Anderson-Johanningmeier v. Mid-Minnesota Women's Center, Inc.

OPINION

LANCASTER, Justice.

The issue before us is one of statutory construction. After appellants were feed, they alleged a violation of the whistleblower statute, Minn.Stat. § 181.932, subd. 1(a) (1996), based on their questioning whether another employee was entitled to vacation *271pay under the wage and hour laws. After a jury trial, the district court granted judgment notwithstanding the verdict to respondents because the vacation pay practices in this case affected only respondents’ employees and thus did not implicate public policy. The court of appeals affirmed, holding that appellants had…