Paid Leave supports your employees when they need it most and strengthens connections in our families, communities, and workplaces. As an employer, you play an important role to help your employees learn about and access Paid Leave.
To determine eligibility and payments for Minnesotans when Paid Leave launches in January 2026, Minnesota employers need to report wage details for their employees. To make things easier for employers, Paid Leave is using the same online reporting system as Unemployment Insurance (UI).
Paid Leave is funded by contributions called premiums, which are collected by the state from employers. Beginning in 2026, employers will submit quarterly Paid Leave premium payments through UI for Paid Leave. To learn more about premiums and to estimate your costs under Paid Leave, visit our Premium rate and contributions page.
In addition to reporting wage details and paying premiums with your UI account, you will need to keep track of employees’ leave and coordinate Paid Leave with other time off and benefits you offer. To do this, employers will designate one or more Paid Leave Administrators to manage your account with Paid Leave. Your Paid Leave Administrator will act as a hub, making it easier to support your employees during important times in their lives.
For more information about these accounts and how to create them, visit our Employer Accounts webpage.
Paid Leave makes time for employees to take care of themselves and their loved ones during some of life's most important moments. By supporting employees when they need this leave, employers benefit from improved retention, morale, and productivity when employees return to work.
By December 1, 2025, employers must inform their employees about their rights and benefits under this new program. Employers need to notify employees in their native language and hang a workplace poster in English and any language spoken by five or more employees. Minnesota Paid Leave will provide written materials in different languages that employers can use to meet their requirements and support a culture of care through Paid Leave in their workplaces.
Paid Leave is building a program with Minnesotans that works for everyone who needs it – including employers, individuals, health care and social service providers. This partnership will make Paid Leave stronger when it launches on January 1, 2026, and will ensure we continue to improve the way we serve Minnesotans.
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