Minnesota Warehouse Distribution Worker Safety Act

It covers employers with 250 or more employees at one warehouse distribution center or 1,000 across Minnesota. Employers must give written quota descriptions, provide quota and work speed data on request, and not set quotas that prevent breaks or bathroom use. If a site's injury rate is at least 30% above the industry average, the state investigates and the employer must hold monthly safety committee meetings. A separate law requires warehouse employers with 100 or more employees to run ergonomics programs since 2024.

Minnesota links quotas to injury data, so high injury rates bring state attention and extra meetings. Covered sites should track their OSHA recordable rate against the industry average, since that number triggers an investigation. For example, a large fulfillment center outside Minneapolis whose recordable rate is well above the warehousing average can expect a state investigation and must hold monthly safety committee meetings, and its ergonomics program must already assess risks from repetitive lifting under the 2024 ergonomics law.

• Labor Management SystemLMSSoftware that tracks warehouse labor

• Warehouse Worker Protection Act2021 · State laws regulating warehouse productivity quotas
• New York Warehouse Worker Protection Act2022, effective 2023 · New York quota disclosure and injury reduction law
• California AB 701 Warehouse Quota Law2021 · Limits and disclosure for warehouse productivity quotas

1. Minnesota Statutes 181.9445 to 181.9448 (Revisor) revisor.mn.gov
2. Minnesota Statutes 182.6526 Warehouse distribution worker safety revisor.mn.gov