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What You Need To Know- On Tuesday, May 16, 2023, the Minnesota legislature passed a statewide paid sick and safe time mandate, known as Earned Sick and Safe Time (ESST),...

Minnesota will soon join the ranks of states with state-wide earned paid sick and safe leave requirements.  The Minnesota legislature passed an Earned Sick and Safe Leave law (ESSL),...

Under the Bloomington, MN Earned Sick and Safe Leave Ordinance, employees accrue one hour of ESSL per 30 hours worked, up to a maximum of 48 hours in a year. ESSL applies to all workers irrespective of U.S. citizenship status, who work within Bloomington's city limit.

Last year the City of Bloomington, Minnesota became the fourth city in Minnesota to pass an ordinance requiring certain employers provide paid sick and safe leave to eligible employees....

From the column: "Helping all workers live a good life benefits us all. ... Workers’ rights are a matter not only of economic fairness but of honoring our basic human dignity."

On March 31, 2023, Bloomington, Minnesota published “initial” rules implementing its Earned Sick and Safe Leave (ESSL) Ordinance, which will take effect on July 1, 2023. It also...

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“There are no exceptions to the rule — there could be some major impacts on smaller businesses as written,” said Detroit Lakes Regional Chamber of Commerce President Carrie Johnston

Bloomington’s and St. Paul’s City Councils recently unanimously approved amendments to their Earned Sick and Safe Time ESST Ordinances which obligate employers to pay employees when they take time off for health and safety needs.

Last week I watched the debate on the Minnesota House floor of HF19 (Earned Sick and Safe Time) and attended a presentation at the Methodist Church in Rochester on HF2 (Paid Family Leave). Here is the incredible bad news that these bills address: one-third of Minnesota workers (900,000+) have no sick time benefit, let alone short term disability pay! OMG! These benefits have been around, if not universal, since WWII. When and where have they gone?