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Cell phone use/texting while driving handbook statement: Minnesota

This resource explains when Minnesota employers should include a cell phone use and texting while driving handbook statement to inform employees, including supervisors, about restrictions on the use of wireless communications devices while driving and to demonstrate compliance with Minnesota law.

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by Amy E. Mendenhall and Susie Wine, Littler

When to include

Minnesota employers should consider including this statement in their handbook to show their compliance with Minnesota’s safe driving law regarding texting while driving, to promote driving safety and to limit liability from accidents involving employees who are driving and using electronic devices for work-related purposes or for any reason while driving for work-related purposes or driving a company-owned vehicle.

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  • Guidance for employers
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Jurisdiction: Minnesota

Latest updates

Updated statement and guidance to reflect amendments relating to the use of wireless communications devices while driving, effective August 1, 2019.

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Littler

Littler, the largest global employment and labor law practice, exclusively represents the global employer community in all aspects of employment and labor law. Littler litigates, mediates and negotiates some of the most influential employment law cases and labor contracts on record.

Littler’s practice areas are extensive and their expertise crosses over multiple industries and spans a wide array of employment law areas such as discrimination and harassment, labor management relations, executive compensation, ERISA and benefit plan litigation, leaves of absence and disability accommodation, hiring, performance management and termination, employment practices audits and wage and hour.

Littler is the exclusive author of Brightmine’s prestigious Employee Handbook. Their experience with preparing employee handbooks and their ongoing contributions to Brightmine in the areas of federal and state leaves of absence, disabilities and multistate employer issues made them a natural fit to partner with us on the creation of a robust set of model handbook policy statements and guidance for federal, state and key municipalities.

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