Payroll

Onboarding

One rehire flag. Eight different clocks.

Sep 7, 2026

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12 min read

One rehire flag. Eight different clocks.

Your payroll system has one box for "rehire." Minnesota and federal law have at least eight answers, and they run from 60 days to seven years.

280E

Sep 4, 2026

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7 min read

Fifty is an average, not a headcount

Counting to applicable large employer status, the two penalties, and the December 2024 law that most online summaries still miss.

Payroll

Three years of records, 72 hours to produce them

Aug 27, 2026

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3 min read

Three years of records, 72 hours to produce them

Minnesota tells you exactly what to keep, where to keep it, and how fast to hand it over. The penalty for not keeping it is separate from the penalty for whatever it would have shown.

Terminations

You have 24 hours from the moment they ask

Aug 26, 2026

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3 min read

You have 24 hours from the moment they ask

Minnesota's final-pay rules are shorter than most operators think, and the penalty runs by the day.

Wage and Hour

The tip jar is not yours to redistribute

Aug 24, 2026

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3 min read

The tip jar is not yours to redistribute

Minnesota has no tip credit, no employer-mandated pooling, and since 2024 no processing-fee haircut. Dispensaries inherited all three rules the moment they put out a jar.

Risk

Aug 20, 2026

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3 min read

Payroll software, PEO, or EOR

Three very different answers to one question: who is legally the employer of the person behind your counter?

Classification

Calling them a contractor doesn't make them one

Aug 19, 2026

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2 min read

Calling them a contractor doesn't make them one

Minnesota misclassification penalties run to $10,000 per worker — and they can reach owners personally.

Unemployment

Aug 18, 2026

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2 min read

Every layoff has a four-year tail

How Minnesota experience rating actually prices your unemployment tax — and what a single bad quarter costs you through 2029.

Payroll

A garnishment order doesn't care that you pay in cash

Aug 17, 2026

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2 min read

A garnishment order doesn't care that you pay in cash

What Minnesota payroll owes the court, how much you can withhold, and the mistake that makes the employer liable for the debt.

Wage and Hour

Fifteen minutes every four hours, now in writing

Aug 11, 2026

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2 min read

Fifteen minutes every four hours, now in writing

Minnesota's clarified break rules and the January 2026 wage floor land hardest on the one place cannabis retail is thinnest: the solo shift.

Paid Leave

Aug 7, 2026

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2 min read

Minnesota Paid Leave is live. Here is what it costs your crew.

Premiums, the employer-employee split, and the quarterly filing cannabis employers keep missing.

Risk

One wrong class code can cost more than a year of payroll fees

Aug 6, 2026

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2 min read

One wrong class code can cost more than a year of payroll fees

Budtender, trimmer, extractor, driver — why workers' comp classifications rarely match the job, and what it costs when they don't.

280E

Schedule III changed your taxes. It did not change your payroll.

Aug 5, 2026

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2 min read

Schedule III changed your taxes. It did not change your payroll.

What the April 2026 rescheduling order actually means for medical vs. adult-use operators — and why your payroll records just got more valuable.

Payroll

One rehire flag. Eight different clocks.

Fifty is an average, not a headcount

Three years of records, 72 hours to produce them

You have 24 hours from the moment they ask

The tip jar is not yours to redistribute

Payroll software, PEO, or EOR

Calling them a contractor doesn't make them one

Every layoff has a four-year tail

A garnishment order doesn't care that you pay in cash

Fifteen minutes every four hours, now in writing

Minnesota Paid Leave is live. Here is what it costs your crew.

One wrong class code can cost more than a year of payroll fees

Schedule III changed your taxes. It did not change your payroll.

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