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This bill creates a temporary unemployment insurance exception for workers laid off from the iron ore mining industry between April 1 and July 2, 2025. Specifically, if these workers take temporary jobs in emergency medical services (EMS), they will not be penalized under standard unemployment insurance rules. Normally, unemployment benefits can be reduced or denied if an individual fails to seek or accept suitable employment, but this bill provides a special exemption for EMS work. The bill allows such workers to take temporary EMS jobs without having their weekly unemployment benefits reduced, effectively providing flexibility for workers in a specific industry and time period to work in a critical sector like emergency medical services without risking their unemployment benefits. The provision is set to be retroactively effective from April 1, 2025, meaning it will apply to workers who take EMS jobs during that specified timeframe.

Labor and Employment

https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/bill.php?b=Senate&f=SF3314&ssn=0&y=2025