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MN SF58

Bill

Status

Introduced

1/9/2023

Primary Sponsor

Erin Murphy

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Origin

Senate

93rd Legislature 2023-2024

AI Summary

  • Establishes warehouse distribution worker safety requirements for employers with 250+ employees at a single facility or 1,000+ employees statewide in Minnesota.

  • Requires employers to provide written descriptions of work quotas to employees upon hire or within 30 days, in plain language and the employee's preferred language, with notice of potential adverse employment actions.

  • Prohibits quotas that prevent compliance with meal breaks, rest periods, prayer periods, restroom access, or occupational health and safety standards.

  • Grants employees the right to request and receive within 72 hours personal work speed data (90-day history) and aggregated peer data (6-month history), limited to four requests annually; also requires data disclosure when employees are disciplined or fired.

  • Appropriates $240,000 for fiscal year 2024 and $218,000 for fiscal year 2025 to the Commissioner of Labor and Industry for enforcement; allows civil lawsuits by aggrieved employees with one-year statute of limitations and remedies including damages, injunctive relief, reinstatement, back pay, and attorney fees.

Legislative Description

Worker safety requirements establishment and appropriation

Last Action

Comm report: To pass as amended and re-refer to Finance

3/15/2023

Committee Referrals

Finance3/15/2023
Labor3/2/2023
Judiciary and Public Safety1/23/2023
Labor1/9/2023

Full Bill Text

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