Alerts6.4.25
New Minneapolis Civil Rights Amendment Expands Risk for Employers
Highlights
- Effective Aug. 1, 2025, businesses with employees in Minneapolis face expanded risk
- Minneapolis adds height, weight, housing status, and "justice-impacted" status to protected categories
- Minneapolis broadens its definition of qualifying disability
Last month, Minneapolis adopted several amendments to the city’s anti-discrimination ordinance substantially expanding the law’s protections, which will apply to Minneapolis employers effective Aug. 1, 2025. These amendments will apply to not only employers with operations located within Minneapolis, but also to any business that employs at least one person performing services within Minneapolis.
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