1997 Minnesota Statutes

     268.184 Employer misconduct; penalty. 

    If the commissioner finds that any employing unit or any 
 employee, officer, or agent of any employing unit, is in 
 collusion with any claimant for the purpose of assisting the 
 claimant to receive benefits illegally, the employing unit shall 
 be penalized $500 or an amount equal to the amount of benefits 
 determined to be overpaid, whichever is greater. 

    Penalties assessed under this section shall be in addition 
 to any other penalties provided for and be subject to the same 
 collection procedures that apply to past due contributions under 
 this chapter.  Penalties under this section shall be paid to the 
 department and credited to the contingent fund. 

    The assessment of the penalty shall be final unless the 
 employing unit files a written appeal within 30 calendar days 
 after the mailing of the notice of penalty to the employer's 
 last known address.  Proceedings on the appeal shall be 
 conducted in accordance with section 268.105. 

    HIST: Ex1936 c 2 s 16; 1941 c 554 s 15; 1951 c 442 s 11; 1953 
 c 97 s 18; 1969 c 567 s 3; 1973 c 254 s 3; 1975 c 336 s 24; 1977 
 c 4 s 10; 1977 c 430 s 25 subd 1; 1979 c 181 s 17,18; 1Sp1982 c 
 1 s 37-40; 1983 c 216 art 1 s 42,87; 1983 c 372 s 45,46; 1985 c 
 248 s 70; 1Sp1985 c 14 art 9 s 75; 1986 c 444; 1987 c 385 s 
 40-45; 1988 c 712 s 3; 1989 c 209 art 2 s 1; 1990 c 566 s 8; 
 1992 c 484 s 15; 1994 c 483 s 1; 1995 c 54 s 21-24; 1996 c 417 s 
 29,31; 1997 c 66 s 76,79