{"data":{"id":"us-mn/minn.-stat.-176.306","jurisdiction":"us-mn","citation":"Minn. Stat. § 176.306","heading":"SCHEDULED HEARINGS.","body":"Subdivision 1. Chief administrative law judge.\nThe chief administrative law judge shall schedule workers' compensation hearings on as regular a schedule as may be practicable in no fewer than six widely separated locations throughout the state, including at least four locations outside of the seven-county metropolitan area and Duluth, for the purpose of providing a convenient forum for parties to a compensation hearing and shall maintain a permanent office in Duluth staffed by at least one compensation judge. Continuances of the scheduled hearing date may be granted only under section 176.341, subdivision 4.\nSubd. 2. District administrators; clerks of court.\nThe judicial district administrators or the court administrators of the county or district courts nearest to the locations selected by the chief administrative law judge pursuant to subdivision 1 shall provide suitable hearing rooms at the times and places agreed upon for the purpose of conducting workers' compensation hearings.\nSubd. 3. Scheduling matters.\nA compensation judge may schedule a pretrial or settlement conference, whether or not a party requests such a conference.","path":["LABOR, INDUSTRY","CHAPTER 176. WORKERS' COMPENSATION","PROCEDURE"],"source_url":"https://www.revisor.mn.gov/statutes/cite/176.306","current_through":"2025 Minnesota Statutes","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-02T22:10:35Z","sha256":"41d586505f1c602c0468586217f80ec35ab9652d1bfbbe9082aff8d7e88e3e11","source_id":"us-mn","stale":false,"prev":"us-mn/minn.-stat.-176.305","next":"us-mn/minn.-stat.-176.307"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}