{"id":"MN-020","kind":"order","level":"state","jurisdiction":"Minnesota","state":"MN","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"Governor Tim Walz","authority":"Minn. Stat. §§ 4.035, 12.32; §§ 182.654 subds. 8, 9, 11; 182.669; 144.4196; ch. 363A; 29 C.F.R. § 1977.9(c) (recited)","instrument":"Emergency Executive Order 20-54, Protecting Workers from Unsafe Working Conditions and Retaliation During the COVID-19 Peacetime Emergency (May 13, 2020)","title":"Protecting Workers from Unsafe Working Conditions and Retaliation During the COVID-19 Peacetime Emergency","dateIssued":"2020-05-13","effective":"2020-05-13","end":"2021-06-30 11:59 p.m. (rescinded by EO 21-21 ¶ 2)","startDate":"2020-05-13","endDate":"2021-06-30","quarters":["2020Q2","2020Q3","2020Q4","2021Q1","2021Q2"],"types":["EMP","DUTY"],"addressees":["all employers"],"clause":"3.... workers have the right to refuse to work under conditions that they, in good faith, reasonably believe present an imminent danger of death or serious physical harm. This includes a reasonable belief that they have been assigned to work in an unsafe or unhealthful manner with an infectious agent such as COVID-19.... 6.... any worker who quits their employment because the employer has failed to correct an adverse work condition related to the pandemic... shall not lose unemployment insurance benefits eligibility... Examples of an adverse work condition include an employer\u0027s failure to develop or implement a COVID-19 Preparedness Plan, as required by applicable Executive Orders","enforcement":"Para. 5: DLI enforces through sec. 182.669 \u0027including awards of backpay and compensatory damages\u0027","functions":["HR","WF workforce availability (protected refusals)","OP compliance"],"notes":"Every operating order from EO 20-56 onward recites that EO 20-54 \u0027remains in full force and effect\u0027 and that DLI \u0027may issue citations, civil penalties, or closure orders\u0027.","sourceUrl":"https://www.leg.mn.gov/archive/execorders/20-54.pdf","snapshot":"","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":371386,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"","collection":"DUT-MN","url":"/library/MN-020","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/MN-020","citation":"Governor Tim Walz, Emergency Executive Order 20-54, Protecting Workers from Unsafe Working Conditions and Retaliation During the COVID-19 Peacetime Emergency (May 13, 2020) (Ex. MN-020)","stateName":"Minnesota","related":["DUT-MN-003","DUT-MN-007","MN-022","MN-015","MN-025","MN-027"]}