The Minnesota Legislature is in session through May 20, 2019.
This session promises to be very active with numerous bills
affecting employers and the workplace. Major bills include paid
leaves of absence (including family and sick leave), restrictions
on an employer's ability to access social media accounts,
right-to-work legislation, vaccination exemptions, wage theft, and
the legal standard for sexual harassment, and making available to a
complaining party more information regarding the employer's
investigation and corrective action.
Paid Family Leave: H.F. No. 5 and S.F. No. 1060
Bills have been introduced in the Minnesota House of
Representatives (H.F. No. 5) and Senate (S.F. No. 1060) seeking to create a
state-administered paid family and medical leave insurance program,
which would require Minnesota employers to provide employees with
up to 12 weeks of paid leave benefits for qualifying family care
and up to 12 more weeks for qualifying medical reasons per
