MN HF3957

Expands warehouse distribution center employee protections by defining "employee work speed data" as information employers collect on individual worker performance metrics, quotas, and task completion rates.

Clarifies that warehouse distribution center employees are those performing warehouse work and excludes employees in manufacturing, administrative, sales, accounting, human resources, or driving roles.

Applies to employers with 250 or more employees at a single warehouse distribution center or 1,000 or more employees across multiple centers in Minnesota.

Modifies appeal and judicial review procedures for occupational health and safety decisions, including standards for vacating commissioner orders and limiting fine considerations to four specific factors: business size, violation gravity, good faith, and violation history.

Requires employers at health care facilities, warehouse distribution centers, and meatpacking sites with 100 or more Minnesota employees to create written ergonomics programs addressing musculoskeletal disorder risks through assessments, training, early reporting procedures, and annual evaluations.