SF 1368

as introduced - 86th Legislature (2009 - 2010) Posted on 02/09/2010 02:20am

A bill for an act
relating to employment; expanding the official measure of unemployment.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

Section 1. new text begin EXPANSION OF MEASUREMENT OF UNEMPLOYED AND
UNDEREMPLOYED MINNESOTANS.
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new text begin By July 1, 2010, the commissioner of employment and economic development shall
design and implement a comprehensive measure of unemployment and underemployment
in the state to be used by the Labor Market Information Office within the Department
of Employment and Economic Development to produce estimates of total official
unemployment. The measurement required under this section must include, but is not
limited to, data on workers who are employed on a part-time basis but would prefer and
accept full-time employment if it was available, and those who are currently unemployed
and not actively seeking employment due to impediments to work including the lack of
child care or transportation. The new measurement must also include information on state
and substate unemployment and underemployment and the incidence of unemployment
and underemployment across demographic categories including but not limited to race,
age, and gender.
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new text begin (b) The comprehensive measure required in paragraph (a) may utilize information
from the United States Bureau of Labor Statistics Current Population Survey and the
United States Census Bureau American Community Survey as the base for identifying,
evaluating, and utilizing correlations with other relevant data to be used in econometric
modeling of measures of unemployment and underemployment.
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new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end

new text begin This section is effective the day following final enactment.
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