Most working Americans have access to unpaid time off for family and medical needs. But only 1 in 4 workers have paid time off. For years now, some state lawmakers have been trying to change that in Minnesota.

Democrats in the Minnesota House want to create a new system that works like unemployment insurance. Workers and employers would pay a payroll tax into a fund that would cover everyone. Republicans have resisted that approach and last week suggested another idea — tax credits for businesses to buy a new insurance product that would cover the cost of some workers who take leave. 

📻 At noon today on MPR News' Politics Friday, politics editor Mike Mulcahy talks with two state legislators about the different approaches to helping workers tend to medical and family needs.