Closing Date: 16th June, 2026
Description:
Job Details:Working Title: Associate General Counsel
Job Class: Compensation Attorney
Agency: Labor & Industry Dept
Job ID: 94457
The work you'll do is more than just a job.
At the State of Minnesota, employees play a critical role in developing policies, providing essential services, and working to improve the well-being and quality of life for all Minnesotans. The State of Minnesota is committed to equity and inclusion, and invests in employees by providing benefits, support resources, and training and development opportunities.
Job Summary:
This position offers a conditional hybrid work schedule which includes telework days and in-office days at the St. Paul Department of Labor and Industry (DLI) office building.
Telework options for this position are dependent on where the employee lives. The primary work location for this position is 443 Lafayette Road N, St. Paul, MN.
Attorneys in DLI's Office of General Counsel provide legal representation and advice to DLI by applying knowledge of relevant laws, including those governing occupational safety and health, workers' compensation, wage and hour, prevailing wage, women's economic security, child labor, earned sick and safe time, data practices, official records, open meetings, combative sports, apprenticeship, dual training, the State Building Code and associated construction codes, and rulemaking under the Minnesota Administrative Procedure Act. Attorneys also provide legal representation to authoritative boards including the Plumbing Board, Board of Electricity, Board of High Pressure Piping Systems and Nursing Home Workforce Standards Board.
Job duties for this position may include:
Qualifications:
Minimum Qualifications:
Current license to practice law in the State of Minnesota. The license must be in good standing.
Experiential Requirement:
Preferred Qualifications:
Additional Requirements:
It is the policy that all final candidates submit to a background investigation prior to employment. The background check may consist of the following components: SEMA4 Records Check, Employment Reference Check, Criminal History Check, Driver's License Check, Social Security and Address Verification, Conflict of Interest Review, Education/License Verification.
Application Details
How to Apply:
Select “Apply for Job” at the top of this page. If you have questions about applying for jobs, contact the job information line at 651-259-3637 or email careers@state.mn.us. For additional information about the application process, go to http://www.mn.gov/careers.
Effective July 1, 2009, legislation provides that the top five Recently Separated Veterans, who apply and meet the qualifications for the vacancy, must be granted an interview. To be considered a Recently Separated Veteran, you must meet all the following criteria:
Job Class: Compensation Attorney
Agency: Labor & Industry Dept
Job ID: 94457
- Location: St. Paul
- Telework Eligible: Yes-Conditional
- Full/Part Time: Full-Time
- Regular/Temporary: Unlimited
- Who May Apply: Open to all qualified job seekers
- Date Posted: 06/03/2026
- Closing Date: 06/16/2026
- Hiring Agency/Seniority Unit: Labor & Industry Dept / Labor and Industry-MAPE
- Division/Unit: Dept of Labor & Industry / Legal Services 2
- Work Shift/Work Hours: 8:00 am - 4:30 pm
- Days of Work: Monday - Friday
- Travel Required: No
- Salary Range: $34.69 - $51.45 / hourly; $72,433 - $107,428 / annually
- Classified Status: Classified
- Bargaining Unit/Union: 214 - MN Assoc of Professional Empl/MAPE
- FLSA Status: Exempt - Professional
- Designated in Connect 700 Program for Applicants with Disabilities (https://mn.gov/mmb/careers/diverse-workforce/people-with-disabilities/connect700/): Yes
At the State of Minnesota, employees play a critical role in developing policies, providing essential services, and working to improve the well-being and quality of life for all Minnesotans. The State of Minnesota is committed to equity and inclusion, and invests in employees by providing benefits, support resources, and training and development opportunities.
Job Summary:
This position offers a conditional hybrid work schedule which includes telework days and in-office days at the St. Paul Department of Labor and Industry (DLI) office building.
Telework options for this position are dependent on where the employee lives. The primary work location for this position is 443 Lafayette Road N, St. Paul, MN.
- Employees living within 50 miles of the primary work location will be required to work in the office at least 50% of the time each month.
- Employees that live in Minnesota and are more than 50 miles from the primary work location may be eligible for more than 50% telework with agency approvals.
- Employees may reside outside of the state of Minnesota if they live in a bordering state and are within 50 miles of the primary work location.
Attorneys in DLI's Office of General Counsel provide legal representation and advice to DLI by applying knowledge of relevant laws, including those governing occupational safety and health, workers' compensation, wage and hour, prevailing wage, women's economic security, child labor, earned sick and safe time, data practices, official records, open meetings, combative sports, apprenticeship, dual training, the State Building Code and associated construction codes, and rulemaking under the Minnesota Administrative Procedure Act. Attorneys also provide legal representation to authoritative boards including the Plumbing Board, Board of Electricity, Board of High Pressure Piping Systems and Nursing Home Workforce Standards Board.
Job duties for this position may include:
- Representing DLI in regulatory and enforcement actions under its jurisdiction. This includes wage and hour, women's economic security, prevailing wage, construction misclassification, child labor, combative sports and occupational safety and health enforcement.
- Providing legal advice to DLI staff and authoritative boards on legal issues.
- Representing DLI and authoritative boards in rulemaking proceedings.
- Representing DLI in regulatory and enforcement actions under its jurisdiction in workers' compensation.
- Representing the Special Compensation Fund in workers' compensation litigation at the Court of Administrative Hearings and Workers' Compensation Court of Appeals.
- Assisting senior attorneys in the Office of General Counsel with legal research, legal writing, rulemaking, contract review, and proposed legislation.
- Assisting Department staff in redacting not public information from documents in response to data practices requests.
- Providing other attorney support as needed.
- If selected for an interview, part of the interview process will include a timed writing component, which involves responding in writing to a legal scenario.
Qualifications:
Minimum Qualifications:
Current license to practice law in the State of Minnesota. The license must be in good standing.
Experiential Requirement:
- One year of experience as a licensed attorney in Minnesota providing legal representation or legal advice specializing in one or more areas of law under the purview of the agency (i.e., workers' compensation, occupational safety and health, wage and hour, prevailing wage, misclassification, construction, combative sports, apprenticeship), OR
- One year of legal experience with one or more rulemakings subject to Minnesota's Administrative Procedure Act or the federal Administrative Procedure Act while employed by a governmental entity, OR
- One year of experience as a licensed attorney providing legal representation or legal advice to a Minnesota governmental entity or to the federal government, if the employment was within the last five years, OR
- One year of experience as a judicial law clerk in Minnesota or federal court after graduation from law school, if the employment was within the last five years, OR
- Three years of experience as a licensed attorney providing legal representation or legal advice specializing in one or more areas of law under the purview of the agency (i.e., workers' compensation, occupational safety and health, wage and hour, prevailing wage, misclassification, construction, combative sports, apprenticeship) in another U.S. jurisdiction, one year of which could be experience as a judicial law clerk in another state court, OR
- Three years of experience as a licensed attorney providing legal representation or legal advice to a governmental entity in another U.S. jurisdiction, one year of which could be experience as a judicial law clerk in another state court, OR
- Comparable combination of equivalent experience as listed above.
- In addition to the above experiential requirements, the additional requirements below will be assessed.
- Legal writing, legal analysis and verbal communication skills.
- Ability to review legal documents for relevance, accuracy, correlation, completeness and compliance with applicable laws, and produce written work under time constraints.
- Ability to communicate effectively with individuals from a wide range of backgrounds, who do not share your same culture, ethnicity, language, or other common experiences.
- Ability to work well as part of a team.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Litigation experience in the area of workers' compensation.
- Experience with rulemaking subject to Minnesota's Administrative Procedure Act or the federal Administrative Procedure Act.
- Experience with contested case proceedings subject to Minnesota's Administrative Procedure Act or federal administrative law.
- Experience advising on the Minnesota Government Data Practices Act, the Official Records Act and the Minnesota Administrative Procedure Act, or similar federal laws.
- Knowledge of workers' compensation law, administrative law, labor and employment law, construction codes, workplace regulations, workplace safety or other employment-related legal areas.
- Experience providing legal advice to boards.
- Experience with areas of law with intersecting state and federal regulations.
- Language skills other than English (such as Somali, Spanish, Hmong, Karen or ASL).
- Demonstrated commitment to public service.
Additional Requirements:
It is the policy that all final candidates submit to a background investigation prior to employment. The background check may consist of the following components: SEMA4 Records Check, Employment Reference Check, Criminal History Check, Driver's License Check, Social Security and Address Verification, Conflict of Interest Review, Education/License Verification.
Application Details
How to Apply:
Select “Apply for Job” at the top of this page. If you have questions about applying for jobs, contact the job information line at 651-259-3637 or email careers@state.mn.us. For additional information about the application process, go to http://www.mn.gov/careers.
Effective July 1, 2009, legislation provides that the top five Recently Separated Veterans, who apply and meet the qualifications for the vacancy, must be granted an interview. To be considered a Recently Separated Veteran, you must meet all the following criteria:
- Have separated under honorable conditions from any branch of the armed forces of the United States;
- Have served on active duty for 181 consecutive days or more or for the full period ordered to active duty OR have separated by reason of disability incurred while serving on active duty;
- Be a United States citizen or resident alien;
- Have served in active military service at any time on or after September 11, 2001 as shown on your form DD-214.
- To be considered under this legislation, you must meet all of the Minimum Qualifications identified in this posting; meet all of the above RSV criteria;
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