Payment for hours worked

Required statement of earnings

Employers are required to provide each employee with a written statement of earnings. This statement must be issued at the end of each pay period and may be in any form desired, but must include the following.

Statement of earnings must include:
a)	the name of the employee;
b)	the hourly rate of pay, if applicable (compensation by methods other than hourly does not in itself excuse an employer from payment of minimum wage and overtime as required by the Minnesota Fair Labor Standards Act);
c)	the total hours worked;
d)	the gross pay;
e)	a list of all deductions (taxes, insurance, union dues, other);
f)	the net pay;
g)	the pay period ending date; and
h)	the employer's legal name and d/b/a if different.

Wages due upon separation

All wages or commissions owed at the time of separation are immediately due upon demand of the employee. The statutes provide penalties if wages are not paid according to the following guidelines:

for a discharged employee, wages are due within 24 hours of demand; and
for voluntary-quit employees, wages are due by the next payday, not to exceed 20 days from the last day worked.

Recordkeeping

The Minnesota Fair Labor Standards Act (MFLSA) sets recordkeeping requirements for all covered employees.

Every employer must keep certain records about each worker who is entitled to minimum wage and overtime pay under MFLSA. The act requires no particular format for the records. It does require that the records include certain identifying information about the employee and data about hours worked and the wages earned. The law requires that this information be kept for a period of not less than three years.

Basic employee information an employer must record:
a)	name, address, Social Security number and occupation;
b)	rate of pay, deductions (taxes, insurance, union dues, other) and the amount paid each pay period;
c)	beginning and ending hours worked each day, including a.m. and p.m. designations, plus total hours worked each day and each work week;
d)	a record of free meals accepted;
e)	proof of age of minors employed; and
f)	for each employer subject to MFLSA sections 177.41 and 177.44, and while performing work on public works projects funded in whole or in part with state funds, the prevailing wage master job classifications of each employee working on the project for each hour worked.