minnesota department of labor and industry 443 lafayette road n. st. paul, mn 55155 phone: (651)...

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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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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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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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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Expenditures by program ($266,720,000)

FY 2014-2015

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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.


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)


Employees: 21 Biennial budget: $7,578,000

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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


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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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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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



Special Revenue

Federal

Employees: 79.5 8 percent of agency expenditures

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Office of Combative Sports


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


John Rajkowski, Legislative Director



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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