Minnesota Contractors’ Workforce Compliance Requirements, Part II: Equal Pay Certificates
The Minnesota Department of Human Rights (MDHR) recently updated several documents on its website for Minnesota government contractors. This is the second article in a series focused on the compliance responsibilities of Minnesota contractors holding workforce certificates that the MDHR issued. The first part in the series covered the workforce certificate application, affirmative action program template, annual compliance report (ACR), ACR instructions, and nondiscrimination poster. In part two, we discuss the Minnesota Equal Pay Certificate, the purpose of which is to ensure that contractors doing business with Minnesota government agencies pay men and women equal wages for equal work. Quick Hits Employers with contracts exceeding $500,000 with Minnesota state agencies and that have forty or more full-time employees in Minnesota or in the state of their primary place of business must obtain an equal pay certificate. To apply for an equal pay certificate, contractors must h...