COMPENSATION AND SALARIES

See also LABOR AND EMPLOYMENT

Adult community-based residential correctional facilities, generally, Minn. Rules 2920.0100 to 2920.7600

Advances or draws against future earnings, defined as wages, Minn. Statutes 2024 268.035

Agreements of hire, Minn. Statutes 2024 181.55

Agriculture, defined, Minn. Rules 5200.0260

Aid to families with dependent children, see AID TO FAMILIES WITH DEPENDENT CHILDREN (AFDC)

Appeals, rulemaking, Minn. Statutes 2024 177.29

Apprentices, rulemaking, disabled persons, Minn. Statutes 2024 177.28

Assessments, back wages, Minn. Statutes 2024 177.27

Assignment, sale, or transfer

Employer, Minn. Statutes 2024 181.05

Garnishment, effect, Minn. Statutes 2024 181.041

Public employees, Minn. Statutes 2024 181.063

Rights of action, Minn. Statutes 2024 181.04

Time, effect, Minn. Statutes 2024 181.06

Unearned wages as security, Minn. Statutes 2024 181.07

Attorney fees, lawsuits, Minn. Statutes 2024 181.171

Audits and examinations, workers' compensation self-insurers, Minn. Statutes 2024 79A.03

Average monthly salary, defined, legislators retirement plan, Minn. Statutes 2024 3A.01

Average salary, definitions

Combined service benefits, Minn. Statutes 2024 356.302, 356.303

Minnesota State Retirement System, Minn. Statutes 2024 352.01

Public Employees Retirement Association, Minn. Statutes 2024 353.01

State Patrol, retirement fund, Minn. Statutes 2024 352B.011

Teachers Retirement Association, Minn. Statutes 2024 354.05

Teachers retirement, Saint Paul, Minn. Statutes 2024 354A.011, 354A.31

Average weekly wage, Minn. Statutes 2024 176.011

Avoiding or refusing to receive payment, Minn. Statutes 2024 181.15, 181.171

Awards, information on racketeering, Minn. Statutes 2024 609.909

Back pay

Defined, Minn. Statutes 2024 268.035

Determination by Labor and Industry Department, Minn. Statutes 2024 177.27

Unemployment insurance, benefits, effect, Minn. Statutes 2024 268.085

Bailiffs, see Compensation and salaries under BAILIFFS

Benefits, see BENEFITS

Children, see Compensation and salaries under CHILD LABOR

Civil service, Minn. Rules 3900.2100

Claims, insurance companies, liquidation claims, priority, Minn. Statutes 2024 60B.44

Collective bargaining, rights, Minn. Statutes 2024 177.35

Commercial bribery, Minn. Statutes 2024 609.86

Commissions, see COMMISSIONS (COMPENSATION)

Commissions (compensation), see COMMISSIONS (COMPENSATION)

Comparable worth, see COMPARABLE WORTH, Minn. Rules 3920.0100 to 3920.1300

Compensation

Definitions, Minn. Statutes 2024 62B.08, 176.011

Exclusions, Minn. Statutes 2024 317A.257

Compensation for injuries, see DAMAGES

Complaints, Minn. Statutes 2024 177.27

Contested cases, Minn. Statutes 2024 177.27

Corporations, arbitrary charges, income taxes, Minn. Rules 8034.0100

Daily wage, Minn. Statutes 2024 176.011

Damages

Employers, liability, Minn. Statutes 2024 181.171

Payment violations, Minn. Statutes 2024 177.27

Data, labor market analysis, Minn. Statutes 2024 116J.4011, 136F.37

Deductions

Faulty workmanship, loss, theft, or damage, Minn. Statutes 2024 177.27, 181.79

Limitations, Minn. Statutes 2024 177.24

MinnesotaCare participants, premium payments, Minn. Statutes 2024 256L.15

Reimbursements, Minn. Statutes 2024 177.24

Default, discharged employees, rights, Minn. Statutes 2024 181.13

Deferred compensation, see DEFERRED COMPENSATION

Definitions

Agriculture, Minn. Rules 5200.0262

Average salary, definitions, see same under this topic

Campaign practices, Minn. Rules 4501.0100

Compensation, see same under this topic

Cosmetologists, Minn. Rules 2105.0010

Cosmetology schools, Minn. Rules 2110.0010

Earned sick and safe time, Minn. Statutes 2024 181.9445

Equal pay for equal work, Minn. Statutes 2024 181.66

Family and medical benefit insurance program, Minn. Statutes 2024 268B.01

Job opportunity building zones, Minn. Statutes 2024 469.310

Judges retirement, Minn. Statutes 2024 490.121

Little Davis-Bacon Act, Minn. Statutes 2024 177.42

Minnesota family investment program (MFIP), Minn. Statutes 2024 142G.02

Salary, see same under this topic

Supplemental Aid Act, Minn. Statutes 2024 256D.35

Teachers retirement, Saint Paul, Minn. Statutes 2024 354A.011

Unemployment Insurance Law, Minn. Statutes 2024 268.035

Wages, see same under this topic

Warehouse law, Minn. Statutes 2024 231.01

Withholding (taxes), Minn. Statutes 2024 270C.69

Workers' compensation, Minn. Statutes 2024 176.011

Disclosure

Child support, enforcement, Minn. Statutes 2024 518A.83

Employees, Minn. Statutes 2024 181.967

Employment references, Minn. Statutes 2024 181.967

Nondisclosure requirements, prohibition, Minn. Statutes 2024 181.172

Payment options, Minn. Statutes 2024 177.255

Salary ranges, job postings, Minn. Statutes 2024 181.173

Discrimination, public safety employees merit system, Minn. Rules 7520.0350

Discrimination, unfair practices, Minn. Statutes 2024 363A.08

Earned income

Compensation and salaries defined as, Minn. Statutes 2024 142G.02

Earnings defined as, unemployment insurance, Minn. Statutes 2024 268.035

Earned sick and safe time, Minn. Statutes 2024 181.9445 to 181.9448

Earnings statements

Attorney general enforcement, Minn. Statutes 2024 181.1721

Compliance orders, Minn. Statutes 2024 177.27

False statements, Minn. Statutes 2024 181.032

Lawsuits, Minn. Statutes 2024 181.171

Notice to employee, Minn. Statutes 2024 181.032

Requirements, Minn. Statutes 2024 181.032

Employee gainsharing system, Minn. Statutes 2024 16A.90

Employees, disciplinary action, disclosure, Minn. Statutes 2024 181.967

Employees, missing employees, Minn. Rules 5200.0251

Employment agencies, fee determination, Minn. Rules 5200.0620

Employment compensation, lobbyist gifts, exclusion, Minn. Rules 4512.0600

Employment earnings

Offset to retirement plan annuities, Minn. Statutes 2024 352.115, 354.44, 354A.31

Offset to retirement plan disability benefits

Minnesota State Retirement System, Minn. Statutes 2024 352.113

MSRS correctional employees retirement fund, Minn. Statutes 2024 352.95

Public employees police and fire fund, Minn. Statutes 2024 353.656

Public Employees Retirement Association, Minn. Statutes 2024 353.33

State Patrol retirement fund, Minn. Statutes 2024 352B.10

Teachers Retirement Association, Minn. Statutes 2024 354.48

Teachers retirement, Saint Paul, Minn. Statutes 2024 354A.36

Equal pay for equal work, wage discrimination based on sex, Minn. Statutes 2024 181.66 to 181.71

Evidence, faulty workmanship, loss, theft, or damage, deductions, Minn. Statutes 2024 181.79

Executions, levy on earnings, Minn. Statutes 2024 550.136, 550.142

Fair, defined, Minn. Rules 5200.0270

Farming unit, defined, Minn. Rules 5200.0262

Fines, Minn. Statutes 2024 177.27, 177.30, 181.03

Garnishment, see Compensation and salaries under GARNISHMENT

Generally, Minn. Statutes 2024 181.16

Gratuities (tips), see GRATUITIES (TIPS)

Guaranteed weekly wage, Minn. Rules 5200.0211

Holiday pay

Benefits or wage supplements, failure to pay, Minn. Statutes 2024 181.74

Minnesota family investment program, Minn. Statutes 2024 142G.56, 142G.70

Prevailing wage, Minn. Statutes 2024 177.42

Public corporation employees, Minn. Statutes 2024 15A.086

State employees, leaves of absence, Minn. Statutes 2024 43A.49

State lottery employees, Minn. Statutes 2024 15A.086

Unemployment insurance, Minn. Statutes 2024 268.035, 268.085

Workers compensation, daily wage, Minn. Statutes 2024 176.011

Honorarium, defined, Minn. Rules 4501.0100

Hourly basic rate, Minn. Statutes 2024 177.42, 177.43

Human services merit system employees, see Compensation and salaries under HUMAN SERVICES MERIT SYSTEM

Income and franchise taxes, additions to gross income, Minn. Rules 8002.0200

Income, compensation defined as, Minn. Statutes 2024 65B.43

Injunctions, generally, Minn. Statutes 2024 181.171

Interest, payment violations, orders, Minn. Statutes 2024 177.27

Investigations, payment, complaints, Minn. Statutes 2024 177.27

Judicial officers, Minn. Statutes 2024 609.415

Jurisdiction, lawsuits, Minn. Statutes 2024 181.171

Labor market analysis, Minn. Statutes 2024 116J.4011, 136F.37

Lawsuits

Generally, Minn. Statutes 2024 177.27, 181.171

Isolation or quarantine, employer violations, Minn. Statutes 2024 144.4196

Liens for wages, generally, Minn. Statutes 2024 514.59 to 514.61

Manual labor, action for wages, venue, Minn. Statutes 2024 542.08

Payment, Minn. Statutes 2024 181.14

Recovery of unpaid wages, Minn. Statutes 2024 541.07

Wage discrimination based on sex, Minn. Statutes 2024 181.67, 181.68

Liability, employers, employees quitting or resigning, payment, Minn. Statutes 2024 181.14

Lost wages, mothers, due to medical necessity, paternity lawsuits, Minn. Statutes 2024 257.66

Mechanics and material suppliers liens, liens for wages, generally, Minn. Statutes 2024 514.59 to 514.61

Mediation, back wages, Minn. Statutes 2024 177.27

Merit System Council, public safety employees merit system, Minn. Rules 7520.0400

MFIP participants

Grant diversion participants, Minn. Statutes 2024 142G.64

Self-employed participants, Minn. Statutes 2024 142G.31

Minimum wage, see MINIMUM WAGE

Minnesota Paid Leave Law, Minn. Statutes 2024 268B.001 to 268B.30

Missing employees, payment of wages, Minn. Rules 5200.0251

Motor carriers, leases, required provisions, Minn. Rules 7800.2600

Nondisclosure requirements, prohibition, Minn. Statutes 2024 181.172

Occupational safety and health investigations, see Investigations under OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH

Orders, Minn. Statutes 2024 177.27, 181.171

Out-of-pocket expenses, reimbursements, MFIP, income exclusions, Minn. Statutes 2024 142G.16

Overtime, see OVERTIME, Minn. Rules 5200.0100 to 5200.0242

Parenting leave, see PREGNANCY AND PARENTING LEAVE

Pay equity, see COMPARABLE WORTH

Payment

Amount, deception, Minn. Statutes 2024 181.03

Attorney general enforcement, Minn. Statutes 2024 181.1721

Complaints, investigations, Minn. Statutes 2024 177.27

Consideration for securing employment, Minn. Statutes 2024 181.031

Discharged employees, Minn. Statutes 2024 177.27, 181.11, 181.13

Employees quitting or resigning, Minn. Statutes 2024 177.27, 181.14

Failure to pay, penalties, Minn. Statutes 2024 181.101

Frequency of payment, Minn. Statutes 2024 177.27, 181.10, 181.101, 181.11

Labor and Industry Department, duties, Minn. Statutes 2024 181.101

Lawsuits, Minn. Statutes 2024 181.101, 181.171

Methods, Minn. Statutes 2024 177.255

Nonnegotiable instruments, Minn. Statutes 2024 177.27, 181.02

Orders, Minn. Statutes 2024 177.27

Partnerships, profit-sharing, exceptions, Minn. Statutes 2024 323A.0202

Payroll card accounts, Minn. Statutes 2024 177.255

Priority, distribution of employer assets, Minn. Statutes 2024 268.057

Receipts greater than amount, Minn. Statutes 2024 181.03

Severance, unemployment insurance, effect, Minn. Statutes 2024 268.085

Surviving spouses, Minn. Statutes 2024 181.58

Unemployment insurance taxes, priority, Minn. Statutes 2024 268.057

Weekly earnings, unemployment benefits, effect, Minn. Statutes 2024 268.085

Payroll checks, presumption of abandonment, Minn. Statutes 2024 345.39

Payroll deductions, see PAYROLL DEDUCTIONS

Payroll processing firms

Gambling, Minn. Statutes 2024 349.19

Withholding (taxes), see Third-party bulk filers under WITHHOLDING (TAXES)

Payrolls

Income and franchise taxes, Minn. Statutes 2024 290.191

Inspection, Minn. Statutes 2024 177.27

Payroll card accounts, Minn. Statutes 2024 177.23, 177.255

Reports about, Minn. Statutes 2024 79A.03

State contracts, Minn. Statutes 2024 177.43

Transcriptions, Minn. Statutes 2024 177.27

Trunk highway construction, Minn. Statutes 2024 177.44

Workers' compensation self-insurance, Minn. Statutes 2024 79A.04

Per diem, compensation, exclusion, nonprofit corporations, Minn. Statutes 2024 317A.257

Personnel records

Compensation and salary records defined as, Minn. Statutes 2024 181.960

Subpoenas, county attorneys, Minn. Statutes 2024 388.23

Petit juries, see PETIT JURIES

Policy of state, Minn. Statutes 2024 177.41

Presumption of abandonment, Minn. Statutes 2024 345.39

Prevailing wage, see PREVAILING WAGE

Prevailing wages, Minn. Rules 5200.1000 to 5200.1120

Prisoners

Prison employment, see Employment under PRISONERS

Work release, see WORK RELEASE

Probation officers, Minn. Statutes 2024 244.19

Public libraries, see LIBRARY BOARDS

Public safety employees merit system, Minn. Rules 7520.0100 to 7520.1100

Records and record keeping

Back wages, Minn. Statutes 2024 177.27

Earned sick and safe time, Minn. Statutes 2024 181.9447

Retention, Minn. Statutes 2024 177.30

Submitting to Labor and Industry Department, Minn. Statutes 2024 177.27

Violations, Minn. Statutes 2024 177.30, 177.32

Reduction, Minn. Statutes 2024 177.24

Rehabilitation facilities extended employment programs, Minn. Rules 3300.6000

Retaliation, prohibitions, Minn. Statutes 2024 181.03

Salary

Definitions

Minnesota State Retirement System, Minn. Statutes 2024 352.01

Public employees police and fire fund, Minn. Statutes 2024 353.01

Public Employees Retirement Association, Minn. Statutes 2024 353.01

Teachers Retirement Association, Minn. Statutes 2024 354.05

Teachers retirement, Saint Paul, Minn. Statutes 2024 354A.011

Fees defined as, Minn. Statutes 2024 353.01

Offset to retirement plan annuities or disability benefits, see Employment earnings under this topic

Wages defined as, Minn. Statutes 2024 353.01

Salary, defined, Minn. Rules 5200.0211

Seasonal workers, Minn. Rules 5200.0242

Securities, see SECURITIES

Severance pay, see SEVERANCE PAY

Sick pay, see SICK PAY, Minn. Rules 3315.1010

Specific occupations or offices

Specified, defined, Minn. Rules 5200.0261

Standby pay, defined, Minn. Statutes 2024 268.035

State deferred compensation plan, see STATE DEFERRED COMPENSATION PLAN

Statutes of limitations, recovery of wages, Minn. Statutes 2024 541.07

Subsidized jobs, see WAGE SUBSIDIES

Substantial adverse change, quitting, good reason caused by the employer, Minn. Statutes 2024 268.095

Suitable employment, determination, unemployment insurance, Minn. Statutes 2024 268.035

Survey data, classification, Minn. Statutes 2024 13.435

Surviving spouses, payment to, Minn. Statutes 2024 181.58

Taxable wages

Assessments, workforce development fund, Minn. Statutes 2024 116L.20

Defined, Minn. Statutes 2024 268.035

Tips, see GRATUITIES (TIPS), Minn. Rules 3315.1010

Unauthorized compensation, receipt by public officials, Minn. Statutes 2024 609.45

Unclaimed compensation, see ABANDONED AND UNCLAIMED PROPERTY

Unemployment insurance, see UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE, Minn. Rules 3310.2901 to 3310.2924

Unfair discriminatory practices, inquiries into pay history, job applicants, Minn. Statutes 2024 363A.08

Vacation pay, see VACATIONS

Violations and penalties

Attorney general enforcement, Minn. Statutes 2024 181.1721

Deductions, faulty workmanship, loss, theft, or damage, Minn. Statutes 2024 181.79

Earned sick and safe time violations, Minn. Statutes 2024 177.50

Payment violations, Minn. Statutes 2024 177.27, 181.03

Records violations, Minn. Statutes 2024 177.27, 177.30

Wage deduction violations, enforcement orders, Minn. Statutes 2024 177.27

Wage discrimination based on sex, Minn. Statutes 2024 181.67, 181.70

Wage supplements, failure to pay, Minn. Statutes 2024 181.74

Wage theft, Minn. Statutes 2024 609.52

Wage discrimination based on sex

Compromises not defense, Minn. Statutes 2024 181.68

Equal Pay for Equal Work Law, Minn. Statutes 2024 181.66, 181.71

Generally, Minn. Statutes 2024 181.66 to 181.71

Lawsuits, Minn. Statutes 2024 181.67, 181.68

Violations and penalties, generally, Minn. Statutes 2024 181.67, 181.70

Wage subsidies, see WAGE SUBSIDIES

Wage supplements, Minn. Statutes 2024 181.74

Wage theft, Minn. Statutes 2024 609.52

Wages

Definitions

Equal Pay for Equal Work Law, Minn. Statutes 2024 181.66

Fair Labor Standards Act, Minn. Statutes 2024 177.23

Prompt payment law, Minn. Statutes 2024 181.13, 181.14

Social Security law, Minn. Statutes 2024 355.01

Supplemental nursing services agencies, Minn. Statutes 2024 144A.74

Unemployment Insurance Law, Minn. Statutes 2024 268.035

Withholding (taxes), Minn. Statutes 2024 270C.69

Mechanics and material suppliers liens, Minn. Statutes 2024 514.59

Prompt payment, Minn. Statutes 2024 181.13, 181.14

Salary defined as, Minn. Statutes 2024 352.01

Settlements, sexual harassment or abuse, prohibited as wages or severance pay, Minn. Statutes 2024 181.141

Weekly wage, Minn. Statutes 2024 176.011, Minn. Rules 5200.0211

Withholding (taxes), see WITHHOLDING (TAXES)

Women, equal pay certificates, Minn. Statutes 2024 363A.44

Workers' compensation, see WORKERS COMPENSATION

Youth employment programs, Minn. Rules 3300.0500