Editor's note : The City of Minneapolis Wage Theft Prevention Ordinance took effect on January 1, 2020. Minneapolis employers must prepare to comply with the city's new wage theft ordinance. View the wage ordinance, Wage Theft Prevention. Information to be disclosed to new employees by employers (Minn. Stat. § 181.032) The new law requires all employers to provide each employee with a written notice at the start of their employment. First, employers must provide (more) detailed information to employees ((Minn. Stat. § 181.032 (d)-(f).)) At the start of employment, Minnesota employers must now provide a written notice that includes the following: - The rate or rates of pay and basis thereof, including whether the employee is paid by the hour, shift, day, week, salary, piece, commission, or other method, and the specific application of any additional rates; - Allowances, if any, claimed pursuant to permitted meals and lodging; - Paid vacation, sick time, or other paid time-off accruals and terms of use; - The employee’s employment status and whether the employee is exempt from minimum wage, overtime, and other provisions of chapter 177, and on what basis; - A list of deductions that may be made from the employee’s pay; - The number of days in a pay period, the regularly scheduled pay day, and the pay day on which the employee will receive the first payment of wages earned; - The legal name of the employer and the operating name of the employer if different from the legal name; the physical address of the employer’s main office or principal place of business, and a mailing address if different; and - The telephone number of the employer. Employers are required to keep a copy of the signed notice for each employee. All employers must provide the notice in English, with text that informs employees that they may request the notice be provided to them in another language. The Minnesota Department of Labor and Industry will provide, in multiple languages, the text that must be included in the notice. If an employee requests the notice in another language, the employer must provide it. Employers are also required to provide employees in writing any changes to the information in the notice before the date the changes take place. Earnings Statement Requirements. In addition to the notice an employee must receive and sign at the start of employment, the new law adds the following requirements to the specific information that must be included in the earnings statement provided to employees each pay period ((Minn. Stat. § 181.032 (d)): - The employee’s rate of pay and basis thereof, including whether the employee is paid by the hour, shift, day, week, salary, piece, commission, or other method, and the specific application of any additional rates;
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