Minnesota

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit recently upheld the dismissal of a disability discrimination claim under Minnesota law, brought against a Minnesota employer by a remote employee, because the employee did not work in Minnesota and therefore the state law was not applicable.

The appellate court, in Kuklenski v. Medtronic USA, Inc.…

Employers with St. Paul, Minnesota employees:

The St. Paul Department of Human Rights and Equal Economic Opportunity (which enforces the St. Paul Earned Sick and Safe Time Ordinance (the “Ordinance”)) recently released a guidance addressing various nuances of the Ordinance, including:

  • whether time spent traveling by employees counts as time worked for purposes of accruing

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Minnesota employers (and employers with Minnesota employees):

Restrictive covenant limitations may be coming your way too. Minnesota has proposed legislation that would prohibit non-competition agreements between employers and employees outside the sale of a business context.  Notably, confidentiality and non-solicitation provisions would still be enforceable.

The proposed legislation would also prohibit employers from circumventing Minnesota’s…