ST. PAUL – Beginning next Monday, January 1, 2024, a new law means nearly all Minnesota workers earn sick and safe time at their jobs, one hour for every 30 hours worked, up to 48 hours a year.
Senate bill sponsor, Saint Paul Democrat Sandy Pappas says coming out of a pandemic it’s important for people to stay home when they’re sick so they don’t spread their illness to their fellow workers, and then the entire business would have to shut down.
Lauryn Schothorst with the Minnesota Chamber of Commerce says sick-and-safe-time record-keeping changes are costing businesses thousands of dollars, and some might have to change flexible work schedules, health care benefits or available vacation.
Schothorst contends it’s basically a new paid-time-off policy that employers have little control over.
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