Minnesota Department of Labor and Industry

What Minnesota Department of Labor and Industry does

The Minnesota Department of Labor and Industry (DLI) is a Minnesota state government agency headquartered at 443 Lafayette Road N., St. Paul, Minnesota, with approximately 209 employees. DLI is the state-level regulator responsible for enforcing Minnesota's labor laws and administering occupational regulation across multiple divisions: the Labor Standards Division (minimum wage, overtime, earned sick and safe time, child labor, wage claims), Minnesota OSHA (state-plan workplace safety enforcement), the Workers' Compensation Division (administering the state's workers' compensation system), the Construction Codes and Licensing Division (licensing contractors, electricians, plumbers, elevator constructors, residential remodelers and roofers), and workforce development programs including Apprenticeship Minnesota, the Minnesota Dual-Training Pipeline, and the Youth Skills Training (YST@DLI) program.

DLI serves two primary horizontal segments: Minnesota businesses (for licensing, permits, workplace safety compliance, and workers' compensation coverage) and Minnesota workers (for wage claim filing, workplace safety complaints, misclassification enforcement, and pregnancy/sick time protections). It also runs persona-specific programs for students, young workers, pregnant workers and new parents under WESA, and workers with disabilities under the subminimum-wage permit system. The agency's distribution model is built around a self-service website (dli.mn.gov) with online license/permit applications, an SSL-secured payment center, phone and email support divisions, free multilingual workplace posters, and GovDelivery email newsletters across multiple topics.

Its business model is funded through state budget appropriations rather than commercial revenue; certain licenses, permits, and fee-based services generate non-appropriation income, while the bulk of operations are tax-funded. Pricing is not publicly disclosed for fee-bearing services. The agency's core technology is described as standard web infrastructure with SSL encryption for online transactions, with no disclosed proprietary technology products, AI capabilities, or app offerings.

Name

Minnesota Department of Labor and Industry

Legal name

Minnesota Department of Labor and Industry

Website

https://dli.mn.gov

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Short description

The Minnesota Department of Labor and Industry is a state government agency headquartered in St. Paul, Minnesota, that enforces state labor laws, administers workers' compensation, licenses construction and trade professionals, and runs workforce development programs for all Minnesota employers and workers.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Government Labor Regulation

NAICS

Administration of Human Resource Programs (9231)

akta.pro primary industry

State/Provincial Labor, Employment Standards & Workforce Development Administration (BPAIABAN)

akta.pro secondary industries

Labor, Employment Standards & Occupational Licensing Boards (BPAIAOAF), Occupational Safety, OSHA & Workplace Compliance Training (EDAOAMAK)

Keywords

• Workplace safety regulation
• Workers compensation administration
• Construction contractor licensing
• Labor standards enforcement
• Apprenticeship workforce programs

Headquarters

HQ city

St. Paul

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales

Distribution channels5 records

Marketing channels9 records

Core offering

The Minnesota Department of Labor and Industry is a state regulatory agency that enforces Minnesota's labor and industry laws. It licenses and registers construction contractors and trades (electricians, plumbers, boiler engineers, pipefitters, elevator constructors, residential contractors/remodelers/roofers), administers the workers' compensation system, operates the Minnesota OSHA state plan for workplace safety, enforces wage and hour standards (minimum wage, overtime, earned sick and safe time), investigates worker misclassification, processes wage claims, and runs apprenticeship and youth workforce development programs.

Product overview

The Minnesota Department of Labor and Industry operates as a state regulatory agency providing workforce development programs, regulatory services, and compliance resources. The department offers the Youth Skills Training (YST@DLI) program, Apprenticeship programs, and Minnesota Dual-Training Pipeline as its primary workforce development initiatives. It administers license and permit services for contractors, manages the Workplace Posters compliance resource, provides Minnesota OSHA compliance seminars, and operates the Subminimum-Wage Permit System for workers with disabilities. The agency also enforces worker misclassification laws and offers wage claim filing assistance through its Labor Standards Division.

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Brands

• Youth Skills Training Program (YST@DLI): Program that encourages, promotes and supports the development of local partnerships between schools, employers and community organizations to provide students with related classroom instruction, safety training, industry-recognized credentials and paid work experience in high-growth occupations
• Minnesota Dual-Training Pipeline
• Apprenticeship Minnesota

Products and services

• Youth Skills Training (YST@DLI) Program A grant-funded workforce development program that partners schools, employers, and community organizations to provide Minnesota students with classroom instruction, safety training, industry-recognized credentials, and paid work experience in high-growth occupations including advanced manufacturing, agriculture, automotive, health care, and information technology. Approximately $1.5 million in annual grant funding is available, with individual grant awards capped at $100,000 per local partnership.
• Apprenticeship Program Structured apprenticeship programs under the Apprenticeship Minnesota brand offering earn-while-you-learn training pathways and industry credentials for workers across multiple trades and industries.
• Minnesota Dual-Training Pipeline An industry-based, employer-driven dual-training program providing career pathways in advanced manufacturing, agriculture, child care, health care services, information technology, legal cannabis, and transportation sectors.
• License and Permit Services Online services for applying, renewing, and checking state-issued licenses, registrations, and permits for construction contractors, electrical contractors, plumbing and mechanical contractors, elevator contractors, high-pressure piping contractors, and residential contractors/remodelers/roofers, administered by the Construction Codes and Licensing Division.
• Subminimum-Wage Permit System A regulatory permit system administered by the Labor Standards Division that allows employers to pay subminimum wages to workers with disabilities whose productivity is limited by their disability, issued under Minnesota's special minimum wage provisions.
• Workplace Posters Free downloadable and printable workplace posters required by Minnesota law covering age discrimination, earned sick and safe time, minimum wage rates, workers' compensation, safety and health protections, paid leave, veterans benefits, and other required workplace notices, available in multiple languages.
• Minnesota OSHA Compliance Seminars Free compliance training seminars delivered by Minnesota OSHA covering construction workplace safety and health topics and health care workplace safety, available to employers and workers.
• Worker Misclassification Enforcement A Labor Standards Division enforcement program investigating employers that misclassify employees as independent contractors, applying separate tests for the construction industry and other industries and carrying penalties of up to $10,000 per violation plus criminal exposure under the Wage Theft Prevention Act.

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

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Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Illinois Department of Labor: Enforces Illinois wage, hour, and workplace safety laws; administers apprenticeship programs. Similar state-level labor-standards and apprenticeship mandate to DLI.
• Washington State Department of Labor & Industries: Closest functional analog: a single state agency combining workplace safety enforcement (state OSHA plan), workers' compensation administration, construction codes and licensing, and labor standards. Same multi-mandate regulatory scope as DLI, making it the most directly comparable peer.
• Pennsylvania Department of Labor & Industry: Pennsylvania state agency with parallel naming and remit covering workplace safety, workers' compensation, apprenticeship, and labor standards enforcement. Strong direct structural and functional parallel to DLI.
• Oregon Bureau of Labor and Industries (BOLI): State agency enforcing Oregon wage and hour laws, civil rights, and apprenticeship standards. Comparable in scale and breadth to DLI, with overlapping workforce-development responsibilities through apprenticeship registration.
• Michigan Department of Labor and Economic Opportunity: Michigan's labor standards, wage and hour, and apprenticeship functions are housed here, with comparable enforcement and workforce-development programs. Closely aligned regulatory scope.
• California Department of Industrial Relations: Large state labor agency enforcing wage and hour, workplace safety, workers' compensation, and contractor licensing in California. Closely parallels DLI's combined enforcement + licensing mandate, though at substantially larger scale.
• Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development: Neighbor-state workforce agency combining labor standards enforcement, apprenticeship registration, and workforce-development programs. Comparable in integrated regulator-plus-workforce-builder structure.
• New York State Department of Labor: State agency administering New York's minimum wage, overtime, worker protection, unemployment insurance, and apprenticeship programs. Comparable in labor-standards enforcement and workforce-development function to DLI.

Broad incumbents

• Texas Workforce Commission: State agency administering labor law, apprenticeship, and workforce programs in Texas. Comparable workforce-development and labor-standards footprint, though Texas lacks a state-level OSHA plan, narrowing the regulatory parallel.
• Ohio Bureau of Workers' Compensation: Large state-run workers' compensation insurer and administrator. Comparable to DLI's Workers' Compensation Division scale, though BWC also operates as the sole insurer, a broader role than Minnesota's open workers' comp market.

Market position

Strengths3 records

Weaknesses3 records

Competitive moat2 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/mndli
• YouTubeyoutube.com/user/mndli1
• Facebookfacebook.com/MinnesotaDLI
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/mndli
• Instagraminstagram.com/MinnesotaDLI

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