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Defined by statute

Unfair discriminatory practice

The Minnesota Human Rights Act's collective name for the acts it prohibits — defined by cross-reference to sections 363A.08 to 363A.19 and 363A.28, subdivision 10, rather than by description.

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Also called: unfair discriminatory practices; UDP.

“Unfair discriminatory practice” means any act described in sections 363A.08 to 363A.19 and 363A.28, subdivision 10.

Minn. Stat. § 363A.03, subd. 48. The phrase carries no content of its own — it is a pointer, and everything turns on the sections it points at. It matters because it is the trigger word in the machinery: a charge under § 363A.28, subd. 1, alleges an unfair discriminatory practice, and the one-year period in subd. 3(a) runs from “the occurrence of the practice.” Employment sits at § 363A.08; reprisal at § 363A.15.

Where this comes up

Was my firing illegal?