1.1 A bill for an act
1.2 relating to unemployment insurance; providing for additional benefits.
1.3BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
1.4 Section 1. IRON ORE MINING ADDITIONAL UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS
1.5PROGRAM.
1.6 Subdivision 1.Availability of additional benefits.Additional unemployment benefits
1.7are available from the Minnesota unemployment insurance trust fund to an applicant who
1.8was laid off due to lack of work after May 19, 2025, from:
1.9 (1) an employer in the iron ore mining industry; or
1.10 (2) an employer that is providing goods or services to an employer in the iron ore mining
1.11industry if the applicant was laid off due to the cessation or substantial reduction in operations
1.12of an employer in the iron ore mining industry as described in clause (1).
1.13 Subd. 2.Eligibility requirements.An applicant is eligible to receive additional
1.14unemployment benefits under this section for any week through the week ending May 30,
1.152026, if:
1.16 (1) the applicant established a benefit account under Minnesota Statutes, section 268.07,
1.17with 50 percent or greater of the wage credits from an employer as described in subdivision
1.181, and has exhausted the maximum amount of regular unemployment benefits available on
1.19that benefit account; and
1.20 (2) the applicant meets the same requirements that an applicant for regular unemployment
1.21benefits must meet under Minnesota Statutes, section 268.069, subdivision 1.
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SENATE
STATE OF MINNESOTA
S.F. No. 3212NINETY-FOURTH SESSION
(SENATE AUTHORS: FARNSWORTH, Hauschild and Rarick)
OFFICIAL STATUSD-PGDATE
Introduction and first reading04/02/2025
Referred to Jobs and Economic Development 2.1 Subd. 3.Weekly and maximum amount of additional unemployment benefits.(a)
2.2The weekly benefit amount of additional unemployment benefits is the same as the weekly
2.3benefit amount of regular unemployment benefits on the benefit account established in
2.4subdivision 2, clause (1).
2.5 (b) The maximum amount of additional unemployment benefits available to an applicant
2.6under this section is an amount equal to 26 weeks of payment at the applicant's weekly
2.7additional unemployment benefit amount.
2.8 (c) If an applicant qualifies for a new regular benefit account that meets the requirements
2.9of subdivision 4, paragraph (b), before the applicant has been paid additional unemployment
2.10benefits, and the new regular benefit account meets the requirements of subdivision 2, clause
2.11(1), the applicant's weekly additional unemployment benefit amount is equal to the weekly
2.12unemployment benefit amount on the applicant's new regular benefit account.
2.13 Subd. 4.Qualifying for a new regular benefit account.(a) If, after exhausting the
2.14maximum amount of regular unemployment benefits available as a result of the layoff under
2.15subdivision 1, an applicant qualifies for the new regular benefit account under Minnesota
2.16Statutes, section 268.07, the applicant must apply for and establish the new regular benefit
2.17account.
2.18 (b) If the applicant's weekly benefit amount under the new regular benefit account is
2.19equal to or higher than the applicant's weekly additional unemployment benefit amount, the
2.20applicant must request unemployment benefits under the new regular benefit account. An
2.21applicant is ineligible for additional unemployment benefits under this section until the
2.22applicant has exhausted the maximum amount of unemployment benefits available on the
2.23new regular benefit account.
2.24 (c) If the applicant's weekly unemployment benefit amount on the new regular benefit
2.25account is less than the applicant's weekly benefit amount of additional unemployment
2.26benefits, the applicant must request additional unemployment benefits. An applicant is
2.27ineligible for new regular unemployment benefits until the applicant has exhausted the
2.28maximum amount of additional unemployment benefits available under this section.
2.29 Subd. 5.Charging of benefits.Additional unemployment benefits paid under this section
2.30may not be used to compute the future unemployment tax rate of a taxpaying employer and
2.31may not be charged to the reimbursing account of government or nonprofit employers. This
2.32exception does not apply to an employer described in subdivision 1, clause (1).
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25-05298 as introduced03/27/25 REVISOR SS/CH 3.1 Subd. 6.Eligibility for federal Trade Readjustment Allowance benefits.An applicant
3.2who has applied and been determined eligible for federal Trade Readjustment Allowance
3.3benefits is not eligible for additional unemployment benefits under this section.
3.4 EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective the day following final enactment.
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