Employer accounts

As an employer, you will need accounts with both Unemployment Insurance (UI) and Minnesota Paid Leave to meet your responsibilities under Paid Leave. These accounts will allow you to report wage details, pay premiums, review leave applications, and more. They will make it easier to support your employees during important times in their lives.

Here's how these two accounts will work together.

UI account:

Report quarterly wage details
Pay Paid Leave premiums
Designate a Paid Leave Administrator

Paid Leave Administrator account:

Review leave applications
View Paid Leave determinations
Request an Equivalent Plan Substitution

Unemployment Insurance (UI) accounts

Paid Leave has partnered with UI to use its online system for collecting wage details now, and premium payments starting in April 2026. This makes things easier for employers by using the system you already know.

For the large majority of Minnesota employers who are fully covered by UI, you won't need to do anything new to submit wage details for Paid Leave. And when premium collection begins, it will integrate with the familiar payment of UI taxes. If some or all of your employees are not covered by UI, you may need to set up a new account to submit wage details and premiums for those employees.

Your UI account is also where you will designate one or more Paid Leave Administrators, the main point of contact for Paid Leave within your organization.

For more information and to learn whether you need to create a new UI account to submit wage details and premiums for Paid Leave, visit the Unemployment Insurance website.

Paid Leave Administrator Accounts

You will use your Paid Leave Administrator Account to review leave applications submitted to the state by your employees, view determinations made by Paid Leave, and more. Your Paid Leave Administrator Account is accessed through the Paid Leave website.

Employers who want to request an Equivalent Plan Substitution will also do so through their Paid Leave Administrator account.

How to get set up to manage Paid Leave for your organization

Step one: Designate your Paid Leave Administrator in the UI system

Before you can create an account on the Paid Leave website, you must designate a Paid Leave Administrator using the UI system. The Paid Leave Administrator will be your main point of contact with Minnesota Paid Leave. You can designate one person, or several. Go to the UI website for more information on how to designate your Paid Leave Administrator.

Step two: Set up your Paid Leave Administrator Account

Once you have designated a Paid Leave Administrator in the UI system, that individual will receive a confirmation email. They are now ready to set up their Paid Leave Administrator Account on the Paid Leave website.

Click Continue as a Paid Leave Administrator.
Click Create an employer account.
Enter your email address and create a password. Be sure to use the same email address as the one where you received your confirmation message.
Click Sign in.
If you are a Paid Leave Administrator for multiple employers, you will see each employer listed. You can view only one at a time. Please select an employer.

You are now set up with the accounts you need for Minnesota Paid Leave.

Need Help?

For help with your UI account, contact a UI representative:

Phone: 651-296-6141
8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday - Friday
Press 4 to speak to a representative

For help with your Paid Leave Administrator Account, contact Minnesota Paid Leave: