new text begin [181.173] SALARY RANGES REQUIRED IN JOB POSTINGS.
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new text begin Subdivision 1. new text end

new text begin Definitions. new text end

new text begin (a) For the purposes of this section, the following terms have
the meanings given to them in this subdivision.
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new text begin (b) "Employer" means a person or entity that employs 30 or more employees at a
minimum of one site and includes an individual, corporation, partnership, association,
nonprofit organization, group of persons, state, county, town, city, school district, or other
governmental subdivision.
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new text begin (c) "Posting" means any solicitation intended to recruit job applicants for a specific
available position, including recruitment done directly by an employer or indirectly through
a third party, and includes any postings made electronically or via printed hard copy, that
includes qualifications for desired applicants.
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new text begin (d) "Salary range" means the minimum and maximum annual salary or hourly range of
compensation for a job opportunity of the employer at the time of the posting of an
advertisement for such opportunity.
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new text begin Subd. 2. new text end

new text begin Salary ranges in job postings required. new text end

new text begin (a) An employer must disclose in
each posting for each job opening with the employer the starting salary range, and a general
description of all of the benefits and other compensation to be offered to a hired job applicant.
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new text begin (b) An employer that does not plan to offer a salary range for a position must list a fixed
pay rate. A salary range may not be open ended.
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