Board updates sick-leave policy and sunsets wellness day benefit

Jan 27, 2026

Pipestone County approved amendments to sick-leave rules, including a sick-leave credit conversion to the Minnesota State Retirement System health care savings plan, and voted to sunset the wellness day benefit effective Dec. 31, 2025 due to low participation and compliance complexity.

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The board approved targeted amendments to the county sick-leave policy to align with Minnesota’s earned sick-and-safe-time law and to add a sick-leave credit conversion program allowing eligible employees to convert specified hours into a deposit to the Minnesota State Retirement System (MSRS) health care savings plan.

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