St. Paul has updated its earned sick and safe time (ESST) and minimum wage workplace poster to include information on the city’s new wage theft ordinance.
Wage theft happens when employers do not pay employees wages they earned. The city’s ordinance brings St. Paul in alignment with the state wage theft law. Employers must provide employees the following:
- the rate or rates of pay and basis thereof, including whether the employee is paid by the hour, shift, day, week, salary, piece, commission, or other method, and the specific application of any additional rates;
- allowances, if any, claimed pursuant to permitted meals and lodging;
- paid vacation, sick time, or other paid time-off accruals and terms of use;
- the employee’s employment status and whether the employee is exempt from minimum wage, overtime, and other provisions of chapter 177 of the Minnesota statutes, and on what basis;
- a list of deductions that may be made from the employee’s pay;
- the number of days in the pay period, the regularly scheduled pay day, and the pay day on which the employee will receive the first payment of wages earned;
- the legal name of the employer and the operating name of the employer if different from the legal name;
- the physical address of the employer’s main office or principal place of business, and a mailing address if different; and
- the telephone number of the employer;
- the date on which the employment is to begin;
- notice of city minimum wage rates and their entitlement to such rates;
- a statement that the sharing of gratuities is voluntary, if applicable to the employee; and
- the overtime policy applicable to the employee’s position, if any, including when overtime must be paid and the applicable rate or rates of pay.
You can find more information on the wage theft ordinance here.
