Bill > HF1830

This bill requires the Minnesota unemployment commissioner to create an online fraud reporting portal for employers to report potential unemployment benefit fraud. The portal must allow employers to report three specific types of incidents: when an applicant fails to show up for a scheduled interview, refuses a job offer, or cannot be contacted for an interview or job offer. The commissioner is mandated to conduct outreach to inform employers about the portal's availability. Notably, the bill also grants employers access to previously private applicant data, including records of no-shows and job refusals, which would typically be protected under existing confidentiality laws. This portal aims to help the state's unemployment system identify and potentially prevent fraudulent unemployment benefit claims by providing employers with a direct mechanism to report suspicious applicant behavior and giving them access to additional applicant information that was previously unavailable.

Labor and Employment

https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/bill.php?b=House&f=HF1830&ssn=0&y=2025