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When will new policies impact your business?
20 Aug 2024
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The Minnesota Legislature passed many bills during the 2023-24 legislative sessions. Here is a timeline of when those bills become a reality for your business.
ALREADY IN EFFECT FROM 2023-24 LEGISLATIVE SESSIONS
- Hair texture and styles added to the definition of race
- Ban on restrictive franchise agreements (“no-poach” or “nonsolicitation” agreements)
- State Building Code process/rules change to require adult-size changing facilities
- Cumulative impact reporting on state air permits
- Odor management oversight
- Air toxics reporting criteria to obtain a permit
- Additional public meetings for non-expiring air permits
- Noncompete agreements banned
- Lactating employees, pregnancy accommodations, unpaid leave updates and small business exemptions removed
- Human Rights Act updated with new definitions of sexual orientation and gender identity
- New and increased OSHA penalties, classification of citation data; authority to inspect employer exclusion…
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