2025 Session Last amended: 1997 session

§ 181.16 — Construction of Sections 181.13 to 181.171

Plain-Language Summary

This section explains how the wage-payment rules in sections 181.13 to 181.171 are to be applied. It provides that those sections do not apply to an employer (whether an individual, partnership, or corporation) that is bankrupt or that is operating under a receiver or trustee acting under the direction of a court. It also provides that payment or tender made by a check drawn on a bank located in the county where the worker is employed counts as a sufficient payment or tender under those sections.

181.16 CONSTRUCTION OF SECTIONS 181.13 TO 181.171.

Sections 181.13 to 181.171 shall not be construed to apply to any employer or an individual, copartnership, or corporation that is bankrupt, or where a receiver or trustee is acting under the direction of the court. Payment or tender by check drawn on a bank situated in the county where a laborer is employed shall be a sufficient payment or tender to comply with the provisions of sections 181.13 to 181.171.

History:

(4130) 1919 c 175 s 4; 1983 c 41 s 1; 1997 c 7 art 1 s 87

History: History: (4130) 1919 c 175 s 4; 1983 c 41 s 1; 1997 c 7 art 1 s 87

Practical Notes

If an employer is bankrupt or is being run by a court-appointed receiver or trustee, the wage-payment requirements in sections 181.13 to 181.171 do not apply to that employer, so a worker in that situation may need to pursue payment through the bankruptcy or receivership proceeding instead. An employer who pays or offers to pay with a check drawn on a bank in the county where the worker is employed has met these sections’ payment requirement.

Source: Minnesota Office of the Revisor of Statutes