When will new policies impact your business?
The Minnesota Legislature passed many bills during the 2023-24 legislative sessions. Here is a timeline of when those bills become a reality for your business.
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ALREADY IN EFFECT FROM 2023-24 LEGISLATIVE SESSIONS
- Hair texture and styles added to the definition of race
- Ban on restrictive franchise agreements (“no-poach” or “nonsolicitation” agreements)
- State Building Code process/rules change to require adult-size changing facilities
- Cumulative impact reporting on state air permits
- Odor management oversight
- Air toxics reporting criteria to obtain a permit
- Additional public meetings for non-expiring air permits
- Noncompete agreements banned
- Lactating employees, pregnancy accommodations, unpaid leave updates and small business exemptions removed
- Human Rights Act updated with new definitions of sexual orientation and gender identity
- New and increased OSHA penalties, classification of citation data; authority to inspect employer exclusion
- New ergonomics reporting requirements
- New agriculture and food processing worker standards
- Nursing Home Workforce Standards Board established to set new employment standards
- Motor vehicle sales tax increases
- Restrictions on employer-sponsored meetings and communications
- New standards for warehouse distribution centers
- Stricter construction worker wage protections
- Fees increase for groundwater appropriation permits
- Recreational marijuana legal
- 1% metro area sales tax for transit and housing
- Sick and safe time mandated
- New ergonomics standards in effect for warehouse, meatpacking, health care workers
- New safety standards for meatpacking
- New worker standards for meat and poultry processing
- Ban established on asking about pay history
- Tab fee increases
- Compliance protocols for air emission permits
- New 50 cent per-delivery fee on retail deliveries over $100
- Restrictive employment covenants in service contracts prohibited
- Worker misclassification prohibited
- Gratuities on credit card changes
What happened in the 2023-24 sessions? A business guide to new law changes
The Minnesota Chamber is pleased to offer valuable information to our members and community business leaders. We have received many, many questions from our members about what happened during this legislative session, and we’re here to help you make sense of how it’s going to impact your business. The purpose of this information is to provide an overview of policies and laws and equip business leaders with an understanding of compliance requirements and upcoming changes.
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