Alert: Department Phones Information
While many city services remain available, some may be temporarily delayed or disrupted due to limited system access at this time. We appreciate your patience and understanding as we work to bring systems fully back online.
How to Contact HREEO
As we continue fully restoring communications platforms across the City, we are experiencing slower than typical responses with our phone lines. For faster service, please contact us at:
- Email: Contact-HREEO@ci.stpaul.mn.us
Phone: 651-266-8966
Please note: City staff are currently not accessible through direct phone lines. Please use email to contact individual staff members. If you don't have a direct email, please use the department email listed above.
If you're experiencing an emergency, call 911.
Saint Paul’s Wage Theft ordinance took effect January 1, 2025!
The City of Saint Paul’s wage theft ordinance took effect January 1, 2025. Wage theft happens when employers do not pay employees wages they earned. The ordinance holds employers accountable and brings faster resolution to employees.
What is Wage Theft?
Wage theft occurs any time employers fail to pay employees what they are legally owed, such as paying below minimum wage, not paying overtime, requiring work without pay, denying legal breaks, misclassification, withholding tips, non-payment of fringe benefits, and illegal deductions.
Wage theft is illegal in Saint Paul. If your worksite is located within the geographic boundaries of Saint Paul and you have questions regarding wage theft, or if you believe that wage theft has occurred, please File a Labor Standards Complaint or contact HREEO’s Labor Standards Division at 651-266-8966 or via email at LaborStandards@stpaul.gov.
Who is covered by the ordinance?
The ordinance applies to all employees, full-time, part-time, and temporary, who work at least 2 hours during a week within the geographic boundaries of Saint Paul.
The ordinance does not cover independent contractors.
Immigration status does not impact coverage of the Wage Theft ordinance. The City's HREEO department enforces the Wage Theft ordinance and does not ask for an employee’s immigration status when an employee reaches out with questions or files a complaint.
Wage Theft Timeline
November 06, 2024
City Council votes to pass Wage Theft ordinance, effective January 1, 2025.
November 15, 2024
HREEO publishes draft of Proposed Rules and opens the 90-day public comment period.
January 1, 2025
Wage Theft Ordinance takes effect.
February 13, 2025
Closure of public comment period.
February 14, 2025
Final Rules published online.
