Minnesota employers battle family leave plan

ST. PAUL -- Minnesota businesses strongly oppose legislation requiring them to join a proposed family leave insurance program.

"This is MNsure all over again," Cam Winton of the Minnesota Chamber of Commerce told a Senate committee Wednesday as members considered whether to mandate that many employers take part in a program that would provide 12 weeks parental leave and another 12 weeks of other types of family leave to workers.

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