Minnesota
Pesticide Reporting Requirements
Region
Minnesota
Required to Report
Optional
What to Report
Any Pesticide-Related Exposure
State Office
Department of Agriculture, Pesticide and Fertilizer Management Division
Phone 1
1-800-422-0798
Reporting Notes
Information about pesticide rules, regulations and reporting of exposures can be found Minnesota Department of Agriculture Pesticide and Fertilizer Management Pesticide website: http://www.mda.state.mn.us/chemicals/pesticides/complaints/pestfertfaqs/pestfertfaqs02.aspx
Workers' Compensation
Coverage for Farmworkers
Required (with limitations)
Limitations
Employers that are "family farms" do not have to provide workers' compensation. Family farm is defined as a farm operation that pays wages, exclusive of machine hire, to farm laborers for services during the previous year (1) that are less than $8,000; or (2) that are less than the state average annual wage, if the farm operation has total liability and medical payment coverage equal to $300,000 and $5,000, respectively, under a farm liability insurance policy, and the policy covers injuries to farm laborers.
Statute
Minn. Stat. Ann. §§ 176.041 subd. 1(2), 176.011 subd. 11a (2009)
Coverage for Undocumented Workers
Yes
Case Law
Correa v. Waymouth Farms, Inc., 664 N.W.2d 324, 329 (Minn. 2003) (holding that Immigration Reform Control Act (IRCA) did not prevent state from awarding workers' compensation benefits to unauthorized aliens and thus alien, who medically was released to work with restrictions, was not prohibited by Act from conducting a diligent job search as a condition of receiving temporary total disability benefits under state's workers' compensation law).
Benefits Available for Undocumented Workers
Undocumented workers are eligible for temporary total disability benefits, even though this requires diligent job search as a condition of receiving such benefits. Correa v. Waymouth Farms, Inc., 664 N.W.2d 324, 330 (Minn. 2003).
State Workers’ Compensation Website
Online forms