181.85 MIGRANT LABOR; DEFINITIONS. Subdivision 1. Generally. For the purposes of sections 181.85 to 181.90, the terms defined in this section have the meanings given them. Subd. 2. Agricultural labor. “Agricultural labor” means field labor associated with the cultivation and harvest of fruits and vegetables and work performed in processing fruits and vegetables for market. […]
181.86 EMPLOYMENT STATEMENT. Subdivision 1. Terms. An employer that recruits a migrant worker shall provide the migrant worker, at the time the worker is recruited, with a written employment statement which shall state clearly and plainly, in English and Spanish: (1) the date on which and the place at which the statement was completed and […]
181.87 PAYMENT TERMS. Subdivision 1. Entitled to payment. Each migrant worker who is recruited by an employer is entitled to payment in accordance with this section. Subd. 2. Biweekly pay. The employer shall pay wages due to the migrant worker at least every two weeks, except on termination, when the employer shall pay within three […]
181.88 RECORD KEEPING. Every employer subject to the provisions of sections 181.85 to 181.90 shall maintain complete and accurate records of the names of, the daily hours worked by, the rate of pay for and the wages paid each pay period to every individual migrant worker recruited by that employer, and shall preserve the records […]
181.89 CIVIL ACTIONS. Subdivision 1. May bring action. Any migrant worker claiming to be aggrieved by a violation of sections 181.86 to 181.88 may bring a civil action for damages and injunctive relief against the worker’s employer. Subd. 2. Judgment; damages. If the court finds that any defendant has violated the provisions of sections 181.86 […]
181.90 USE WAGNER-PEYSER SYSTEM. An employer who uses the federal work clearance order system under the Wagner-Peyser Act of 1933, Statutes at Large, volume 48, page 113, as amended, is deemed to recruit the migrant workers who are thereby induced to travel to Minnesota to perform agricultural labor. The provisions of sections 181.85 to 181.89 […]
181.91 PRESERVATION OF EXISTING REMEDIES. The remedies provided in sections 181.85 to 181.90 are not exclusive, but are in addition to remedies provided in other law. History: 1981 c 212 s 7
