Get Full Government Meeting Transcripts, Videos, & Alerts Forever!
Get email alerts on the Personnel Policy topic
No spam. Unsubscribe anytime.
Otter Tail County adopts paid family and medical leave policy, will deliver employee notices
Summary
County adopted a policy to implement Minnesota’s Paid Family and Medical Leave (effective 1/1/2026) and confirmed MetLife as county‑contracted plan administrator; staff will distribute DEED‑required employee notices and track acknowledgments.
Otter Tail County approved a local policy to implement Minnesota’s Paid Family and Medical Leave program and confirmed contracting with MetLife as the private plan administrator at the Oct. 28 meeting. Nicole Hansen presented the draft policy, which aligns county personnel rules with Chapter 268B (the state statute implementing paid family and medical leave) and sets out a plan for employee notification and acknowledgement before the program’s Jan. 1, 2026 effective date.
Hansen said the county will distribute DEED‑required notices to all employees, collect acknowledgements and hold informational sessions; MetLife was selected earlier because it has experience administering such plans and provided a premium structure the county judged favorable. Hansen noted optional short‑term disability will be offered through MetLife, which could interact with leave benefits where employees have overlapping coverage.
The board moved and adopted the policy; staff will finalize notices, post plan information for employees and begin the acknowledgement process.
