Minnesota Legislature
SF 2093
as introduced - 84th Legislature (2005 - 2006) Posted on 12/15/2009 12:00am
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A bill for an act
relating to commerce; modifying definition of "wage";
amending Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 177.23,
subdivision 4.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
Section 1.
Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 177.23,
subdivision 4, is amended to read:
Subd. 4.
Wage.
"Wage" means compensation due to an
employee by reason of employment, payable deleted text begin in deleted text end new text begin by new text end legal tender of
the United States, new text begin by new text end check on banks convertible into cash on
demand at full face valuenew text begin ,new text end or, except for instances of written
objection to the employer by the employee, new text begin by new text end direct deposit to
the employee's choice of demand deposit account new text begin or electronic
transfer to a stored value or debit cardnew text end , subject to allowances
permitted by rules of the department under section 177.28new text begin ,
provided that for stored value or debit card payment, at least
one free transaction is provided per pay period and any other
fees or other charges are prominently disclosed to the employeenew text end .