HF 11 Summary

• Authorizes additional unemployment insurance benefits from the Minnesota trust fund for workers laid off from iron ore mining employers or suppliers to iron mining operations due to cessation or substantial reduction in mining operations.

• Requires applicants to have 50 percent or greater wage credits from iron ore mining employers or suppliers and to have exhausted all available state and federal unemployment benefits on their original account.

• Provides maximum additional benefits equal to 26 weeks of payment at the applicant's weekly unemployment benefit amount, matching their regular unemployment benefit weekly rate.

• Benefits available through the week ending May 1, 2021, with applicants who qualify for new regular benefit accounts required to pursue those benefits based on comparative weekly amounts.

• Exempts benefits paid under this program from being charged to employers' unemployment insurance tax rates or government and nonprofit employer reimbursing accounts.