Event Details

During the 2023 Minnesota legislative session, a series of new labor laws were passed and signed into law by Governor Tim Walz.  Earned Sick and Safe Time (ESST) is one of those new laws and will impact every employer and employee in the state.  This presentation will cover what employers need to know about ESST, including who is covered, how accrual and front loading work, and how it interacts with existing employer paid time off programs.  Attendees will hear directly from the agency charged with implementing, overseeing and enforcing this new law and will have the chance to ask questions specific to their business situation.

Dave Skovholt is the Educational Interventions Coordinator in the Labor Standards Unit of the Minnesota Department of Labor and Industry (DLI), where he has worked since 2018.  Dave’s outreach is focused on Minnesota’s Labor Standards laws, including those that cover wage theft prevention, child labor, pregnant and new parent employees and other workplace requirements.  He travels throughout the state, meeting with business groups and community organizations.  Before working at DLI, Dave was a labor union business agent, overseeing and negotiating collective bargaining agreements in Minnesota and throughout the Midwest.