Minnesota Builder Groups Sue Again to Block Worker Status Law

A Minnesota construction company and industry groups are challenging the state’s stricter new worker classification law for a second time, claiming lawmakers violated the state constitution by including the measure in a 1,400-page omnibus bill.

The plaintiffs previously sued and lost in federal court, claiming the law enacted in 2024 ran afoul of the US Constitution due to vagueness and excessive fines. In the new complaint, they’re asking a state court to block the law because it violates the Minnesota Constitution’s single-subject rule restricting legislators from lumping multiple unrelated policy areas into a single bill.

The law makes ...