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.
The full story
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.
Sign up to keep reading.
Your free newsletter brings you what your city council, county, and school board discussed and decided.
Keep reading for free
Create a free account to finish this story and see the video, transcript and key details.
Continue with GoogleContinue with emailAlready have an account? Log in →