Max Nesterak

4 days ago | minnesotareformer.com | Max Nesterak

Senate Taxes Chair Ann Rest, DFL-New Hope, didn’t need much time to shoot down the “skinny,” 12-page tax bill proposed by Minnesota legislative leaders as they rush to button-up a two-year budget deal, without which the state shuts down at the end of the month. “I rejected it right off the bat,” Rest said in an interview Monday.

5 days ago | southernminn.com | Max Nesterak

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6 days ago | sctimes.com | Max Nesterak

A federal judge dismissed a lawsuit challenging the Minnesota Nursing Home Workforce Standards Board's authority to mandate holiday pay. The lawsuit, brought by industry groups, argued the holiday pay rule violated workers' collective bargaining rights. The judge ruled that voting on paid holidays does not constitute collective bargaining and upheld the board's authority. The board's mandated minimum wage increases for nursing home workers are expected to take effect in 2026.

1 week ago | minnesotareformer.com | Max Nesterak

Take a seat in the Break Room, our weekly round-up of labor news in Minnesota and beyond. This week: Building trades push for data center tax incentives; head of violence intervention nonprofit charged with felony wage theft; Trump flips on Nippon-U.S. Steel deal; Planned Parenthood lays off 66 workers; judge dismisses lawsuit challenging holiday pay for nursing home workers; and trade war hurts global jobs outlook.

1 week ago | walkermn.com | Max Nesterak

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