Paid Leave application delay? Even a small error can be to blame.

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We are more than 10 months into Minnesota’s Paid Leave program, and 5 EYEWITNESS NEWS continues to receive emails from viewers about delays in application approval.

The Department of Employment and Economic Development (DEED), which oversees the program, insists there’s a reason why some people’s applications are not being promptly processed.

DEED says that through September, 156,334 Minnesotans have applied for the Paid Leave program, while 117,224 have been approved. They say the average time to hear back is two to three weeks, and many hear back sooner, but that even small mistakes on the application can lead to big delays.

Angie Baker’s daughter Alayah was born in April. She came seven weeks early.

“She was 3 pounds, 7 ounces, so she was itty bitty,” said Baker, who lives in West St. Paul.

Baker was filled with joy to meet her daughter, but soon af...

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