State lawmakers debating employee leave, sick time proposals in major budget bill
By Minnesota News Network|2021-05-05T08:04:40-05:00May 5th, 2021|
Lawmakers heard from both sides today (Tues) as Democrats and Republicans wrangle over employee leave and sick-time proposals in a major state budget bill. Randy Ulseth, C-E-O of Welia Health in Mora, opposes mandatory paid leave for essential workers:
“Just missed the cutoff threshold to qualify for federal financial assistance. I have estimated that the 80 hours of retroactive benefit going back to March of 2020 will cost my organization over half-a-million dollars.”
But Daniel Swenson-Klatt, owner of Butter Bakery Cafe in Minneapolis, supports a related provision to give employees earned sick and safe time. Swenson-Klatt says his business having it, provides staff with security and a sense of investment: