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Earned Sick and Safe Time Law: <br />What Cities Need to Know <br />Published: October 16, 2023 <br />Updated Nov. 17, 2023 <br />Effective Jan. 1, 2024, Minnesotaʼs earned sick and safe time (ESST) law, requires employers to <br />provide earned sick and safe paid leave to employees who work in Minnesota. <br />An employee is anyone who works at least 80 hours in a year for an employer in Minnesota <br />but does not include independent contractors. <br />Temporary and part-time employees are covered under the law. <br />Employers must provide each employee in Minnesota with one hour of ESST for every 30 <br />hours worked, with the ability to accumulate at least 48 hours of ESST each year. <br />Learn more about the ESST law <br />View a recording of the Aug. 3, 2023, webinar, “Introduction to Paid Family and Medical <br />Leave Law and Earned Sick and Safe Time: How Cities Can Prepare” (requires a MyLMC <br />account to access; learn how to create a new MyLMC account). <br />Read more about the ESST law in the article, “Focus on New Laws: Earned Sick and Safe <br />Time.” <br />Read the Minnesota Department of Labor and Industryʼs frequently asked questions (FAQs) <br />on earned sick and safe time. <br />Get answers to FAQs regarding the new <br />law on earned sick and safe time <br />The following frequently asked questions (FAQs) are designed to provide information to cities <br />about the earned sick and safe time law to assist local governments in making decisions to <br />comply with the law. The League will continue to update this information as necessary. These <br />199