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Statutes > Minnesota > 175-186 > 177 > 177_22177.22 STATEMENT OF PURPOSE.
The purpose of the Minnesota Fair Labor Standards Act is (1) to establish minimum wage and overtime compensation standards that maintain workers' health, efficiency, and general well-being; (2) to safeguard existing minimum wage and overtime compensation standards that maintain workers' health, efficiency, and general well-being against the unfair competition of wage and hour standards that do not; and (3) to sustain purchasing power and increase employment opportunities.
History:
1973 c 721 s 2; 1984 c 628 art 4 s 1
