| 1 | 1 | | 1.1 A bill for an act |
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| 2 | 2 | | 1.2 relating to unemployment; modifying the definition of available for suitable |
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| 3 | 3 | | 1.3 employment; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 268.085, subdivision |
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| 4 | 4 | | 1.4 15. |
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| 5 | 5 | | 1.5BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: |
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| 6 | 6 | | 1.6 Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 268.085, subdivision 15, is amended to read: |
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| 7 | 7 | | 1.7 Subd. 15.Available for suitable employment defined.(a) "Available for suitable |
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| 8 | 8 | | 1.8employment" means an applicant is ready, willing, and able to accept suitable employment. |
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| 9 | 9 | | 1.9The attachment to the work force must be genuine. An applicant may restrict availability |
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| 10 | 10 | | 1.10to suitable employment, but there must be no other restrictions, either self-imposed or created |
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| 11 | 11 | | 1.11by circumstances, temporary or permanent, that prevent accepting suitable employment. |
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| 12 | 12 | | 1.12 (b) Unless the applicant is in reemployment assistance training, to be "available for |
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| 13 | 13 | | 1.13suitable employment," a student who has regularly scheduled classes must be willing to |
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| 14 | 14 | | 1.14discontinue classes to accept suitable employment when: |
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| 15 | 15 | | 1.15 (1) class attendance restricts the applicant from accepting suitable employment; and |
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| 16 | 16 | | 1.16 (2) the applicant is unable to change the scheduled class or make other arrangements |
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| 17 | 17 | | 1.17that excuse the applicant from attending class. |
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| 18 | 18 | | 1.18 (c) Except for an active search that may be done remotely, an applicant who is absent |
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| 19 | 19 | | 1.19from the labor market area for personal reasons, other than to search for work, is not |
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| 20 | 20 | | 1.20"available for suitable employment." |
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| 21 | 21 | | 1.21 (d) An applicant who has restrictions on the hours of the day or days of the week that |
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| 22 | 22 | | 1.22the applicant can or will work, that are not normal for the applicant's usual occupation or |
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| 23 | 23 | | 1Section 1. |
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| 24 | 24 | | 25-04586 as introduced03/18/25 REVISOR SS/AC |
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| 25 | 25 | | SENATE |
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| 26 | 26 | | STATE OF MINNESOTA |
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| 27 | 27 | | S.F. No. 3053NINETY-FOURTH SESSION |
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| 28 | 28 | | (SENATE AUTHORS: LATZ) |
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| 29 | 29 | | OFFICIAL STATUSD-PGDATE |
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| 30 | 30 | | Introduction and first reading03/27/2025 |
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| 31 | 31 | | Referred to Jobs and Economic Development 2.1other suitable employment, is not "available for suitable employment." An applicant must |
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| 32 | 32 | | 2.2be available for daytime employment, if suitable employment is performed during the |
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| 33 | 33 | | 2.3daytime, even though the applicant previously worked the night shift. |
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| 34 | 34 | | 2Section 1. |
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| 35 | 35 | | 25-04586 as introduced03/18/25 REVISOR SS/AC |
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