Additional unemployment insurance benefits provision

This bill creates temporary additional unemployment benefits for workers laid off after May 19, 2025, due to job losses in the iron ore mining industry or from companies supplying goods/services to that industry. Eligible workers must have exhausted their regular unemployment benefits from a mining-related job and meet standard eligibility requirements. The program provides up to 26 weeks of additional payments at the same weekly rate as their regular unemployment benefits. These benefits are funded from Minnesota's unemployment trust fund and do not affect employer tax rates for most employers (except mining employers). The program ends May 30, 2026.