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HF4708 • 2026

Commissioner disallowed to consider an employer reporting of fraud as retaliation.

Commissioner disallowed to consider an employer reporting of fraud as retaliation.

Labor
Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor
Mueller
Last action
2026-03-25
Official status
Introduction and first reading, referred to Workforce, Labor, and Economic Development Finance and Policy
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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Commissioner disallowed to consider an employer reporting of fraud as retaliation.

Commissioner disallowed to consider an employer reporting of fraud as retaliation.

What This Bill Does

  • Commissioner disallowed to consider an employer reporting of fraud as retaliation.

Limits and Unknowns

  • This entry is temporarily using official source text because the generated explanation could not be confirmed against the official bill text during the last sync.

Bill History

  1. 2026-03-25 House

    Introduction and first reading, referred to Workforce, Labor, and Economic Development Finance and Policy

Official Summary Text

Commissioner disallowed to consider an employer reporting of fraud as retaliation.

Current Bill Text

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relating to employment; providing that employer reporting of fraud is not retaliation;

amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 268B.09, by adding a subdivision.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

Section 1.

Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 268B.09, is amended by adding a subdivision

to read:

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Subd. 9.

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Reporting fraud by employer.

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The commissioner must not consider an

employer's good faith report to the commissioner or law enforcement that a covered

individual has committed fraud in connection with the covered individual's application or

use of paid leave benefits to be an action of retaliation or interference under this section.

An employer's intentionally inaccurate report of fraud must be considered an action of

retaliation or interference.

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EFFECTIVE DATE.

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This section is effective the day following final enactment.

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