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Finding that ST. PAWS LLC violated Legislative Code, Chapters 224 and 233, and imposing restitution in the amount of $40,201.23.
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WHEREAS, ST. PAWS LLC, an inactive Minnesota limited liability company (the “Respondent”), previously ran a dog daycare and boarding facility located at 1920 University Avenue West (the “Business”) in the City of Saint Paul (the “City”) and was the subject of a Determination of Violation (the “Original Determination”) and a Notice of Violation and Imposition of Proposed Restitution (the “Original Notice”), sent to Respondent on June 1, 2026, and an Amended Determination of Violation (the “Determination”) and a Notice of Violation and Imposition of Proposed Restitution (the “Notice”), sent to Respondent on July 2, 2026, and the Determination and the Notice are both attached hereto and herein incorporated; and
WHEREAS, the basis for the Determination was that on July 25, 2024, the Department of Human Rights and Equal Economic Opportunity (“HREEO”) received a complaint (the “ESST Complaint”) from an employee of the Respondent (the “Complainant”) alleging that the Respondent had violated Saint Paul Legislative Code, Chapter 233, the City’s Earned Sick and Safe Time (“ESST”) Ordinance (the “ESST Ordinance”), by not allowing Complainant to accrue or use ESST hours as required by the ESST Ordinance; and
WHEREAS, on December 4, 2024, Complainant filed another complaint (the “MW Complaint” and, together with the ESST Complaint, the “Complaint”) with HREEO alleging that Respondent had violated Saint Paul Legislative Code, Chapter 224, the City’s Minimum Wage Ordinance (the “MW Ordinance” and, together with the ESST Ordinance, the “Ordinances”) by failing to pay the Complainant the required minimum wage under the MW Ordinance;
WHEREAS, as detailed in the Determination, HREEO thoroughly investigated the Complaint and found that Respondent violated:
(a) Section 233.03 of the ESST Ordinance because Respondent did not allo...
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