Employment Law Matters
Date: May 5, 2016
HR Complaint Process May Toll the Running of the MHRA’s Statute of Limitations
Generally, claims under the Minnesota Human Rights Act (MHRA) are subject to a one year statute of limitations. However, that limitations period may be extended by the period of time that the parties are voluntarily engaged in a dispute resolution process involving a claim of unlawful discrimination under the MHRA. In a decision issued this week, the Minnesota Court of Appeals found that the time spent by an employer’s human resources department investigating a complaint of discrimination may extend the time available to a complainant to file a charge of discrimination or commence litigation under the MHRA. Read the newsletter.
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