Date Revised: 09/05/2022
Minnesota Department of Health | Environmental Health Division
Resident Camps: Separate license required for youth camps providing lodging, camps providing food service or camps with a pool or spa
Lodging License: Lodging in Minnesota | Youth Camps
Food License: Licensing and Plan Review
Minnesota Statues, Chapter 157 (Section 157.16)
Additional relevant statutes and rules: Minnesota Statutes, Chapter 144 (Sections 144.71-144.74) and Minnesota Administrative Rules, Chapter 4630 (4630.2300-4630.4750)
Minnesota Department of Public Safety
Bureau of Criminal Apprehension
CJIS Section
1430 Maryland Ave. E.
St. Paul, MN 55106
651-793-7000
Also see: Minnesota Statutes, Chapter 13 (13.87)
Driver and Vehicle Records are available through the Driver & Vehicle Services website.
- $9.50 record copy
- $10.50 certified record copy
$10.33 per hour* for "large employers," defined as any enterprise whose annual gross volume of sales made or business done is not less than $500,000.
$8.42 per hour* for "small employers," defined as any enterprise whose annual gross volume of sales made or business done is less than $500,000.
*Federal minimum wage rate applies
Covers all employees unless specifically exempt.
Exemptions: staff members of a nonprofit organization employed on a seasonal basis in an organized children’s resident or day camp; bona fide executives, administrators, and professionals; volunteers for nonprofit organizations; minors under age 18 working less than 20 hours a week on municipal recreational programs
"Minnesota also exempts the following individuals from its minimum wage and overtime requirements:
staff members employed on a seasonal basis by an organization for work in an organized resident or day camp operating under a permit issued under Minnesota Statute 144.72" From Minnesota Employment Law Handbook
$7.75/hour for employees under age 20 for the first 90 consecutive days of employment. The Department may issue rules for the handicapped, apprentices, and learners.
Minnesota Fair Labor Standards Acts (Minnesota Statutes 177.24)
1½ times regular rate after 48-hour week. State and political subdivision employees: 1½ hours off for each hour worked over 48 in any workweek instead of overtime pay.
Those employees exempt from the state minimum wage (except corn detasslers under age 18); seasonal employees for a carnival, fair, or ski facility
Meal period: sufficient time to eat a meal during shift of 8 or more hours; need not be paid time; collective bargaining agreements may provide otherwise.
Rest period: adequate time to visit restroom in each 4 consecutive hours of work (collective bargaining agreements may provide otherwise); reasonable time to express breast milk for nursing mothers (doesn’t need to be paid time).
Contact the Unemployment Office at 651-259-7329.
Minnesota Statutes, Chapter 177 (177.21-177.35)
Minnesota state minimum-wage poster
