Minnesota Adds Stricter Guidelines for Rehabilitation Services in Work Comp Claims July 30, 2024 Injured Minnesota employees who seek services from the Department of Labor and Industry’s Vocational Rehabilitation unit (VRU) while their disputed...
Minnesota Medical Staff Company Ordered to Pay $336K in Back Wages July 26, 2024 A Minnesota medical staffing company will pay $336,000 in back wages to nearly 1,000 employees after an investigation found the...
Minnesota Construction Workers’ Lawsuit Accuses Employer of Wage Theft July 11, 2019 A group of Rochester, Minnesota-area construction workers are pursuing a wage theft claim, testing a new state law that aims...
Minnesota Workplace Injury Rate Fell to an All-Time Low in 2017 November 20, 2018 Minnesota’s Department of Labor and Industry (DLI) in early November reported that the state’s estimated workplace injury and illness rate...
Paid Workers’ Comp Claims in Minnesota Drop by Half Over 2 Decades May 9, 2018 A recent report shows the number of paid workers’ compensation claims in Minnesota fell 54 percent relative to the number...
Contractors to Pay $147.5K after Worker Injury, Death at Vikings Stadium December 13, 2016 Two construction companies have agreed to pay a combined $147,500 in fines over safety violations in the death of one...
Worker Buried in Minnesota Trench Collapse Dies July 28, 2016 Officials say one of two construction workers injured in a trench collapse in Minnetonka, Minn., has died. The Hennepin County...
Minnesota Workers’ Compensation: A No-Fault System May 18, 2016 By Stephanie K. Jones Workers’ compensation is a no-fault system in Minnesota: the employee does not need to prove negligence on the part of...