After union pushback, House DFL cuts proposal to change first week of new leave program to unpaid • Minnesota Reformer

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After union pushback, House DFL cuts proposal to change first week of new leave program to unpaid • Minnesota Reformer

DEED Commissioner Matt Varilek, right, updated the House Workforce Development Finance and Policy Committee on the new paid family and medical leave program on April 24, 2024. Photo by Michelle Griffith/Minnesota Reformer.House Democrats on Wednesday evening walked back a proposal that would have made the first week of Minnesota’s new paid family and medical leave program unpaid unless the worker could show that they had less than 80 hours of pa…