Lunchtime Learning - Youth Employment Law Workshop

Workplace Rules and Regulations for businesses that hire youth.

The Winona Area Chamber of Commerce will be hosting the MN Department of Employment and Economic Development on Thursday, April 23rd. The seminar will be held at the Chamber Office in conjunction with the Lunchtime Learning Series.

The objective for this presentation is to make sure that employers know how to comply with child labor laws and how to access state resource to make that compliance happen in a positive manner.

Topics include:  minimum age to be an employee, hours of work restrictions, kinds of work restrictions, payment of wages, and exemptions from child labor laws. It will also highlight youth service programs through the MN DEED Apprenticeship Division and partnership with the Department of Education, which oversees work experience programs.

About the presenter:
John Stiffin is a Community Services Representative and Senior Labor Investigator for the Minnesota Department of Labor and Industry. In his role as Community Services Representative, he is the person responsible for providing outreach for the Department and educating the general public on all aspects of the laws of the Department and services provided by the Department. Mr. Stiffin also partners with other government agencies to ensure the most efficient enforcement of laws for his and partner agencies.

In addition to his education and outreach roles, Mr. Stiffin works as a Labor Investigator. As a Labor Investigator, he is responsible for protecting the wage rights of current and former employees by enforcing all of Minnesota’s wage & hour laws, collectively known as the Minnesota Fair Labor Standards Act. These laws include, but are not limited to: minimum wage, overtime, child labor, final pay, Parental Leave, Packinghouse Worker Bill of Rights and personnel file laws.