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Minnesota Department of Labor and Industry
443 Lafayette Road N.
St. Paul, MN 55155
Phone: (651) 284-5000 Phone: 1-800-DIAL-DLI (1-800-342-5354)
TTY: (651) 297-4198
www.dli.mn.gov
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Minnesota Department of Labor and Industry
The department's mission is to ensure that Minnesota's work and living environments are equitable, healthy and safe.
It strives to be a fair regulator and a trusted resource for employees, employers, property owners and other stakeholders.
DLI supports the following statewide outcomes: People in Minnesota are safe. Strong and stable families and communities. A thriving economy that encourages business growth and employment opportunities.
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Agency activities are designed to assure that:
Workplaces are free from injury and illness.
Buildings are safe for those who occupy them.
Workers injured on the job are provided treatment and benefits required by law.
Apprenticeship training that provides the opportunity to learn critical skills is available in all communities.
Those who construct and inspect buildings are qualified to perform the work.
Workers are paid the appropriate wages for all hours worked.
Employees and employers understand their rights and responsibilities in the workplace.
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DLI administers laws related to employment, apprenticeship, workplace safety, workers’ compensation and construction of buildings through its core functions:
provide training, outreach and other resources to customers;
promulgate construction codes;
conduct plan reviews, inspections, audits and investigations;
conducts workplace safety and health inspections and consultations;
review workers’ compensation claims and oversee the provision of benefits;
provide informal dispute resolution services of worker’s compensation claims;
provide vocational rehabilitation services;
issue penalties for violations of the law;
issue professional licenses and certifications; and
register apprenticeship programs.
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Revenues by fund ($266,720,000) Total Employees: 435.25
FY 2014-2015
Federal$10,636,000
4%Other
$2,056,000Less than 1%
Workers' Comp$189,184,000
71%
Special Revenue$12,290,000
Less than 5%
Construction Code$50,922,000
19%
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Minnesota Department of Labor and Industry
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Minnesota Department of Labor and Industry
2014 Agency total expenditures: $143,164,000
Salary FTE’s Operations Total External$39,100,000 458.25 $11,630,000 $50,730,000 92,434,000 $2,510,000 23.00 $1,425,000 $3,935,000 -0-$36,590,000 435.25 $10,205,000 $46,795,000 $92,434,000 (25.57%) (7.13%) (32.70%) (64.60%)
DLI agency totalMN.IT-DLI SpendDLI Net Base% of expenditures
External$200,000
$70,467,000
$1,703,000$7,250,000
$751,000$100,000
$998,000$800,000
$2,565,000$7,500,000
$100,000
$92,434,000
Safety and Workers’ Compensation DivisionVinland Grant
Workers’ Comp Claims Services and Investigations unitBenefit claims for injured workers
Other state agenciesWorkers’ Comp Court of AppealsOffice of Administrative HearingsCommerce (Fraud investigations)
Minnesota Management and Budget
OSHA Workplace Safety ConsultationSafety Grants
Loggers rebates
Construction Codes and LicensingContractor Recovery Fund
76 Contract electrical inspectors
Labor Standards and Apprenticeship: LEAP Grants
Total agency external expenditures
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Minnesota Department of Labor and Industry
Workers’ Compensation FundFY 2014-2015The purpose of the Workers’ Compensation Fund is to provide special benefits and services authorized under the workers’ compensation law. These include:
supplementary benefits ($100,000,000) for approximately 3,000 claimants
second-injury benefits ($21,274,000)
workers’ compensation benefits paid to employees of uninsured and bankrupt self-insured employers ($19,660,000)
costs of administering the workers’ compensation and a portion of occupational safety and health programs at Labor and Industry ($48,122,000), and
costs of workers’ compensation activities of the Office of Administrative Hearings ($14,500,000), Workers’ Compensation Court of Appeals ($3,406,000), the Department of Commerce ($1,502,000) and Minnesota Management and Budget ($200,000).
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Helps employees injured on-the-job to receive proper medical treatment and benefit payments in a timely manner, mediates disputes about injuries and benefits, issues penalties for late benefit payments to injured employees and reviews records to ensure state laws are followed.
Special Compensation Fund
Alternative Dispute Resolution
Compliance Records and Training
Vocational Rehabilitation
Workers’ Compensation
Safety and Workers’ Compensation Division
Employees: 124.5 Biennial budget: $162,484,000
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OSHA Compliance
Enforces the Minnesota Occupational Safety and Health Act (MNOSHA) and standards that assure safe and healthful working conditions for Minnesota workers through on-site inspections, issuing citations for noncompliance, interpreting standards and helping employers understand how to comply with those standards.
MNOSHA revises and/or adopts new or existing OSHA regulations and responds to employee complaints of workplace hazards and discrimination due to safety and health issues.
Safety and Workers’ Compensation Division
Employees: 74.0 Biennial budget: $16,390,000
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Workplace Safety Consultation
Provides safety and health consultation services and inspections to Minnesota private-sector employers, directed primarily toward high-hazard industries and intended to help employers understand and comply with MNOSHA standards. Also conducts educational safety and health seminars.
Recent construction industry partnerships: Radisson BLU (Bloomington) University Recreation and Wellness Center Project (U of M) Children's Hospital (Minneapolis) St. Cloud Hospital (St. Cloud) U of M Biomedical Discovery District (Minneapolis)
Recent general industry partnerships: Silver King Refrigeration, Inc. (Plymouth) Johnson Memorial Health Services (Dawson) Monsanto (Olivia, Owatonna, Stanton) Valspar (Minneapolis)
Safety and Workers’ Compensation Division
Employees: 21 Biennial budget: $7,578,000
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Safety and Workers’ Compensation Division
Expenditures by activity FY 2014-15
Special Comp Fund
Alternative Dispute Resolution
Compliance Records and Training
OSHA Compliance
OSHA Workplace Safety Consultation
Vocational Rehabilitation
Workers’ Comp Admin (space, IT, etc.)
Financing by fund
Workers’ Compensation
Federal
$145,500,000
$4,490,000
$6,548,000
$16,390,000
$7,578,000
$4,332,000
$1,614,000
$186,452,000
$176,134,000
$10,318,000
$186,452,000
($140,934,000 for benefits)
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Construction Codes and Licensing
Protects the health, safety, and welfare of the public by providing reasonable, uniform and balanced standards for Minnesota’s buildings and construction professionals.
Construction Codes and Licensing Building Codes and Standards Building Contractors Electrical Licensing and Inspection Elevator Inspection Plumbing and Engineering Boiler Operation and Inspection High-pressure-piping systems Boats-for-hire
Functions: Building Code Adoption and Administration Licensing and Certification Plan review Inspection Education Enforcement
Employees: 138.25 (in addition, 76 contractors conduct electrical inspections)
Biennial budget: $55,770,000 (1/3 of budget is related to electrical inspections)
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Construction Codes and Services Division
Expenditures by activity FY 2014-15
Construction Codes and Licensing $55,770,000
$55,770,000
$50,340,000
$5,430,000 $ 55,770,000
Financing by fundConstruction CodeSpecial Revenue
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Labor Standards
Provides outreach and education to employers and employees about compliance with:
labor and employment laws minimum wage overtime child labor laws prevailing wage parental leave laws employee rights regarding termination of employment
and wages due.
Receives 25,000 inquires each year.
Conducts 600 investigations annually.
In 2012, recovered $2M in wages for more than 2,600 workers.
Community Services representative provides outreach and education about Minnesota’s labor laws to businesses, professional groups, schools and community-based organizations that provide employment services to minority and cultural populations.
Labor Standards and Apprenticeship
Employees: 11 Biennial budget: $1,912,000
(only General fund monies in DLI’s budget)
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Apprenticeship
Apprenticeship unit regulates, supervises and promotes apprenticeship programs that have been approved and meet state standard requirements.
Staff provide technical assistance to employers developing apprenticeship programs.
They also provide schools, guidance counselors and other business and industry groups with information regarding program requirements, selection criteria and general information about conducting registered apprenticeship programs.
Field representatives conduct approximately 400 visits annually to sponsors, employers and promotional visits to prospective sponsors.
Staff approve and monitor programs, including the construction trades, plant maintenance, graphic arts and the power trade industry.
Labor Standards and Apprenticeship
Employees: 6.0 Biennial budget: $1,744,000 (Workforce Development Funds from DEED)
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Minnesota Department of Labor and Industry
Financing by fund FY 2014-15
Workforce Development
General fund$2,044,000
$1,612,000
$3,656,000
Labor Standards and Apprenticeship DivisionExpenditures by activity FY 2014-15
Labor Standards
Apprenticeship$1,612,000 – General fund
$300,000--Workforce Development Funds from DEED
$1,744,000 – Workforce Development Funds from DEED
$3,656,000
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Minnesota Department of Labor and Industry
General Support DivisionSupports agency operations through financial and human resources management, information technology, communications, research and statistics, legal advice and litigation.
Note: MN.IT Spend is included in DLI’s General Support Division expenditures: FTE’s 23.0 and total costs of $3,935,000
$13,050,000
$7,172,000
$318,000
$20,540,000
Financing by fund FY 2014-15
Workers’ Compensation
Special Revenue
Federal
Employees: 79.5 8 percent of agency expenditures
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Minnesota Department of Labor and Industry
Office of Combative Sports
Financing by fund FY 2014-15
Biennial budget: $248,000 Special Revenue
Combative sporting events include boxing, mixed martial arts and “tough person” competitions. The Office of Combative Sports (OCS) ensures combative sporting events are conducted safely and fairly. The OCS licenses event participants including: combatants, promoters, referees and trainers. OCS also establishes regulatory safeguards for the protection of fighters and to ensure fairness and safety.
The Combative Sports Advisory Council was created in 2012 under the statutory authority of Minnesota Statutes 341.221. The legislation creating the council abolished the Combative Sports Commission and transferred its duties to the commissioner of labor and industry.
After the initial statutory appointment of the Combative Sports Commission membership, the commissioner appoints the nine-member advisory council, which is composed of one retired judge, four members with knowledge of the boxing industry and four members with knowledge of the mixed martial arts industry.
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Employees: 1.6 FTEs (includes 19 intermittent inspectors at 5 percent time)
Commissioner Ken PetersonPhone: (651) 284-5010 * [email protected]
Kris Eiden, Deputy Commissioner
Phone: (651) 284-5010 * [email protected]
Jessica Looman, Assistant Commissioner
Construction Codes and Labor Standards
Phone: (651) 284-5018 * [email protected]
John Rajkowski, Legislative Director
Phone: (651) 284-5103 * [email protected]
Minnesota Department of Labor and Industry
St. Paul office443 Lafayette Road N. St. Paul, MN 55155-4320(651) 284-50051-800-DIAL-DLI (1-800-342-5354)TTY: (651) 297-4198
Mankato office410 Jackson Street, Suite 520Mankato, MN 56001(507) 389-6507
St. Cloud office3400 First Street N., Suite 405St. Cloud, MN 56303(320) 258-2050
Duluth office5 N. Third Ave. W., #402Duluth, MN 55802-1611OSHA office(218) 733-7830
Workers’ Compensation office(218) 733-78101-800-365-4584
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