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This bill establishes a special unemployment benefits program for workers in the iron ore mining and related explosive manufacturing industries who experience layoffs between March 15 and June 16, 2025. The program provides additional unemployment benefits to workers who have exhausted their regular unemployment benefits and were laid off from an iron ore mining employer that reduced its workforce by 50% or more, or from a related explosive manufacturing employer. Eligible workers can receive additional unemployment benefits through June 19, 2026, with the weekly benefit amount matching their previous regular unemployment benefit amount. The maximum additional benefit is equivalent to 26 weeks of payments. Workers who qualify for a new regular benefit account will need to navigate specific rules about which benefits to claim, depending on the new account's weekly benefit amount. Importantly, workers who are eligible for federal Trade Readjustment Allowance benefits cannot receive these additional state unemployment benefits. The bill is retroactively effective from March 15, 2025, and is designed to provide targeted economic support to workers in the iron ore mining sector during a specific period of potential industry downturn.

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https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/bill.php?b=Senate&f=SF3231&ssn=0&y=2025