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Labor & Industry seeks fee alignment, added misclassification staff and teacher apprenticeship funding
Summary
The Department of Labor and Industry presented the governor's budget, proposing construction-fee alignment, 2.5 new FTEs for misclassification enforcement, a pilot statewide registered teacher apprenticeship and clarifications to break laws; the committee laid the bill over after testimony from business and labor groups.
The Minnesota Department of Labor and Industry (DLI) told the House Workforce Development Finance and Policy Committee that the governor's proposed budget would align construction-permit and inspection fees with the department's costs, add staff for misclassification enforcement, and fund a statewide registered teacher apprenticeship program.
Commissioner Nicole Lisonbee opened the department's presentation by saying the fee alignment is intended "to make those fees align with the cost of providing service and to for the department to be able to continue the current level of service that we provide." DLI staff told the committee many fees have not increased since 2007 and that the construction codes and licensing division operates on…
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