Getting Paid
Minn. Stat. 181.13 — a discharged worker's pay is due on demand, with a daily penalty after 24 hours
Discharged: due on demand. When a Minnesota employer discharges an employee, the wages and commissions actually earned and unpaid are due immediately on the employee's demand. If they are not paid within 24 hours after the demand, the employer is in default, and the employee may collect, besides the wages, a penalty of the employee's average daily earnings for each day up to 15 days of default.
An employee who quits is paid in full no later than the first regularly scheduled payday after the last day of work. If that payday is less than five calendar days away, payment may wait until the second payday, but no longer than 20 calendar days after the last day.
An action for wages or overtime under a state or federal wage law is brought within two years, or three if the nonpayment was willful.
Sources for this section (3)
- Minn. Stat. 181.13 — Penalty for failure to pay wages promptly
- Minn. Stat. 181.14 — Payment to employees who quit or resign
- Minn. Stat. 541.07 — Limitations: two- or three-year
Legal information, not legal advice. Verified as of September 2026. Applying it to a particular situation is the work of a licensed Minnesota attorney.