Paid family and medical leave is poised to become law in Minnesota.
Most working Americans have access to unpaid time off for the arrival of a child or to handle their own or a family member’s illness. But three in four American civilian workers have no access to paid family leave and one in five has no access to paid sick leave.
Under a proposal working its way through the final legislative stages, paid leave would expand to nearly all working Minnesotans.
Coming up at 9 a.m. on Monday, MPR News guest host Chris Farrell talks about how the proposed state-run insurance program would work, how it would be funded and how it could affect small businesses.
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Dana Ferguson is a politics reporter with MPR News.
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John Reynolds is the Minnesota state director for the National Federation of Independent Business. The organization represents small businesses in Minnesota.
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Rep. Ruth Richardson (DFL-Mendota Heights) is chief sponsor of HF2, the House version of the paid family and medical leave bill.
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