Four Minnesota cities—Minneapolis, St. Paul, Duluth, and Bloomington (one of the largest metropolitan-area suburbs)—already had such laws in effect since as early as 2017. Most of these ordinances are similar in their key provisions for the accrual and use of earned sick and safe time (ESST). The state statute, however, affords employers an important new option that is unavailable under three of the local ordinances, and it may be useful for some employers.
