Sick and Safe Leave Update: Geographic Limitations

New Earned Sick and Safe Time Requirement for 2024

By Bryan Zlimen

Effective January 1, 2024, Minnesota legislature is implementing new and improved “Earned Sick and Safe Time” provisions. Earned Sick and Safe Time will help employees by allowing them to earn up to 48 hours of paid sick leave for every 12-month period. This new benefit reaches beyond personal sickness, and grants employees time to aid…

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Minneapolis minimum wage update

By Alexandra Zabinski

In January 2018, the City of Minneapolis’ minimum wage ordinance took effect. Businesses and business groups had previously sued the city to block the law, noting that the city’s minimum wage exceeded Minnesota’s current statewide minimum wage. In April 2018, a Minnesota district court held that the state law did not prohibit Minneapolis from setting…

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Are electronic signatures valid?

By Bryan Zlimen

If you’re a contractor or business owner, you probably require your clients to sign service agreements before you start work for them. While it can be time-consuming and costly to prepare and store paper copies of every agreement, many contractors and businesses are unclear on whether their clients can electronically sign contracts. If a client…

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Sick and Safe Leave Update: Geographic Limitations

By Bryan Zlimen

In 2016, Minneapolis enacted an ordinance requiring that all employees who work in the city more than 80 hours per year accrue paid leave for illness, injury, or safety concerns for themselves or their dependents. St. Paul enacted a similar ordinance a few months later. Together, these are known as Earned Sick and Safe Time…

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