.Freedom to collectively bargain. Sections 181.950 to 181.954 shall not be construed to limit the parties to a collective bargaining agreement from bargaining and agreeing with respect to a drug and alcohol testing or a cannabis testing policy…

181.956 REMEDIES. § Subdivision 1.Exhaustion. An employee or collective bargaining agent may bring an action under this section only after first exhausting all applicable grievance procedures and arbitration proceeding requirements under a collective bargaining agreement; provide…

181.957 FEDERAL PREEMPTION. § Subdivision 1.Excluded employees and job applicants. Except as provided under subdivision 2, the employee and job applicant protections provided under sections 181.950 to 181.956 do not apply to employees and job applicants where the specific work pe…

181.960 DEFINITIONS. § Subdivision 1.Applicability. For purposes of sections 181.960 to 181.966 and unless otherwise provided, the following terms have the meanings given in this section. § Subd. 2.Employee. "Employee" means a person who performs services for hire for an employer…

181.961 REVIEW OF PERSONNEL RECORD BY EMPLOYEE. § Subdivision 1.Right to review; frequency. Upon written request by an employee, the employer shall provide the employee with an opportunity to review the employee's personnel record. An employer is not required to provide an employ…

181.962 REMOVAL OR REVISION OF INFORMATION. § Subdivision 1.Agreement; failure to agree; position statement. (a) If an employee disputes specific information contained in the employee's personnel record: (1) the employer and the employee may agree to remove or revise the disputed…

181.963 USE OF OMITTED PERSONNEL RECORD. Information properly belonging in an employee's personnel record that was omitted from the personnel record provided by an employer to an employee for review pursuant to section 181.961 may not be used by the employer in an administrative,…

181.9631 NOTICE OF EMPLOYEE RIGHTS. An employer as defined under section 181.960, subdivision 3, shall provide written notice to a job applicant upon hire of the rights and remedies provided in sections 181.960 to 181.965. History: 2007 c 119 s 1

181.964 RETALIATION PROHIBITED. An employer shall not discharge, discipline, penalize, interfere with, threaten, restrain, coerce, or otherwise retaliate or discriminate against an employee for asserting rights or remedies provided in sections 181.960 to 181.965. History: 1989 c …

181.9641 ENFORCEMENT. The Department of Labor and Industry shall enforce sections 181.960 to 181.964. The department may assess a fine of up to $5,000 for a violation of sections 181.960 to 181.964. The fine, together with costs and attorney fees, may be recovered in a civil acti…

181.965 REMEDIES. § Subdivision 1.General. In addition to other remedies provided by law, if an employer violates a provision of sections 181.960 to 181.964, the employee may bring a civil action to compel compliance and for the following relief: (1) for a violation of sections 1…

181.966 ADDITIONAL RIGHT OF ACCESS TO RECORDS. Sections 181.960 to 181.965 do not prevent an employer from providing additional rights to employees and do not diminish a right of access to records under chapter 13. History: 1989 c 349 s 7

181.967 EMPLOYMENT REFERENCES. § Subdivision 1.Definitions. For purposes of this section: (1) "employee" means a person who performs services for hire and includes an officer of a corporation; (2) "employer" means a person who has one or more employees and includes a designated e…

181.970 EMPLOYEE INDEMNIFICATION. § Subdivision 1.Indemnification required. An employer shall defend and indemnify its employee for civil damages, penalties, or fines claimed or levied against the employee, provided that the employee: (1) was acting in the performance of the duti…

181.9731 PUBLIC SAFETY PEER COUNSELING. § Subdivision 1.Definitions. (a) For purposes of this section, the following terms have the meanings given. (b) "Emergency service provider" includes a peace officer, correctional officer, probation officer, supervision agent, firefighter, …

181.9732 CRITICAL INCIDENT STRESS MANAGEMENT. § Subdivision 1.Definitions. (a) For purposes of this section, the following terms have the meanings given. (b) "Critical incident" means an event that results in acute or cumulative psychological stress or trauma to an emergency serv…

181.974 GENETIC TESTING IN EMPLOYMENT. § Subdivision 1.Definitions. For the purposes of this section, the following terms have the meanings given them in this subdivision. (a) "Genetic test" means the analysis of human DNA, RNA, chromosomes, proteins, or certain metabolites in or…

181.980 ACCESS TO EMPLOYEE ASSISTANCE RECORDS. § Subdivision 1.Definitions. (a) For the purpose of this section, the following terms have the meanings given to them in this subdivision. (b) "Employee assistance services" means services paid for or provided by an employer and offe…

181.981 EMPLOYMENT OF INDIVIDUAL WITH CRIMINAL HISTORY; LIMITATION ON ADMISSIBILITY OF EVIDENCE. § Subdivision 1.Limitation on admissibility of criminal history. Information regarding a criminal history record of an employee or former employee may not be introduced as evidence in…

181.985 WORKPLACE COMMUNICATIONS. § Subdivision 1.Definition. For the purposes of this section, "communication" means any printed or electronic document, letter, brochure, flyer, advertisement, email, text message, or similar means pertaining to union business or labor organizing…

181.987 USE OF SKILLED AND TRAINED CONTRACTOR WORKFORCES AT PETROLEUM REFINERIES. § Subdivision 1.Definitions. (a) For purposes of this section, the following terms have the meanings given. (b) "Contractor" means a vendor that enters into or seeks to enter into a contract with an…

181.988 COVENANTS NOT TO COMPETE VOID IN EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENTS; SUBSTANTIVE PROTECTIONS OF MINNESOTA LAW APPLY. § Subdivision 1.Definitions. (a) "Covenant not to compete" means an agreement between an employee and employer that restricts the employee, after termination of the emp…

181.9881 RESTRICTIVE EMPLOYMENT COVENANTS; VOID IN SERVICE CONTRACTS. § Subdivision 1.Definitions. (a) "Customer" means an individual, partnership, association, corporation, business, trust, or group of persons hiring a service provider for services. (b) "Employee," as used in th…

181.991 RESTRICTIVE FRANCHISE AGREEMENTS PROHIBITED. § Subdivision 1.Definitions. (a) For purposes of this section, the following terms have the meanings given them. (b) "Employee" means an individual employed by an employer and includes independent contractors. (c) "Employer" ha…