Minnesota Contractors’ Workforce Compliance Requirements, Part III: Workforce Certificate Audits
The Minnesota Department of Human Rights (MDHR) recently made updates to several documents and definitions for Minnesota government contractors. This is the third 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. Part two covers the Minnesota Equal Pay Certificate. In part three, we discuss workforce certificate audits. The Minnesota Department of Human Rights (MDHR) may request information from a workforce certificate holder to evaluate the contractor’s efforts to implement its compliance plan to maintain a workforce free from discrimination under the Minnesota Human Rights Act (MHRA). According to the MDHR, workforce certificate holders can expect to be audited at least once during...