2023 Legislature Changes: Minnesota Workers’ Compensation Act
PPD Increase Permanent Partial Disability is increasing for dates of injury on or after October 1, 2023 to the following:
Gillette Injury – Schmidt v. Wal-Mart
An employee had left knee surgery in 1993 and then began working at a Wal-Mart store in 2005. In 2011 the employee went to a doctor and said her work activities were increasing her knee pain. Eventually, the employee had…
Personal Attack – Profit v. HRT Holdings
The employee was brutally stabbed by a personal acquaintance who entered the employee’s workplace. It was determined the acquaintance believed the employee had killed his uncle. It was established the employee’s uncle had died of a heart condition without any…
PTSD – Chrz v. Mower County
The employee worked as a sheriff’s deputy and was diagnosed with work-related post-traumatic stress disorder (“PTSD”) on September 25, 2019. On March 30, 2021, the employee’s psychologist found that the employee’s condition had improved such that he no longer met…
New Mileage Rate for Minnesota
As of January 1, 2023, the mileage reimbursement rate for Minnesota was INCREASED by 3 cents from 62.5 cents a mile to 65.5 cents a mile.