Minnesota Republicans offer alternate plan for family leave
Associated PressST. PAUL, Minn. — Republicans in the Minnesota Legislature offered a voluntary proposal for paid family and medical leave Monday that would rely on tax credits for employers who choose to participate, in contrast with Democratic proposals that would require paid time off for workers to care for their families. The GOP proposal would authorize insurance companies to offer products providing varying degrees of paid family and medical leave. The lead House author, Rep. Ruth Richardson, of Mendota Heights, said the Republican proposal would let employers “pick winners and losers” in who they would choose to cover, which she said would shortchange low-wage workers, women and people of color. Sen. Susan Kent, of Woodbury, who is the lead author of the Democratic plan, told reporters that employers and employees would pay into a state fund that would reimburse businesses for the paid time off.
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