Meetings are listed by date with the most recent meeting at the top. If there is a television recording of the meeting links to that format will be available below.
HF 23 (Wolgamott) Safe Workplaces for Meat and Poultry Processing Workers Act
Tamara Nelsen, Executive Director, AgriGrowth Council
Greg Endres, Greg's Meat Processing, Hampton MN
Claudia Ambriz, Austin MN UFCW Local 663 member
Dan Lenway, Austin MN UFCW Local 663 member
Matt Karnes, Austin MN UFCW Local 663 member
Xiomara Torres, Worthington MN UFCW Local 663 member
Jalysha Lopez, Worthington MN UFCW Local 663 member
Phimpha Keomany, Austin MN UFCW Local 663 member
Berhane, Bekele, Austin MN UFCW Local 663 member
Dan Barnes, Austin MN UFCW Local 663 member
Callie Martell, Austin MN UFCW Local 663 member
Rena Wong, President, MN UFCW Local 663
Jama Alimad, Greater MN Worker Center
Ma Elena Gutierrez, Fe y Justicia
If you would like to testify or provide materials for the committee, please contact Travis Reese at travis.reese@house.mn.gov by 5:00pm Monday, February 13, 2023
To learn more about requesting an accommodation, please visit the FAQs for Disability Access. If you have further questions on accommodations or accessibility, please contact the Committee Administrator.
Bills Added:
HF0023
(Wolgamott) - Safe workplaces for meat and poultry processing workers provided, report required, and money appropriated.
HF 1104 (Koegel) Employer retaliation provisions modified, and pregnancy accommodations modified
Kate Perushek, Deputy Commissioner, Dept of Labor and Industry
Keisha Mitchell, Program Manager, Wilder African American Babies Coalition and Projects (AABC)
Donna Cassutt, Chief of Staff, Office of Attorney General Keith Ellison
Megan J. Peterson, Executive Director, Gender Justice
Lauryn Schothorst, Minnesota Chamber of Commerce
HF 284 (Norris) Helmets to Hard Hats Minnesota initiative funding provided
Justin Rost, Executive Director, Helmets to Hardhats, USMC veteran
Erich Scheele, Union Carpenter, Army Reservist
Tom Dicklich, Executive Director, MN Building and Construction Trades Council
HF 981 (Hicks) State Building Code; installation of adult-size changing facilities required in restrooms accessible to public
Linda Hood, Ms. Wheelchair Minnesota 2022-2023
Greg Metz, Plan Review Unit manager, Dept of Labor and Industry
The committee is no longer accepting in-person testimony, if you would like to submit written testimony you can send it to travis.reese@house.mn.gov
To learn more about requesting an accommodation, please visit the FAQs for Disability Access. If you have further questions on accommodations or accessibility, please contact the Committee Administrator.
Bills Added:
HF1104
(Koegel) - Employer retaliation provisions modified, and pregnancy accommodations modified.
HF0284
(Norris) - Helmets to Hard Hats Minnesota initiative funding provided, report required, and money appropriated.
HF0981
(Hicks) - State Building Code; installation of adult-size changing facilities required in restrooms accessible to public, and rulemaking authorized.
HF 2 (Richardson) Paid Family Medical Leave program established
Deb Fitzpatrick, Children’s Defense Fund-MN
Nicole Blissenbach, Commissioner, Department of Labor and Industry
Adam Duininck, North Central States Regional Council of Carpenters
John Reynolds, NFIB
Tess Schlicksup, Fairview Southdale Hospital, Minnesota Nurses Association
David Benowitz, Craft & Crew
Paula Soderberg, Morrissey Hospitality
Annaka Larson, Teacher at Wellstone Elementary in St. Paul, Education MN
Lauryn Schothorst, MN Chamber of Commerce
Kim Lewis, MN School Boards Association
Ross Widmoyer
Corey Anderson, MAHU and NAIFA.
Gavin Hanson, Minnesota Business Partnership
Alex Hassel, League of MN Cities
This committee hearing is no longer accepting testifiers, if you would like to submit written testimony please contact Travis Reese at travis.reese@house.mn.gov
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Bills Added:
HF0002
(Richardson) - Paid family, bonding, and applicant's serious medical condition benefits provided; employment leaves regulated and required; income tax withholdings authorized and taxes imposed; penalties authorized; actuarial report required; and money appropriated.
Overview of Department of Labor and Industry
Nicole Blissenbach, Commissioner
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HF 295 (Elkins) Covenants not to compete are void and unenforceable provided, and protection of substantive provisions of Minnesota law to apply to matters arising in Minnesota provided.
Mary Hogan, Senior Policy Analyst, Federal Reserve of Minneapolis
Kurt Erickson
Justin Terch
HF 62 (Nelson, M) Public Employment Relations Board data modified, and money appropriated.
Meg Luger, Public Employee Relations Board
If you would like to testify, please contact Committee Administrator Travis Reese at travis.reese@house.mn.gov
To learn more about requesting an accommodation, please visit the FAQs for Disability Access. If you have further questions on accommodations or accessibility, please contact the Committee Administrator.
Bills Added:
HF0062
(Nelson) - Public Employment Relations Board data modified, and money appropriated.
HF0295
(Elkins) - Covenants not to compete provided to be void and unenforceable, and protection of substantive provisions of Minnesota law provided to apply to matters arising in Minnesota.