as introduced - 89th Legislature (2015 - 2016) Posted on 04/13/2015 01:35pm
A bill for an act
relating to unemployment insurance; providing for special unemployment benefit
assistance.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
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Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 268.085, subdivision 3, paragraph (a),
and 268.035, subdivision 29, paragraph (a), clause (13), applicants laid off due to lack of
work from a facility engaged directly in the extraction or processing of iron ore in Itasca
County, St. Louis County, or Lake County between March 1, 2015, and December 31,
2015, must not be ineligible for unemployment benefits because of:
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(1) the receipt of vacation pay from the employer engaged in the extraction or
processing of iron ore; or
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(2) the receipt of supplemental unemployment benefits from the employer engaged
in the extraction or processing of iron ore.
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This section is effective the day following final enactment
and is retroactive to March 1, 2015. This section expires December 31, 2016.
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