{"data":{"id":"us-mn/minn.-stat.-177.22","jurisdiction":"us-mn","citation":"Minn. Stat. § 177.22","heading":"STATEMENT OF PURPOSE.","body":"The purpose of the Minnesota Fair Labor Standards Act is (1) to establish minimum wage and overtime compensation standards that maintain workers' health, efficiency, and general well-being; (2) to safeguard existing minimum wage and overtime compensation standards that maintain workers' health, efficiency, and general well-being against the unfair competition of wage and hour standards that do not; and (3) to sustain purchasing power and increase employment opportunities.","path":["LABOR, INDUSTRY","CHAPTER 177. LABOR STANDARDS AND WAGES","FAIR LABOR STANDARDS ACT"],"source_url":"https://www.revisor.mn.gov/statutes/cite/177.22","current_through":"2025 Minnesota Statutes","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-02T22:10:35Z","sha256":"676e632671b6ddf4d407136587c7f5610a4e35f088c4081b2f9c964a63bb8100","source_id":"us-mn","stale":false,"prev":"us-mn/minn.-stat.-177.21","next":"us-mn/minn.-stat.-177.23"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}