Need to draft or update your Minnesota employee handbook?

You have come to the right place.  We can draft and update your Minnesota employee handbook, personnel manual, work rules, and critical employee policies to ensure that they comply with Minnesota legal requirements and the latest "best practices" for employers.

An updated Minnesota employee handbook is essential to reducing employment related claims.

In today's difficult job market, employment lawsuits alleging discrimination, harassment, wrongful termination, or other wrongful employment practices are on the rise.  Many laid off or terminated employees cannot find work elsewhere and decide to bring legal claims against their former employer.  Minnesota employers are not immune from these lawsuits.  In fact, employers operating in the State of Minnesota must be cognizant of applicable federal employment laws and regulations as well as a plethora of Minnesota employment law statutes.

In recent years, significant state and federal legislation has been put into place amending workplace laws regarding family and medical leave (FMLA), military leave, genetic testing, wage and hour / overtime pay, and a host of other topics. 

Often, the best defense against claims of wrongful termination or harassment is a carefully drafted set of policies contained in your company's Minnesota employee handbook or personnel manual.  By clearly setting forth the company's expectations, it is more difficult for employees and former employees to allege unfair treatment or second guess termination for performance problems.

Advantages that come from updating your Minnesota employee handbook:

A well-drafted and legally compliant Minnesota employee handbook serves many goals:

• placing employees on notice of work rules and expectations;
• encouraging supervisors to enforce expectations uniformly;
• ensuring compliance with technical employment regulations;
• addressing "hot topics" such as H1 N1 influenza risks or other viruses and diseases;
• complying with recent amendments to the Family & Medical Leave Act (FMLA);
• complying with recent amendments addressing leave for military service members;
• preserving the "at will" employment status of employees;
• discouraging sexual and other forms of unlawful harassment;
• helping insulate the company from liability if harassment does occur;
• adopting a "whistleblower" policy (sometimes required by Sarbanes Oxley); and
• including federally mandated policies (e.g., FMLA and COBRA) where applicable.

If you want a legally compliant Minnesota employee handbook, consult with an attorney first.

If you are in need of a new or updated Minnesota employee handbook, the law firm of Trepanier & MacGillis P.A. in Minneapolis, Minnesota offers an Initial Minnesota Employee Handbook Legal Consultation with an employee handbook attorney, as well as a flat fee package for preparing your employee handbook or personnel manual to cover Minnesota employees.

As part of the flat fee, a Minnesota employee handbook attorney will review and revise your existing work rules, policies, and practices including all provisions in your current Minnesota employee handbook or personnel manual.  If you do not already have an employee handbook, our employment attorneys will customize one for you.

To learn more, click on the link above for your initial Minnesota employee handbook legal consultation with a Minnesota employee handbook attorney.



The Minnesota employment law firm of Trepanier & MacGillis P.A. located in Minneapolis, Minnesota represents  employers in the Twin Cities and Greater Minnesota area in a variety of labor and employment law matters.  The firm's Minnesota employee handbook attorneys and Minnesota employee handbook lawyers can prepare and update your Minnesota employee handbook, Minnesota employee manual, Minnesota personnel manual, Minnesota personnel policies, and Minnesota work rules for employers in Minneapolis, St. Paul, Apple Valley, Blaine, Bloomington, Brainerd, Brooklyn Park, Burnsville, Coon Rapids, Duluth, Eagan, Eden Prairie, Edina, Lakeville, Mankato, Maple Grove, Minnetonka, Moorhead, Plymouth, Richfield, Rochester, St. Cloud, Stillwater, Twin Cities, Woodbury and other cities within the State of Minnesota (MN) (Minn.).