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...The state's highest court unanimously upheld Minneapolis' $15 minimum wage, handing a victory Wednesday to labor activists and city leaders in a three-year fight over cities' authority to regulate pay.
...At the heart of its argument was whether the Minnesota Fair Labor Standards Act prevents cities from setting their own, higher minimum wage rates than the state standards.
...While Minneapolis was the focus of this case, it could also have implications for St. Paul, which passed a $15 per hour minimum wage requirement in 2018.
..."The decision today affirms St. Paul's ability to move forward with our city's minimum wage ordinance, and support workers in our community," St. Paul City Attorney Lyndsey Olson said Wednesday.
...Through enforcement of the ordinance, Minneapolis has collected more than $28,000 in back wages and "Ensured that 230 low-wage workers immediately received raises overdue under the minimum wage ordinance," city spokeswoman Sarah McKenzie said.
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