1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to unemployment insurance; modifying the effect of other earnings on 
1.3 	unemployment benefits during COVID-19 pandemic.
1.4 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.5 	Section 1. EFFECT OF EARNINGS FROM OTHER EMPLOYMENT DURING 
1.6 	COVID-19 PANDEMIC.
 1.7 	Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section 268.085, subdivisions 2, clause (6); and  
1.8 	5, paragraphs (a) and (b), an applicant for an unemployment insurance benefit account 
1.9 	established between March 1, 2020, and December 31, 2020, that is ineligible for 
1.10 	unemployment benefits with respect to a benefit week due to the limitations on earnings 
1.11 	from other employment, shall receive unemployment benefits for that week in an amount 
1.12 	such that the unemployment benefit that would otherwise be allowed but for the other 
1.13 	earnings on other employment when combined with the earnings from other employment 
1.14 	does not exceed the maximum weekly benefit amount allowed by law.

1.15 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective the day following final enactment and 
1.16 	is retroactive to March 1, 2020.