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In Minnesota, as in other states and with the federal government, employers who wrongly classify workers as independent contractors are subject to significant penalties, interest, and taxes. The 2024 legislature enacted a number of changes to the various statutes that discuss the classification of workers as independent contractors.

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Minnesota wasted no time before revisiting its Earned Sick and Safe Time law which originally took effect January 1, 2024. In late May, Governor Walz signed into law the legislature’s amendments to the state’s earned sick and safe (ESST) requirements. While many of the changes appear to be intended to resolve practical ambiguity uncovered over

On January 5, 2023, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) issued a proposed rule which, if enacted, would ban most non-compete clauses in employment contracts. The rule would also require employers to rescind existing non-compete clauses with its workers and provide those workers with written notice that the non-competes have been rescinded.

This rule, if enacted