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Labor and Industry budget bill would set state rest-break rules, allow temporary court orders in workplace cases
Summary
Senate File 2,373, the Department of Labor and Industry budget bill, would set statutory rest- and meal-break minimums and allow the department to seek temporary court orders in urgent employment-law cases, drawing questions about penalty levels and outreach to small employers.
Senate File 2,373, the Department of Labor and Industry budget bill, appeared before the Senate Judiciary Committee on March 26 and included provisions to create explicit state standards for rest and meal breaks and to allow the Department of Labor and Industry (DLI) to ask district courts for temporary restraining orders (TROs) in certain employment-law matters.
Nicole Blissenbach, Commissioner of the Minnesota Department of Labor and Industry, told the committee the bill would require employers to provide at least 15 minutes of rest break for every four consecutive hours worked and a 30-minute meal break for…
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