Bill > HF1034

This bill modifies the eligibility requirements for unemployment insurance in Minnesota. Key provisions include: - Expanding the definition of "reemployment assistance training" to include enrollment in adult basic education, English as a second language, over-the-road truck driving training, and other programs to help workers gain skills. - Removing the ineligibility for unemployment benefits for students attending or on vacation from secondary school. - Allowing applicants receiving Social Security disability benefits to still be eligible for unemployment benefits if they can provide medical certification that they are available for suitable employment. - Extending the appeal window for unemployment determinations from 20 to 60 calendar days. - Suspending certain limitations on unemployment benefits, such as the one-week waiting period and five-week limit for business owners, for claims established between December 2020 and August 2021. - Ensuring pandemic unemployment assistance payments to high school students are not counted as income for determining eligibility for other state assistance programs. - Presuming certain COVID-19-related leaves of absence to be involuntary and not disqualifying for unemployment benefits. The bill aims to provide more flexibility and support for unemployed workers in Minnesota during the ongoing pandemic and recovery period.

Budget and Finance, Labor and Employment

https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/bill.php?b=House&f=HF1034&ssn=0&y=2021