Employment laws and bills in Minnesota

Every bill in the Minnesota Legislature that falls inside the Employment and Labor Legislation Tracker's scope, with where each one currently stands.

Bills in scope
99bills in scope
Past committee
21past committee
Most recent action
1 August 2026most recent action

Employment laws enacted in Minnesota in 2026

2 Employment bills were enacted in Minnesota this year, the latest with a last action on 1 August 2026. They lead the list below.

Employment bills in Minnesota

3Enacted

18Past committee

78Introduced or inactive

99 bills in scope

Enacted

3

SF 3887Watershed districts, watershed management organizations, and towns permission to self-insure for certain employee health benefitsEnactedSF 37202026 recommendations adoption of the Workers' Compensation Advisory CouncilEnactedSF 17Omnibus Jobs, Labor Economic Development policy and appropriationsEnacted

Past committee

18

HF 3393Additional benefits for certain iron ore mining employees adopted.Passed committeeHF 2380Disability accommodations included as protection from discrimination.Passed committeeHF 2441Labor policy bill; minor league baseball players exempted from minimum wage and overtime requirements, various labor and employment provisions modified, and money appropriated.Passed committeeHF 3732Employment and economic development finance and policy bill.Passed chamberSF 3664Omnibus Jobs and Economic Development policy and supplemental appropriationsPassed committeeHF 3461Benefit rights for legislative leaves of absence from state and local government employment aligned.Passed committeeHF 3691Emergency managers established as essential employees.Passed committeeSF 4576Notice and a transitional employment period required for employees displaced by artificial intelligence, and penalties imposedPassed committeeSF 4686Use of electronic monitoring tools regulation in employment settingsPassed committeeHF 1316Independent contractors and payors added to the centralized work reporting system, and payors required to report independent contractors to the centralized work reporting system.Passed committeeSF 4060Quality service wage requirement for covered airport or related location workersPassed committeeSF 2533Stay-or-pay provisions prohibition provision and that they are unenforceable, and against public policyPassed committeeSF 1832Omnibus Jobs, Labor Economic Development policy and appropriationsPassed chamberSF 2149Labor and industry technical provisions modifications; earned sick and safe time provisions modificationsPassed committeeHF 23Whistleblower definitions provided, and whistleblower protections for public employees modified.Passed chamberSF 775Ombudsperson for safety, health, and well-being of agricultural and food processing workers establishmentPassed committeeSF 475Whistleblower protections for public employees modificationsPassed committeeSF 310Employee definition modified for the purposes of earned sick and safe timePassed committee

Introduced or inactive

4 of 78 shown

HF 5123Covered employers required to provide commuter benefits to covered employees.In committeeHF 5113Funding provided for hiring to support activities under the Safe Workplaces for Meat and Poultry Processing Workers Act, and money appropriated.In committeeSF 3490Minimum compensation establishment for teachers and certain other school staffIn committeeHF 5104Definition of employee under the Minnesota Fair Labor Standards Act modified and whistle blower protections modified to explicitly include incarcerated people, Public Employee Labor Relations Act and Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1973 modified to include incarcerated persons, and inmates in state correctional institutions reclassified as employees.In committee

Showing the 25 furthest along of 99. Subscribers see all of them, filtered and searchable. Bill titles link to the Minnesota Legislature's own page.

What LawSignals covers

What counts as Employment and Labor Legislation legislation

In scope is any bill governing the employment relationship: minimum, prevailing and overtime wages, wage theft, worker classification and gig work, paid sick, family and medical leave, unemployment and workers' compensation, discrimination, harassment, pay equity and pay range disclosure, unions and public sector bargaining, workplace safety and heat standards, electronic monitoring and automated hiring tools, and noncompete and nondisclosure agreements.

Tracker scopes are model-drafted, not attorney-reviewed.

Other practice areas in Minnesota

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