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SUMMARY:Paid Leave Employer Engagement Session
DESCRIPTION:Paid Leave is coming to Minnesota.\n\nIs your business ready?\n \n\nStarting Jan. 1\, 2026\, Minnesota's Paid Leave program will provide job protections and partial wage replacement to workers who need time off to care for themselves or a family member. Paid Leave will support your employees when they need it most and strengthen connections in our families\, communities and workplaces to improve employee retention\, performance and morale.\n\n \n\nAs an employer\, you play an important role in Paid Leave. To help employers prepare and to answer questions about the new state program\, Minnesota Paid Leave Director Greg Norfleet and division staff are partnering with local chambers of commerce across Minnesota for a series of regional\, in-person engagement sessions to:\n\n\n	Provide employers with program updates\, respond to questions\, and gather feedback. \n	Share information employers need to make sure they are ready when wage detail reporting begins this October.\n	Connect and establish open lines of communication with employers around the state.\n\n\nThe Laurentian Chamber of Commerce is proud to partner with DEED for an information and engagement session. \n\nAll local employers are invited to attend. Light refreshments will be provided.\n\nRegistration is requested for this no-cost event.
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<h1><strong><span style="font-family:calibri\,sans-serif\;">Paid Leave is coming to Minnesota.</span></strong></h1>\n\n<h1><strong><span style="font-family:calibri\,sans-serif\;">Is your business ready?</span></strong></h1>\n&nbsp\;<br />\n<span style="color:#212121\;">Starting Jan. 1\, 2026\, Minnesota&rsquo\;s Paid Leave program will provide job protections and partial wage replacement to workers who need time off to care for themselves or a family member. </span>Paid Leave will support your employees when they need it most and strengthen connections in our families\, communities and workplaces to improve employee retention\, performance and morale.<br />\n&nbsp\;<br />\nAs an employer\, you play an important role in Paid Leave. To help employers prepare and to answer questions about the new state program\, Minnesota <span style="color:#212121\;">Paid Leave Director Greg Norfleet and </span>division<span style="color:#212121\;"> staff are partnering with local chambers of commerce </span>across Minnesota for a series of regional\, in-person engagement sessions<span style="color:#212121\;"> to:</span>\n\n<ul>\n	<li><span style="color:#212121\;"><span style="font-family:calibri\,sans-serif\;">Provide employers with program updates</span></span><span style="font-family:calibri\,sans-serif\;">\, <span style="color:#212121\;">respond to questions\, </span>and <span style="color:#212121\;">gather feedback. </span></span></li>\n	<li><span style="font-family:calibri\,sans-serif\;">Share information employers need to <span style="color:#212121\;">make sure they are ready </span>when <span style="color:#212121\;">wage detail reporting </span>begins this<span style="color:#212121\;"> October.</span></span></li>\n	<li><span style="background:white\;"><span style="color:black\;"><span style="font-family:calibri\,sans-serif\;">Connect and establish open lines of communication with employers around the state.</span></span></span></li>\n</ul>\n\n<h2 style="font-style:italic\;"><span style="font-size:16px\;"><strong><span style="font-family:calibri\,sans-serif\;">The Laurentian Chamber of Commerce&nbsp\;is proud to partner with DEED for an information and engagement session.</span></strong></span><span style="font-size: 13px\;">&nbsp\;</span></h2>\n\n<p>All local employers are invited to attend. Light refreshments will be provided.</p>\n\n<p>Registration is requested for this no-cost event.&nbsp\;</p>\n
LOCATION:Minnesota North College - Virginia Campus 1001 Chestnut Street West Virginia\, MN 55792 Mesabi Range Theatre
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DTSTAMP:20260525T184359Z
URL:https://business.laurentianchamber.org/events/details/paid-leave-employer-engagement-session-1901
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