As a reminder for St. Paul, Minnesota employers that, since January 1, 2025, they must comply with the St Paul Wage Theft Ordinance.

Saint Paul Ordinance Highlights:

• Initial Notice: Employers must provide detailed written information to employees at the start of employment and notify them of any related changes during employment.

• Additional Information Required in Notice:
  • Start date of employment.
  • Notice of Saint Paul’s minimum wage rates and employee entitlement.
  • Statement on voluntary sharing of gratuities (if applicable).
  • Overtime policy, including when and at what rate overtime must be paid.

• Notice Provision:
  • If not already provided, notice must be provided to all new hires and currently covered employees starting January 1, 2025.
  • Information can be provided by referencing an employee handbook, collective bargaining agreement, or similar document, directing employees to specific sections.
  • Notice must be signed by the employee, and any changes must be communicated in writing before taking effect.
  • Employers must retain copies of the initial notice, any written changes, and records of when the employee received the notice(s).
  • Notice must be provided in the language previously used for communication or a preferred language if known, provided the Department has published notices in that language.

• New Notice Poster Requirements:
  • Annual Notification: Employers must notify employees of their rights under the Ordinance annually.
  • Posting Requirements: Employers must post a notice of employees’ rights at the workplace in English and any language spoken by employees. They can provide physical or electronic copies or post them online if it is not feasible.
  • Handbook Inclusion: Employers must include a notice of employee rights in any employee handbook.

The city of St. Paul has not released a template of this notice and is not expected to do so. Therefore, employers will have to create their own wage theft notice. The state of Minnesota, which has had a wage theft law requiring the same type of notice in place since 2019, has a template that employers can use but it may need to have an additional two items added, as per the requirements of the ordinance: page 5 “Sec. 224.06 Employee wage notice”)


For additional information:

• St. Paul, Minnesota, Wage Theft Ordinance Press Release
• St. Paul, MN, Wage Theft & Resources
• St. Paul, MN, Wage Theft Ordinance
• Minnesota Employee Wage Theft Notice

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