Minnesota workers' comp glossary
DLI (Minnesota Department of Labor & Industry)
The state agency administering Minnesota’s workers’ compensation system: rates, forms, dispute intake, the rehabilitation program, Work Comp Campus, and a free ombudsman for unrepresented workers.
The Department of Labor & Industry is the state’s workers’ comp administrator. It publishes the annual rate updates (including the SAWW each October), runs the electronic claim system Work Comp Campus, registers QRCs, handles dispute intake and administrative conferences, and enforces insurer reporting and payment obligations.
For injured workers, DLI’s most underused asset is the Office of Workers’ Compensation Ombudsman: free, neutral state employees who help unrepresented workers understand notices, deadlines, and options. When this site’s tools flag something worth acting on and you do not want a lawyer, the ombudsman is the standing answer.
DLI is also the source of record for the numbers this site runs on: rate tables, PPD schedules, and forms all trace back to DLI publications, which is why our sources pages cite them directly.
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General information, not legal advice. Reviewed by Daniel C. Swenson, Minnesota workers' compensation attorney, Robert Wilson & Associates.