Almost half of the approved applicants took paid time off to care for a child who was recently born or adopted.

Minnesota's new paid leave program saw an early spike in applications which has since leveled off. Initial demand was high ...

Nearly 75,000 people got approval to take paid family and medical leave under the state’s program in the first six months ...

Gov. Tim Walz signed the paid family and medical leave bill into law on May 25, 2023 The law, which goes into affect in January 2026, makes Minnesota one of a dozen states that require workers are ...

When Minnesota launches its taxpayer-funded paid family and medical leave program on Jan. 1, it will be the 13th state to offer such benefits — and one of only a few that has built its system from the ...

In the first six months of successful operations, about 75,000 Minnesotans have been approved to receive benefit payments ...