wage_theft_law_summary.pdf

The Minnesota Legislature passed and the governor signed a new Minnesota Wage Theft Law. The new law amends existing state labor laws and provides for new wage and hour requirements, protections and sanctions. All provisions summarized below, except for those amending Minnesota Statutes § 609.52 (criminal wage theft and sanctions), go into effect July 1, 2019. The provisions providing for criminal wage theft and sanctions go into effect Aug. 1, 2019.