This Law Firm Publication by Jackson Lewis P.C. addresses Ford v. Minneapolis Public Schools, in which the Minnesota Court of Appeals held that claims under Minnesota's Whistleblower Act are subject to a six-year statute of limitations, rather than the previous position (held for nearly 20 years) that whistleblowers were subject to a two-year statute of limitations. The court concluded that a liability "based on a statute" implicates a six-year statute of limitations. The Court of Appeals decision impacts how employers that are terminating an individual's employment will handle severance agreements, record-keeping and potential future witnesses.