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Minn. Stat. § 181.940

DEFINITIONS.

Known as the Equal Pay for Equal Work Law

The act spans §§ 181.01 to 181.991 (140 sections).

Applied in 7 court decisions — leading case 122 F. Supp. 2d 1031 - Scheidecker v. Arvig Enterprises, Inc. (2000)

Most recently applied in Nichols v. State (February 2015)

1987 c 359 s 1; 1990 c 577 s 1; 1991 c 268 s 1; 2014 c 239 art 3 s 1; 2023 c 53 art 11 s 28,29

How often courts cite this section

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Court decisions citing this, by year. The dip in the last several years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so recent citations are undercounted.

Subdivision 1. Scope.

For the purposes of sections 181.940 to 181.944 , the terms defined in this section have the meanings given them.

Subd. 2. Employee.

"Employee" means a person who performs services for hire for an employer from whom a leave is requested under sections 181.940 to 181.944 .

Employee includes all individuals employed by the employer but does not include an independent contractor.

Subd. 3. Employer.

"Employer" means a person or entity that employs one or more employees and includes an individual, corporation, partnership, association, business, trust, nonprofit organization, group of persons, state, county, town, city, school district, or other governmental subdivision.

Subd. 4. Child.

"Child" means an individual under 18 years of age or an individual under age 20 who is still attending secondary school.

Official source: Minnesota Office of the Revisor of Statutes. Reproduced from public-domain Minnesota statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.