When will new policies impact your business?

Already in effect

• Hair texture and styles added to the definition of race
• Ban on restrictive franchise agreements (“no-poach” or “non-solicitation” 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 nonexpiring air permits
   

Already in effect as of July 1, 2023

• 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
• Ergonomics Grant program; 
• New ergonomics reporting requirements
• New agriculture and food processing worker standards
• Nursing Home Standards board established to set new employment standards
• Motor vehicle sales tax increases

Already in effect as of August 1, 2023

• Restrictions on employer-sponsored meetings and communications (captive audience)
• New protections in place for warehouse distribution centers
• Stricter construction worker wage protections
• Fees increase for groundwater appropriation permits
• Recreational marijuana legal

October 1, 2023

• 1% metro area sales tax for transit and housing
   

January 1, 2024

• 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
• Gas tax indexed to inflation 
   

July 1, 2024

• New 50 cent per-delivery on retail deliveries over $100
   

October 1, 2024

• Minnesota OSHA fines/penalties indexed to inflation
   

January 1, 2025

• Minnesota Secure Choice Plan - retirement savings program
• PFAS ban in 11 products
   

January 1, 2026

• New Paid Family and Medical Leave mandate 
• New reporting requirements for all PFAS products