Labor Standards

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We ensure workers are paid correctly, enforce other workplace rights and help employers prevent employment law violations. Labor Standards also provides guidance on wage and hour issues, including: 

• Agriculture worker wages and protections 

• Child labor

• Earned sick and safe time

• Final pay requirements

• Meat processing worker protections

• Minimum wage

• Misclassification

• Overtime 

• Paid Leave job protections

• Personal care assistance

• Posters and notices

• Pregnancy and lactating employee accommodations 

• Prevailing wages

• Recordkeeping requirements

• Rest and meal breaks

• Restaurant and hospitality industry

• Tips and gratuities

• Transportation network company drivers

• Wage theft protections

For questions or complaints, contact us at 651-284-5075 or dli.laborstandards@state.mn.us. For questions or complaints about prevailing wage, contact us at 651-284-5091 or dli.prevwage@state.mn.us. 

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