Minnesota employment law
I am wondering what legal recourse I might have against my now former employer.
Question: I was let go from my job for something that I did not do. My supervisor works in another building across town and it ends up being my word against the manger on site who I have to deal with, but not work under.
Since being let go on Thursday afternoon I have not been told about my insurance coverage and when I would be getting paid, or paid for my acrued vacation time.
Is there a time limt to let me know these things? Do I have any kind of legal recourse against them?
Thank you for any info anyone can provide.
Answer: Unless you’re union or have an employment contract, your boss can fire you for any reason, so not as long as it’s an illegal reason, but you don’t mention the exact reason for your firing. If you need a consultation with an attorney to find out if you have a case, click here to find a Minnesota employment law attorney in your area.
Health insurance is paid in advance so you’re good until the end of the month.
Because you were fired, you should have been paid immediately. Here’s a link for you from the State of Minnesota Department of Labor and Industry. http://www.dli.mn.gov/LS/PaycheckDeduc.asp
181.13 PENALTY FOR FAILURE TO PAY WAGES PROMPTLY.
(a) When any employer employing labor within this state discharges an employee, the wages or commissions actually earned and unpaid at the time of the discharge are immediately due and payable upon demand of the employee. If the employee’s earned wages and commissions are not paid within 24 hours after demand, whether the employment was by the day, hour, week, month, or piece or by commissions, the employer is in default. The discharged employee may charge and collect the amount of the employee’s average daily earnings at the rate agreed upon in the contract of employment, for each day up to 15 days, that the employer is in default, until full payment or other settlement, satisfactory to the discharged employee, is made. In the case of a public employer where approval of expenditures by a governing board is required, the 24-hour period for payment does not commence until the date of the first regular or special meeting of the governing board following discharge of the employee.
(b) The wages and commissions must be paid at the usual place of payment unless the employee requests that the wages and commissions be sent through the mails. If, in accordance with a request by the employee, the employee’s wages and commissions are sent to the employee through the mail, the wages and commissions are paid as of the date of their postmark. https://www.revisor.mn.gov/statutes/?id=181.13
