Employment & Labor

The following write-ups are produced and maintained by Minnesota House Research Department, with some links provided to other sources.

Unemployment Assistance

• The Dislocated Worker Program
  A brief description of the program that provides assistance to individuals who are displaced from their employment or source of support. October 2022.

Workplace Laws

• Overtime laws
  Defines state and federal overtime requirements and answers basic questions about overtime.
• Pregnancy Accommodation
• Pregnancy and Parenting Leave
• Prevailing Wage
  Describes the prevailing wage and answers basic questions about it.
• State Minimum Wage
  Provides information on recent changes to the state minimum wage rates. July 2014.
• Workplace Drug and Alcohol Testing
  A 4-page information brief summarizing the provisions of the Minnesota Drug and Alcohol Testing in the Workplace Act. June 2010.

Employment Data

• Economic development, employment, and labor acronyms and nicknames

Industry

• Economic development and job creation programs in Minnesota
• Economic development, employment, and labor acronyms and nicknames