A tool, not advice
Count the deadline
Enter a date and see what the statute's own number does to it. Every rule is quoted beside its result and linked to the section. The arithmetic runs in your browser; nothing you type is sent anywhere or stored.
Nothing on this page is advice about your job, and no article can be. If you want your own facts looked at, a Minnesota employment attorney can do that — and several of the deadlines described on this site are short enough that waiting is itself a decision.
Two things this page does on purpose. It never rolls a date forward: if a period's last day falls on a weekend or a legal holiday, Minn. Stat. § 645.15 may extend it — and Fed. R. Civ. P. 6(a) does the same in federal court, for any statutory period that does not specify its own method of computing time — so the date shown is the earliest the period could end, never the latest. For anything filed with a state or local agency, § 645.151 says a deadline landing on a Saturday, Sunday, or legal holiday is met by filing on the next day that is none of those. And where a statute counts "working days" without defining them, it counts Monday through Friday and excludes no holidays, for the same reason. When in doubt, treat the date shown as the one to beat. The exception that matters is marked on its card: the federal 300-day figure can be cut short by a 30-day rule this page does not model.
Discrimination or harassment claim under the Minnesota Human Rights Act
Minn. Stat. § 363A.28, subd. 3(a)
Last day to file a charge with the Department of Human Rights or a local commission, or to start a civil action —
A claim of an unfair discriminatory practice must be brought as a civil action pursuant to section 363A.33, subdivision 1, filed in a charge with a local commission pursuant to section 363A.07, subdivision 3, or filed in a charge with the commissioner within one year after the occurrence of the practice.
The year is suspended while the parties are voluntarily engaged in a qualifying dispute-resolution process (subd. 3(b)). This counter does not model that.
Federal discrimination charge with the EEOC
Last day to file with the EEOC if no state proceeding was started —
Outer limit if proceedings were initially instituted with the Minnesota Department of Human Rights or a local commission — but see the note: the statute may cut this short —
A charge under this section shall be filed within one hundred and eighty days after the alleged unlawful employment practice occurred … except that in a case of an unlawful employment practice with respect to which the person aggrieved has initially instituted proceedings with a State or local agency … such charge shall be filed … within three hundred days after the alleged unlawful employment practice occurred, or within thirty days after receiving notice that the State or local agency has terminated the proceedings under the State or local law, whichever is earlier
The longer period depends on having started the state proceeding, not merely on the agency existing. It is also not a flat 300 days: the statute sets the deadline at 300 days after the practice or 30 days after notice that the state or local agency has terminated its proceedings, whichever is earlier. This counter shows only the 300-day figure and does not model the 30-day cut-off, so the date in the second row can be later than the real one.
Suit after an EEOC right-to-sue notice
Last day to start the federal civil action —
within ninety days after the giving of such notice a civil action may be brought against the respondent named in the charge
Asking for the reason you were fired, in writing
Minn. Stat. § 181.933, subd. 1
Last day to send the written request (earliest possible date; see the working-day note) —
If the employer receives it that day, the earliest date its written answer is due —
An employee who has been involuntarily terminated may, within 15 working days following such termination, request in writing that the employer inform the employee of the reason for the termination. Within ten working days following receipt of such request, an employer shall inform the terminated employee in writing of the truthful reason for the termination.
"Working day" is defined nowhere in chapter 181 or chapter 645. This counter uses Monday through Friday and excludes no holidays, so the dates shown are the earliest possible; a holiday inside the window makes the true date later, never earlier.
Appealing an unemployment determination
Minn. Stat. § 268.101, subd. 2(f)
Last day to file the appeal —
A determination of eligibility or determination of ineligibility is final unless an appeal is filed by the applicant or employer within 45 calendar days after sending.
The same 45 calendar days from sending applies to a request for reconsideration of the unemployment law judge’s decision (§ 268.105, subd. 2(a)) and to a petition for certiorari (§ 268.105, subd. 7(a)), with three days added to the certiorari period if the reconsideration decision was mailed.
Certiorari to the Court of Appeals after reconsideration
Minn. Stat. § 268.105, subd. 7(a)
Last day if the decision was sent electronically —
Last day if the decision was mailed —
The Minnesota Court of Appeals must, by writ of certiorari to the department, review the unemployment law judge's decision on reconsideration, provided a petition for the writ is filed with the court and a copy is served upon the unemployment law judge or the commissioner and any other party within 45 calendar days of the sending of the unemployment law judge's decision on reconsideration under subdivision 2. Three days are added to the 45-calendar-day period if the decision on reconsideration was mailed to the parties.
The last paycheck after a written demand
The 24-hour period runs out on this date — the employer is in default if the earned wages are still unpaid when it does —
If the employee's earned wages and commissions are not paid within 24 hours after demand, whether the employment was by the day, hour, week, month, or piece or by commissions, the employer is in default.
Applies to an employee who was discharged. An employee who quit is on the payday schedule in § 181.14 instead. Two things this card assumes: that the 24 hours runs from when the demand reached the employer (the statute says "after demand," and it does not define when a demand is made), and that no public-employer governing board is involved — for a public employer that must have expenditures approved by a governing board, the statute says the 24-hour period does not commence until its first regular or special meeting following the discharge.
Rescinding a release of Human Rights Act claims
Minn. Stat. § 363A.31, subd. 2
Last day to rescind, in writing, by the methods the statute lists —
A waiver or release of rights or remedies secured by this chapter which purports to apply to claims arising out of acts or practices prior to, or concurrent with, the execution of the waiver or release may be rescinded within 15 calendar days of its execution, except that a waiver or release given in settlement of a claim filed with the department or with another administrative agency or judicial body is valid and final upon execution.
A release given in settlement of a claim already filed with an agency or court is valid and final on execution.
Revoking a release of a federal age-discrimination claim
Last day of the minimum revocation period —
the agreement provides that for a period of at least 7 days following the execution of such agreement, the individual may revoke the agreement, and the agreement shall not become effective or enforceable until the revocation period has expired
Applies to the age claim only. The 21-day (or 45-day for a group program) consideration period in § 626(f)(1)(F) runs before signing and is not counted here.
What is not on this page
Limitations periods measured in years for wage claims, whistleblower claims, and § 1983 claims are in the deadline table, with the tolling rules that apply to them. Nothing here tells you when your period started; that is a question about your facts, and the guides describe what counts as the starting event for each rule.
Sources checked September 7, 2026 in the guides linked from each card. The counting functions on this page were independently checked against each statute's text before publication.