{"id":"DUT-MN-003","kind":"duty","level":"state","jurisdiction":"Minnesota","state":"MN","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"Minnesota Legislature (Laws 2005, ch. 149, § 5; Laws 2018, ch. 167, §§ 2-3)","authority":"Minn. Stat. § 144.4196","instrument":"Minn. Stat. § 144.4196 (2020)","title":"Employee Protection (isolation and quarantine)","dateIssued":"","effective":"standing","end":"standing","startDate":"","endDate":"2021-09-30","quarters":["2020Q2","2020Q3","2020Q4","2021Q1","2021Q2","2021Q3"],"types":["DUTY","EMP","QUAR"],"addressees":["employers (\u0027any person having one or more employees in Minnesota and includes the state and any political subdivision of the state\u0027)"],"clause":"An employer shall not discharge, discipline, threaten, or penalize a qualifying employee, or otherwise discriminate in the work terms, conditions, location, or privileges of the employee, because the employee: (1) has been in isolation or quarantine; or (2)(i) is not in isolation or quarantine, but has responsibility for the care of a person in isolation or quarantine","enforcement":"Civil action by the employee within 180 days \u0027for recovery of lost wages or benefits, for reinstatement, or for other relief\u0027; \u0027A qualifying employee who prevails shall be allowed reasonable attorney fees fixed by the court\u0027 (subd. 2(b)); absences beyond 21 workdays treated as serious illness for unemployment compensation (subd. 3).","functions":[],"notes":"Every Minnesota employer had to keep the job, terms and privileges of any employee who complied with isolation or quarantine for a communicable disease, including an employee who complied with \u0027a written recommendation of the commissioner or designee that the person enter isolation or quarantine\u0027, for up to 21 consecutive workdays per absence.","sourceUrl":"https://www.revisor.mn.gov/statutes/2020/cite/144.4196/pdf","snapshot":"","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":264462,"grade":"primary","character":"statutory_duty","description":"","collection":"DUT-MN","url":"/library/DUT-MN-003","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/DUT-MN-003","citation":"Minnesota Legislature (Laws 2005, ch. 149, § 5; Laws 2018, ch. 167, §§ 2-3), Minn. Stat. § 144.4196 (2020) (standing) (Ex. DUT-MN-003)","stateName":"Minnesota","related":["MN-020","DUT-MN-021"]}