1.1 A bill for an act
1.2 relating to unemployment insurance; modifying eligibility under certain conditions
1.3 for applicants involved in a labor dispute; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024,
1.4 section 268.085, subdivision 13b.
1.5BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
1.6 Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 268.085, subdivision 13b, is amended to read:
1.7 Subd. 13b.Labor dispute.(a) An applicant who has stopped working because of a labor
1.8dispute at the establishment where the applicant is employed is not ineligible for
1.9unemployment benefits: under this subdivision.
1.10 (1) until the end of the calendar week that the labor dispute was in active progress if the
1.11applicant is participating in or directly interested in the labor dispute; or
1.12 (2) until the end of the calendar week that the labor dispute began if the applicant is not
1.13participating in or directly interested in the labor dispute.
1.14 Participation includes any failure or refusal by an applicant, voluntarily or involuntarily,
1.15to accept and perform available and customary work at the establishment.
1.16 (b) An applicant who has stopped working because of a jurisdictional controversy
1.17between two or more labor organizations at the establishment where the applicant is employed
1.18is ineligible for unemployment benefits until the end of the calendar week that the
1.19jurisdictional controversy was in progress. labor dispute at the establishment where the
1.20applicant is employed is not considered to have quit that employment or been discharged
1.21from that employment under section 268.095 at the time the labor dispute began, nor is the
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SENATE
STATE OF MINNESOTA
S.F. No. 1532NINETY-FOURTH SESSION
(SENATE AUTHORS: MOHAMED)
OFFICIAL STATUSD-PGDATE
Introduction and first reading02/17/2025
Referred to Jobs and Economic Development 2.1applicant considered to be on a leave of absence or suspended from that employment under
2.2subdivision 13 or 13a at the time the labor dispute began.
2.3 (c) An applicant is not ineligible for unemployment benefits under this subdivision if:
2.4 (1) the applicant stops working because of an employer's intentional failure to observe
2.5the terms of the safety and health section of a union contract or failure to comply with an
2.6official citation for a violation of federal or state laws involving occupational safety and
2.7health;
2.8 (2) the applicant stops working because of a lockout; or
2.9 (3) the applicant is discharged before the beginning of a labor dispute.
2.10 (d) (c) A quit from employment by the applicant during the time that the labor dispute
2.11is in active progress at the establishment does not terminate the applicant's participation in
2.12or direct interest in the labor dispute for purposes of this subdivision is considered a quit
2.13from employment at the time the quit occurred subject to section 268.095.
2.14 (d) An applicant who is discharged from employment during the time that the labor
2.15dispute is in active progress at the establishment is considered discharged from employment
2.16at the time the discharge occurred subject to section 268.095.
2.17 (e) For the purpose of this subdivision, the term "labor dispute" has the same definition
2.18as provided in section 179.01, subdivision 7.
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