Other Business Resources
- Assistive Technology Manual
- Check out this manual; it identifies technology services and systems that
help accommodate physical, perceptual, and cognitive abilities, along with
diverse communication and cultural needs.
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- BizPathways
- Follow pathways to help entrepreneurs through the stages of business development.
- Compliance Assistance
- Laws and regulations the Department of Labor enforces and where employers
can go for help in complying with them.
- Dislocated Worker Services
- Find out about your legal requirements and services available to your employees
when you do a layoff.
- EDAM Foundation
- The Economic Development Association of Minnesota Foundation (EDAM), a
non-profit 501(c) 3 organized to build stronger Minnesota communities.
- eFolio Minnesota
- Use customized electronic portfolios in employee evaluation and development.
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- Employment Law
- Find a list of websites where you can find information about employment
law.
- Foreign (Alien) Labor Certification Program
- See how to certify foreign workers for employment in the U.S.
- Job Accommodation Network (JAN)
- Learn about this service that provides information on job accommodations
and the employability of people with disabilities.
- Job Service Employer Committees (JSECs)
- Join a Job Service Employer Committee (JSEC) in your area.
- Job-Skill Analysis Services
- Build a high-performance workforce through employee assessment training.
- JOBZ Minnesota
- Learn how the JOBZ program stimulates economic development activity in
distressed areas of Minnesota by providing local and state tax exemptions.
- Labor Law Standards/Compliance
- Understand your rights and responsibilities under laws and regulations
administered by the state and federal governments.
- Labor Market Information
- Access a wealth of workforce-related information that goes beyond just
sheer numbers, including insight on new workforce entrants, workforce shortages,
employment and other economic information.
- Minnesota Federal Bonding Service
- Find out about insurance that protects employers against employee theft
of money or property.
- Minnesota Government
Branches, Agencies and Offices
- Visit North Star, the hub for Minnesota state government.
- New Hire Reporting
- Comply with Minnesota Statute and the Personal Responsibility and Work
Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996, which require all employers to report
newly hired employees.
- Resource Guide for Answers to Employment Related
Questions
- Get the answers to employment related questions by using this handy guide
that matches state and federal regulations with the responsible agencies.
- Salary Information
- Access wage and salary information to learn how your employees' wages compare
to others in Minnesota or across the U.S.
- Tax Credits
- Since 1996, Minnesota employers have received over $87 million in federal
tax credits for hiring members of targeted groups, such as Welfare-to-Work
clients; see how.
- Unemployment Tax
- Find information, forms, and support to pay your Minnesota Unemployment
Insurance tax.
- U.S. Business Advisor
- Locate federal government information and services and conduct on-line
business transactions.
- U.S. Department of Labor
- Visit this site for information on workers' wages, health and safety, employment
and pension rights, equal employment opportunity, job training, unemployment
insurance, and workers' compensation.
- U.S. Small Business Administration
- Find an abundance of resources from the United States Small Business Administration.
- Virtual Entrepreneurial Network (VEN)
- Get virtual support to small businesses trying to thrive in rural communities,
particularly those areas that seek to increase the rate of business start-ups
and diversify their economic base.
- Workplace Posters
- Access posters that provide safety, wage, and age-discrimination information.
Minnesota law requires certain posters be displayed by employers in locations
where employees can easily see them.
