Minnesota Supreme Court Affirms Adoption of the “Increased Risk” Test
In a decision issued March 4, 2015, the MN Supreme Court demonstrated its commitment to the “increased risk” test it adopted late in 2013 in Dykhoff v. Xcel Energy. In Arrowhead Senior Living...
View ArticlePandora’s-Inbox NLRB Changes Email Rules
See the article co-authored by Morgan Godfrey and Michael Burke regarding the National Labor Relations Board ruling on employees’ ability to use email to organize here.
View ArticleEmployers Beware: New DOL Interpretation Threatens to Require FLSA Coverage...
Much has been made of the United States Department of Labor’s (“DOL”) proposed rule, promulgated in response to President Barack Obama’s March 2014 Executive Order, that increases the standard salary...
View ArticleMinnesota Supreme Court holds statute of limitations for wrongful discharge...
In Ford v. Minneapolis Public Schools, the Minnesota Supreme Court held that the statute of limitations for claims under subdivision 1(1) of the Minnesota Whistleblower Act (MWA), Minn. Stat. §...
View ArticleMinnesota Court of Appeals rules human resources complaint process is a...
In Peterson v. City of Minneapolis, — N.W.2d — (Minn. Ct. App. May 2, 2016), A15-1711, the Minnesota Court of Appeals found that, 1) the plain language of the Act is not exclusive with regard to...
View ArticleSupreme Court rules workers’ compensation settlement may close out not only...
In Virgenia M. Ryan v. Potlatch Corporation and Self-Insured/Comp Cost, Inc., — N.W.2d — (Minn. July 13, 2016), Virgenia M. Ryan sustained a back injury arising out of and in the course of her...
View ArticleMinnesota Court of Appeals Rejects Employer’s Attempt to Recoup Amounts Paid...
On March 20, the Minnesota Court of Appeals published an opinion affirming a district court’s ruling barring an employer from bringing a negligence claim against its employee for amounts paid to...
View ArticleMinnesota Supreme Court Find the Minnesota Fair Labor Standards Act Provides...
Earlier this month, the Minnesota Supreme Court ruled that the Minnesota Fair Labor Standards Act (“MFLSA”) provides a private cause of action for an employee who is terminated for refusing to share...
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