Verification: approved by a person (carried over from Juriset's first release).
Programs
Name
Family and Medical Leave Act
Paid
no
Condition
Unpaid, job-protected leave with continuation of group health benefits. Up to 12 workweeks in a 12-month period for qualifying family and medical reasons; up to 26 workweeks in a single 12-month period of military caregiver leave. Covered employers: private-sector employers with 50 or more employees in 20 or more workweeks in the current or previous calendar year; public agencies and local educational agencies regardless of the number of employees. Eligible employees: at least 12 months with the employer, at least 1,250 hours of service in the 12 months before leave, and work at a location where the employer has at least 50 employees within 75 miles. The employer chooses the 12-month period method (29 CFR 825.200(b)).
The FMLA entitles eligible employees of covered employers to take unpaid, job-protected leave for qualifying family and medical reasons and requires continuation of their group health benefits under the same terms and conditions as if the employee had not taken leave. … For eligible employees, up to 12 workweeks of leave in a 12-month period for any of the following qualifying reasons: … An eligible employee who is the spouse, son, daughter, parent, or next of kin of a covered servicemember with a serious injury or illness may take up to 26 workweeks of leave during a single 12-month period to care for the servicemember. … Private-sector employers who employ 50 or more employees in 20 or more workweeks in either the current calendar year or the previous calendar year,
Public agencies (including federal, state, and local government employers), regardless of the number of employees, and … Work for a covered employer for at least 12 months,
Have at least 1,250 hours of service with the employer during the 12 months before their FMLA leave starts, and
Work at a location where the employer has at least 50 employees within 75 miles.
An employer is permitted to choose any one of the following methods for determining the 12-month period in which the 12 weeks of leave entitlement described in paragraph (a) of this section occurs:
(1) The calendar year;
(2) Any fixed 12-month leave year, such as a fiscal year, a year required by State law, or a year starting on an employee's anniversary date;
(3) The 12-month period measured forward from the date any employee's first FMLA leave under paragraph (a) begins; or,
(4) A “rolling” 12-month period measured backward from the date an employee uses any FMLA leave as described in paragraph (a).
Earned sick and safe time (paid). Minnesota Paid Leave (paid).
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Verification: approved by a person (carried over from Juriset's first release).
Programs
Name
Earned sick and safe time
Paid
yes
Condition
Eligible if anticipated to work at least 80 hours in a year for an employer in Minnesota and not an independent contractor. Accrues a minimum of one hour for every 30 hours worked up to a maximum of 48 hours in a year, unless the employer agrees to a higher amount. Accrued but unused time carries over into the following year; total accrued but unused time must not exceed 80 hours at any time, unless an employer agrees to a higher amount. In lieu of carryover, an employer may front-load 48 hours (if unused time is paid out at year end) or 80 hours (if not paid out). Begins to accrue at the commencement of employment; may be used as it is accrued. Paid at the same base rate an employee earns when working.
Funded by
employer
Annual max
48
Leave type
sick
Annual max unit
hours
Accrual hours earned
1
Accrual per hours worked
30
Name
Minnesota Paid Leave
Paid
yes
Condition
Benefit account requires wage credits of at least 5.3 percent of the state's average annual wage rounded down to the next lower $100. Weekly benefit: 90 percent of wages that do not exceed 50 percent of the state's average weekly wage; plus 66 percent of wages that exceed 50 percent but not 100 percent; plus 55 percent of wages that exceed 100 percent; maximum weekly benefit is the state's average weekly wage. Weeks in a single benefit year for a serious health condition: the lesser of 12 weeks, or 12 weeks minus the number of weeks within the same benefit year that the applicant received benefits for bonding, safety leave, family care, and qualifying exigency plus eight weeks (and correspondingly for bonding, safety leave, family care, and qualifying exigency). Except for bonding leave, a claim must be based on a single qualifying event of at least seven calendar days.
Upcoming changes
No published changes are waiting to take effect.
Change history
Federal: United States
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paid_leave in us: version 3, effective 2026-10-24, published (new)
Family and Medical Leave Act (unpaid).
State: Minnesota
Version
Effective
Published
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5in effect
new
paid_leave in us-mn: version 5, effective 2026-10-24, published (new)
Earned sick and safe time (paid). Minnesota Paid Leave (paid).
Sick and safe time is paid leave employers must provide to employees in Minnesota … are anticipated to work at least 80 hours in a year for an employer in Minnesota; and … Sick and safe time must be paid at the same base rate an employee earns when they are working. … Minnesota Paid Leave
Supporting source:Minnesota Statutes 181.9446 Accrual of earned sick and safe time, 181.9446 (supports programs[0].annual_max, programs[0].annual_max_unit, programs[0].accrual_hours_earned, programs[0].accrual_per_hours_worked, programs[0].eligibility_service_months, programs[0].condition)
An employee accrues a minimum of one hour of earned sick and safe time for every 30 hours worked up to a maximum of 48 hours of earned sick and safe time in a year. … The total amount of accrued but unused earned sick and safe time for an employee must not exceed 80 hours at any time, unless an employer agrees to a higher amount. … Earned sick and safe time under this section begins to accrue at the commencement of employment of the employee.
To establish a benefit account, an applicant must have wage credits of at least 5.3 percent of the state's average annual wage rounded down to the next lower $100. … (1) 90 percent of wages that do not exceed 50 percent of the state's average weekly wage; plus … The total number of weeks that an applicant may take benefits in a single benefit year for a serious health condition is the lesser of 12 weeks, or 12 weeks minus the number of weeks within the same benefit year that the applicant received benefits for bonding, safety leave, family care, and qualifying exigency plus eight weeks.