Employers and workers should know about updates to labor laws that might affect your workplace, including law changes that go into effect Aug. 1. Read our overview below. 

• Personnel records. As of July 1, 2024, all workers in Minnesota can request to see their personnel or work records every six months and challenge any information they disagree with. Employers must tell new hires about these rights and cannot retaliate against employees for using them. This law now applies to all employers with at least one employee. 
• Credit card and e-payments. Starting Aug. 1, 2024, employees must receive the full amount of tips paid by card or e-payment. Before this date, employers could deduct the swipe fee for these payments from tips. Now, employers must give the full tip amount to workers. Gratuities received through credit cards or other types of electronic payments must be paid to the employee in the next pay period. Other Minnesota laws on tips are the same. 
• Earnings statement. Starting Aug. 1, 2024, Minnesota employers must save employee earnings statements or pay stubs for three years. This is for both current and past employees. Pay stubs have important info about wages, deductions and hours worked. 
• Pregnant workers and new parents. Starting Aug. 1, 2024, pregnant employees can take prenatal medical leave without it counting against an employee’s pregnancy and parental leave. In addition, they will still get the same health benefits during pregnancy and parental leave and their employer will contribute as if they were working. Prior to Aug. 1, 2024, they got the same health benefits, but their employer didn’t haven’t to pay for any of it during their leave.