MN SF23

Authorizes additional unemployment insurance benefits from the Minnesota unemployment insurance trust fund for workers laid off from iron ore mining employers or suppliers to iron mining operations.

Applicants must have 50 percent or greater of wage credits from iron ore mining industry employers or suppliers, have exhausted all available state and federal unemployment benefits, and meet regular unemployment benefit requirements.

Benefits are available through the week ending May 1, 2021, with a maximum of 26 weeks of payments at the applicant's weekly benefit amount.

Weekly benefit amounts equal the regular unemployment benefit amount on the qualifying account, and applicants must apply for new regular benefit accounts if they become available, switching between regular and additional benefits based on which provides a higher weekly amount.

Benefits paid under this program are not charged to employers' future tax rates or to government and nonprofit employer reimbursing accounts, and applicants receiving federal Trade Readjustment Allowance or other federal unemployment benefits are ineligible.