MNRSA prides itself on establishing and maintaining good relationships with local and state elected officials. We look not only to represent your interests, but to bridge the gap between the recruiting and staffing industry and elected officials and provide opportunities for direct dialogue.
Business owners and employers across Minnesota are responsible for managing complex tasks like scheduling, human resources, accounting, unloading trucks, stocking shelves, customer service, and much more – all while keeping their businesses afloat and contributing to the health of our state’s economy. Labor regulations at the local rather than state or federal level will result in a patchwork of overwhelming, confusing, and burdensome mandates for employers and employees – putting significant weight on the shoulders of already time pressed business owners/operators.
Uniform state labor standards will:
Support Uniform Labor Standards and help Main Street Minnesota businesses by ensuring a consistent marketplace, a level playing field across the state, and a stable work environment for our workforce.
Consider these scenarios:
1. An employer has two facilities: one in Minneapolis and one in a nearby Minnesota city. Today, employees move between the facilities easily. Under new city mandates, though, employees would have to receive different benefits depending on the location where they work, making it more expensive and cumbersome to provide employees with flexibility.
2. An employer located in Greater Minnesota delivers products into St. Paul. Under new city mandates, employees must track the number of hours they’re within the city’s limits so the employer can pay the mandated benefit. If the employer does not fulfill this burdensome requirement, St. Paul claims the power to fine the employer.
3. An employer located in Greater Minnesota sends employees to a sales conference in Minneapolis. Working long hours during the conference and on sales calls afterwards, the employees work 80 hours within the Minneapolis city limits. Even if those employees never set foot in the city again, the employer must pay them the mandated benefit for the entire year or Minneapolis claims the power to fine the employer.
Imposing a patchwork of ordinances on employers would make them spend more time and money on figuring out laws and less on innovating, growing, and hiring new employees.
In contrast, the Uniform State Labor Standards Act would prohibit local governments from passing their own mandates on wages, benefits, and scheduling – so would keep Minnesota’s laws uniform, our communities open for business, and our economy thriving for all.
Our system of government values local control in certain policy areas, such as issuance of zoning approvals and assessment of property taxes. In many other policy areas, though, Minnesota has realized the benefits of uniformity across the state—as reflected in our uniform statewide criminal code, building code, consumer protection laws, banking regulation, insurance regulation, securities regulation, and occupational licensing.
For more information, please contact Mike Karbo at 651-228-0973 or mkarbo@mngrocers.com.
The Minnesota Recruiting and Staffing Association (MNRSA) is the largest staffing association in the state representing over 983 staffing companies. Our members employ an average of 61,774 people daily and in 2011 we helped 89,000 Minnesotans find full-time jobs. Our labor market flexibility is widely recognized by economists as a key factor in innovation, growth of new technologies and job creation. Staffing firms play a vital role in providing flexibility for workers and a bridge to employment.
The MNRSA stands with the coalition of business groups opposing government mandated sick time or paid time off benefits of private employers for the following reasons, many of which are unique to the staffing industry:
MNRSA opposes any government mandated sick or paid time off benefits of private employers. The additional costs to a temporary staffing employer will have negative effect on an already labor-intensive temporary industry. There is no reason to mandate an additional expense and further complicate or impose additional obstacles to employment in the State of Minnesota.
The Minnesota Recruiting and Staffing Association (MNRSA) is the largest staffing association in the state representing over 983 staffing companies. Our members employ an average of 61,774 people daily and in 2011 we helped 89,000 Minnesotans find full-time jobs. Our labor market flexibility is widely recognized by economists as a key factor in innovation, growth of new technologies and job creation.
The MNRSA stands with the coalition of business groups opposing government mandated scheduling requirements of private employers for the following reasons, many of which are unique to the staffing industry:
MNRSA opposes any government mandated scheduling requirements of private employers. The additional costs to a temporary staffing employer will have negative effect on an already labor-intensive temporary industry. There is no reason to mandate additional expense and obstacles to employment in the State of Minnesota.
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