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: Page 23 personnel data, Minnesota law also requires wage disclosure protection rights and remedies to be included in employer personnel handbooks. To that end, and in accordance with Minn. Stat. §181.172, employers may not: • Require nondisclosure by an employee of his or her wages as a condition of employment. • Require an employee to sign a waiver or other document which purports to deny an employee the right to disclose the employee’s wages. • Take any adverse employment action against an employee for disclosing the employee’s own wages or discussing another employee’s wages which have been disclosed voluntarily. • Retaliate against an employee for asserting rights or remedies under Minn. Stat. §181.172, subd. 3. The City cannot retaliate, discipline, penalize, interfere with, or otherwise retaliate or discriminate against an employee for disclosing their own wages. An employee’s remedies under the Wage Disclosure Protection Law are to bring a civil action against the City and/or file a complaint with the Minnesota Department of Labor and Industry at (651) 284-5075 or (800) 342- 5354. Section 6.02 Paychecks Paychecks will not be given to anyone other than the person for whom they were prepared, unless the person has a note signed by the employee authorizing the City to give the other person the check. Checks will be given to the spouse, or another appropriate immediate family member, in the case of a deceased employee. Employees are responsible for notifying the finance director of any change in status, including changes in address, phone number, names of beneficiaries, marital status, etc. Section 6.03 Direct Deposit As provided for in Minnesota law, all employees have the option to participate in direct deposit. Employees are responsible for notifying the City finance director of any change in status, including changes in address, phone number, names of beneficiaries, marital status, etc. Section 6.04 Improper Deduction and Overpayment Policy If an employee believes that an improper deduction or overpayment, or another type of error, has been made, they should immediately contact their supervisor. If the City determines it has made an improper deduction from a paycheck, it will reimburse the employee for the improper amount deducted and take good faith measures to prevent improper deductions from being made in the future.