Bill > HF3023

This bill establishes a special Additional Unemployment Benefits Program specifically for iron ore mining employees who are laid off between March 15 and June 16, 2025, under certain conditions. Employees can qualify if they were laid off from an iron ore mining employer that reduced its workforce by 40% or more, or from an explosive manufacturing employer supporting the iron ore mining industry during this period. To be eligible, applicants must have established an unemployment benefit account with at least 50% of wage credits from the specified employers and have exhausted their regular unemployment benefits. The additional benefits will match the weekly amount of their original unemployment benefits, with a maximum availability of 26 weeks of payments. Importantly, if workers qualify for a new regular unemployment benefit account, they must apply for and potentially use that account first, depending on the benefit amount. Workers who are eligible for federal Trade Readjustment Allowance benefits cannot receive these additional unemployment benefits. The bill is designed to provide economic support to workers in the iron ore mining industry during a specific period of workforce reduction, and it will be retroactively effective from March 15, 2025.

Budget and Finance, Labor and Employment

https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/bill.php?b=House&f=HF3023&ssn=0&y=2025