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HF1484 (Legislative Session 94 (2025-2026))

Employers required to disclose in job postings whether employee health plan options comply with cost-sharing limits.

Related bill: SF2235

AI Generated Summary

Purpose

  • To require employers to be transparent about pay and health care costs in job postings. Specifically, postings must show the starting salary range, describe benefits, and indicate whether a health plan option meets cost-sharing limits.

Main Provisions

  • In Minnesota Statutes 2024 section 181.173 subdivision 2 (Salary ranges in job postings required):
    • For every job opening, the posting must include:
    • the starting salary range, and
    • a general description of all benefits and other compensation (including health and retirement benefits),
    • and whether the applicant will be offered a health plan option that complies with the cost-sharing limits under section 62Q.481 subdivision 1.
  • If an employer does not plan to offer a salary range for a position, the posting must list a fixed pay rate.
  • A salary range may not be open-ended.

Changes to Existing Law

  • Adds explicit requirements to disclose compensation and benefits, including health plan cost-sharing information, in each job posting.
  • Establishes that if no range is offered, a fixed pay rate must be shown.
  • Prohibits open-ended salary ranges in job postings.

Practical Implications

  • Job seekers will see upfront how much they could earn and what benefits are available, including the cost of health care.
  • Employers must prepare postings that clearly state salary, benefits, and health plan cost-sharing details.
  • Could influence how salaries and benefits are communicated during hiring.

Note on Scope

  • This summary focuses on the changes to Minnesota Statutes 2024 section 181.173 subdivision 2 and how postings must be written.

Relevant Terms

  • cost-sharing limits
  • health plan option
  • health plan cost-sharing
  • section 62Q.481 subdivision 1
  • starting salary range
  • benefits and other compensation
  • fixed pay rate
  • salary range
  • open-ended
  • job postings
  • employer
  • Minnesota Statutes 2024
  • Subd.2. Salary ranges in job postings required

Bill text versions

Actions

DateChamberWhereTypeNameCommittee Name
February 24, 2025HouseActionIntroduction and first reading, referred toWorkforce, Labor, and Economic Development Finance and Policy

Citations

 
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  {
    "analysis": {
      "added": [
        "Requires disclosure of the starting salary range in each job posting.",
        "Requires disclosure of a general description of all benefits and other compensation (including health or retirement benefits).",
        "Requires disclosure of whether a health plan option offered to a hired applicant complies with cost-sharing limits under section 62Q.481, subdivision 1."
      ],
      "removed": [],
      "summary": "This bill amends Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 181.173, subdivision 2, to require employers to disclose in job postings the starting salary range and a description of benefits and other compensation, including whether a health plan option offered to a hired applicant complies with cost-sharing limits under section 62Q.481, subdivision 1.",
      "modified": [
        "Adds health plan cost-sharing compliance information to existing salary and benefits disclosures."
      ]
    },
    "citation": "181.173",
    "subdivision": "2"
  },
  {
    "analysis": {
      "added": [],
      "removed": [],
      "summary": "This bill references Minnesota Statutes 62Q.481, subdivision 1, which sets cost-sharing limits for health plans and is used to determine compliance of health plan options mentioned in the job posting disclosures.",
      "modified": []
    },
    "citation": "62Q.481",
    "subdivision": "1"
  }
]

Progress through the legislative process

17%
In Committee

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