For years, the public employer community has become increasingly concerned with the number of employees, especially those working in public safety, being diagnosed with Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). Along with the concern for the well-being of their employees, the disease …
Teachers are performing work that is necessary and crucial to developing the children of today into the adults of the future. As such, there are several different laws in the state of Minnesota specifically applying to teachers and their employment …
If you work with employees, you’ve worked with the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). Whether it’s just the basics of understanding how the law applies, or utilizing it to create the optimal work week to avoid massive overtime payments, it …
Well, it was good while it lasted, but the good times can’t last forever. Beginning in July of 2023, the Minnesota Public Employment Relations Board (PERB) will be returning in full force and effect – this time with more money! …
On February 3, 2023, Governor Walz signed a bill establishing Juneteenth as a state-recognized holiday. This comes after several years of discussion, and the state already agreeing to add the holiday into its collective bargaining agreements with employee bargaining unit. …
Every year, as winter really starts to get cold and we hate being here, something comes along to bring all of us labor relations professionals across the state together the Minnesota Public Employer Labor Relations Association (MPELRA) conference! A week …
Along with the pandemic came a whole slew of problems we weren’t ever really prepared for: lines to get into grocery stores, people doing pushups outside their shut down gyms, and the thousands of issues that could come up along …
One of the reasons we enjoy working in employment and labor law is because if something is happening out in the real world, it’s likely happening in the workplace as well. Unfortunately, sometimes that “something” is violence. Over the years, …
The old saying goes: “If you don’t like the weather in Minnesota, shut up and move to Arizona,” or something like that. In the great white north, we must always be prepared for changes in the weather; this includes public …
In Minnesota, surviving spouses and children of law enforcement officers “killed in the line of duty” are provided a death benefit of $100,000 after a determination is made that the death was, in fact, in the line of duty. The …
