The COVID Project
The record
- Jurisdiction
- Minnesota
- Level
- State
- 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)
- Issued
- 2020-05-13 May 13, 2020
- Effective
- 2020-05-13
- End
- 2021-06-30 11:59 p.m. (rescinded by EO 21-21 ¶ 2) (read as 2021-06-30)
- In force
- May 13, 2020 to June 30, 2021
- Quarters
- 2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
- Limitation types
- Workplace rulesStanding duty
- Addressees
- Functions reached
- HR
- WF workforce availability (protected refusals)
- OP compliance
- Collection
- Standing duties: Minnesota DUT-MN
Operative words
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's 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 'including awards of backpay and compensatory damages'
Notes
Every operating order from EO 20-56 onward recites that EO 20-54 'remains in full force and effect' and that DLI 'may issue citations, civil penalties, or closure orders'.
Retrieval noteCross-reference; not re-saved. The order's own words tie the Plan and 'Minnesota OSHA Standards or MDH and CDC Guidelines' to the statutory safe-workplace duty: their absence is an 'adverse work condition'. EO 20-81 ¶ 17 and EO 21-11 ¶ 7.b kept EO 20-54 'in full force and effect'.