From the Startribune Sept. 16, 2025
Starting Jan. 1, Minnesota employers are required to provide their workers with paid family and medical leave. Below are answers to key questions as the deadline approaches.
What is the law?
Minnesota’s new mandatory paid leave policy allows workers to take up to 12 weeks of paid family leave to care for an ill or elderly loved one or 12 weeks of paid medical leave to recover from giving birth or a serious illness (for a maximum of 20 weeks combined).
How much does it cost?
The new law requires employees and employers to contribute to a new payroll tax. The tax will be pooled into an insurance fund, from which all leave claims will be paid.
Read the full article here: Startribune 9/16/25