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MN Stat § 268.069 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 268 - 269 — Employment And Economic Development|Chapter 268 — Unemployment Insurance|Section 268.069 — Payment Of Unemployment Benefits.

268.069 PAYMENT OF UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS. Subdivision 1. Requirements. The commissioner must pay unemployment benefits from the trust fund to an applicant who has met each of the following requirements: (1) the applicant has filed an application for unemployment benefits and established a benefit account in accordance with section 268.07; (2) the applicant has not been held ineligible for unemployment benefits under section 268.095 because of a quit or discharge; (3) the applicant has met all of the ongoing eligibility requirements under section 268.085; (4) the applicant does not have an outstanding overpayment of unemployment benefits, including any penalties or interest; and (5) the applicant has not been held ineligible for unemployment benefits under section 268.183. Subd. 2. Unemployment benefits paid from state funds. Unemployment benefits are paid from state funds and are not considered paid from any special insurance plan, nor as paid by an employer. An application for unemployment benefits is not considered a claim against an employer but is considered a request for unemployment benefits from the trust fund. The commissioner has the responsibility for the proper payment of unemployment benefits regardless of the level of interest or participation by an applicant or an employer in any determination or appeal. An applicant's entitlement to unemployment benefits must be determined based upon that information available without regard to a burden of proof. Any agreement between an applicant and an employer is not binding on the commissioner in determining an applicant's entitlement. There is no presumption of entitlement or nonentitlement to unemployment benefits. Subd. 3. Common law. There is no equitable or common law denial or allowance of unemployment benefits. History:  1997 c 66 s 28; 1998 c 265 s 45; 1999 c 107 s 40,66; 2000 c 343 s 4; 1Sp2003 c 3 art 2 s 20; 2005 c 112 art 2 s 15; 2007 c 128 art 3 s 24; art 5 s 3; art 6 s 49,50; 2009 c 78 art 3 s 5; art 4 s 18; 2012 c 201 art 3 s 5; 2018 c 182 art 1 s 64; 1Sp2019 c 7 art 8 s 3
MN Stat § 268.084 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 268 - 269 — Employment And Economic Development|Chapter 268 — Unemployment Insurance|Section 268.084 — Password; Presumption.

268.084 PASSWORD; PRESUMPTION. (a) Each applicant must be issued a password for the purpose of filing continued requests for unemployment benefits, accessing information, and engaging in other transactions with the department. (b) If a password assigned to an applicant is used in the filing of a continued request for unemployment benefits under section 268.0865 or any other type of transaction, the applicant is presumed to have been the individual using that password and presumed to have received any unemployment benefit payment issued. This presumption may be rebutted by a preponderance of the evidence showing that the applicant assigned the password was not the individual who used that password in the transaction. (c) The commissioner must notify each applicant of this section. History:  1Sp2003 c 3 art 2 s 9; 2007 c 128 art 3 s 24; art 6 s 51; 2009 c 78 art 4 s 22; 2014 c 251 art 2 s 24
MN Stat § 268.087 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 268 - 269 — Employment And Economic Development|Chapter 268 — Unemployment Insurance|Section 268.087 — Unemployment Benefits Due Deceased Persons.

268.087 UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS DUE DECEASED PERSONS. If unemployment benefits are due and payable at the time of an applicant's death, those benefits must, upon application, be paid to the personal representative of the estate of the deceased. In the event that no personal representative is appointed, the unemployment benefits must, upon application be paid in the following order: (1) the surviving spouse, (2) the surviving child or children, or (3) the surviving parent or parents. An individual seeking payment must complete an application prescribed by the commissioner and the payment of unemployment benefits discharges the obligations to the applicant and no other individual may claim or assert any right to those unemployment benefits. History:  (4337-26) Ex1936 c 2 s 6; 1937 c 43 s 2; 1937 c 306 s 4; 1939 c 443 s 5; 1941 c 554 s 5; 1943 c 650 s 4; 1945 c 376 s 5; 1949 c 605 s 9; 1953 c 97 s 9; 1953 c 699 s 10; 1965 c 741 s 14-16; 1969 c 6 s 34; 1971 c 942 s 9,10; 1973 c 599 s 6-8; 1975 c 104 s 2; 1975 c 336 s 13-15; 1975 c 359 s 23; 1976 c 163 s 59; 1976 c 271 s 78; 1977 c 4 s 7; 1977 c 297 s 15-18; 1978 c 612 s 1; 1979 c 24 s 1; 1979 c 181 s 9,10,19; 1980 c 508 s 8; 1Sp1982 c 1 s 23-25; 1983 c 290 s 168; 1983 c 372 s 20-24; 1985 c 248 s 44; 1986 c 444; 1987 c 362 s 18; 1987 c 384 art 1 s 55; 1987 c 385 s 20-22; 1989 c 209 art 2 s 1; 1989 c 282 art 2 s 169; 1990 c 516 s 4; 1991 c 265 art 11 s 22; 1992 c 484 s 10; 1993 c 67 s 3,4; 1994 c 488 s 2,3,8; 1995 c 54 s 8,9; 1995 c 231 art 1 s 32; 1996 c 417 s 18,31; 1997 c 66 s 36-42; 1998 c 265 s 24,45; 1999 c 107 s 66; 2000 c 343 s 4; 2007 c 128 art 6 s 68
MN Stat § 268.088 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 268 - 269 — Employment And Economic Development|Chapter 268 — Unemployment Insurance|Section 268.088 — Benefits Paid During Certain Voluntary Unemployment.

268.088 BENEFITS PAID DURING CERTAIN VOLUNTARY UNEMPLOYMENT. (a) An applicant who elects to become temporarily unemployed in order to avoid the layoff of another employee with the applicant's employer due to lack of work is not ineligible for benefits under the leave of absence provisions of section 268.085, subdivision 13a, nor ineligible under the quit provisions of section 268.095, if: (1) the election is authorized under a collective bargaining agreement or written employer policy; (2) the employer has accepted the applicant's election; (3) the employer provides a written certification that is provided to the department that the applicant's election prevented another employee with the employer from being laid off due to lack of work; and (4) both the applicant and the employer, at the time of the election, expect the applicant's unemployment from the employer to be temporary. (b) In addition to the requirements of paragraph (a), for unemployment benefits to be payable, an applicant must meet all the other benefit eligibility requirements under this chapter, including being available for suitable employment with a different employer. History:   2009 c 78 art 3 s 10
MN Stat § 268.103 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 268 - 269 — Employment And Economic Development|Chapter 268 — Unemployment Insurance|Section 268.103 — Appeals By Electronic Transmission.

268.103 APPEALS BY ELECTRONIC TRANSMISSION. Subdivision 1. In commissioner's discretion. (a) The commissioner may allow an appeal to be filed by electronic transmission. If the commissioner allows an appeal to be filed by electronic transmission, that must be clearly set out on the determination or decision subject to appeal. (b) The commissioner may restrict the manner and format under which an appeal by electronic transmission may be filed. Restrictions to a specific facsimile transmission number or electronic address must be clearly set out on the determination or decision subject to appeal. (c) All information requested by the commissioner when an appeal is filed by electronic transmission must be supplied or the communication does not constitute an appeal. (d) Subject to subdivision 2, this section applies to requests for reconsideration under section 268.105, subdivision 2. Subd. 2. Applicant's appeal. (a) The commissioner must allow an applicant to file an appeal by mail even if an appeal by electronic transmission is allowed. (b) A written statement delivered or mailed to the department that could reasonably be interpreted to mean that an involved applicant is in disagreement with a specific determination or decision is considered an appeal. No specific words need be used for the written statement to be considered an appeal. Subd. 2a. Employer-agent appeals filed online. (a) If an agent files an appeal on behalf of an employer, the appeal must be filed online. The appeal must be filed through the electronic address provided on the determination being appealed. Use of another method of filing does not constitute an appeal. This paragraph does not apply to: (1) an employee filing an appeal on behalf of an employer; or (2) an attorney licensed to practice law who is directly representing the employer on appeal. (b) All information requested when the appeal is filed must be supplied or the communication does not constitute an appeal. Subd. 3.  [Repealed by amendment, 2004 c 183 s 70] Subd. 4.  [Repealed, 2007 c 128 art 1 s 23] History:  1997 c 66 s 59; 1999 c 107 s 46; 2004 c 183 s 70; 2005 c 112 art 2 s 33; 2007 c 128 art 6 s 74,75; 2009 c 78 art 3 s 13,17; art 4 s 33; 2012 c 201 art 3 s 10; 2014 c 251 art 1 s 5
MN Stat § 268.131 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 268 - 269 — Employment And Economic Development|Chapter 268 — Unemployment Insurance|Section 268.131 — Combined Wage Arrangements For Work In Multiple States.

268.131 COMBINED WAGE ARRANGEMENTS FOR WORK IN MULTIPLE STATES. (a) In accordance with the requirements of the Federal Unemployment Tax Act, the commissioner must participate with other states for the payment of unemployment benefits on the basis of combining an applicant's wages from multiple states for the purposes of collecting unemployment benefits from a single state. The commissioner may only pay unemployment benefits from the trust fund under this section if: (1) there are reimbursements to the trust fund, by the other state, for unemployment benefits paid from the trust fund based upon wages and employment covered under the laws of the other state; and (2) the applicant is combining Minnesota wage credits with the wages paid in covered employment from another state. (b) Under this section, the wages paid an applicant from employment covered under an unemployment insurance program of another state are considered wages from covered employment for the purpose of determining the applicant's rights to unemployment benefits under the Minnesota Unemployment Insurance Law. History:  (4337-31) Ex1936 c 2 s 11; 1937 c 306 s 8; 1939 c 443 s 9; 1941 c 554 s 10; 1943 c 650 s 8; 1945 c 376 s 10; 1947 c 432 s 8-10; 1965 c 45 s 45; 1969 c 9 s 64; 1971 c 942 s 13; 1979 c 181 s 16; 1986 c 444; 1989 c 209 art 2 s 1; 1996 c 417 s 31; 1997 c 66 s 79; 1998 c 265 s 33-35,45; 1999 c 107 s 66; 2000 c 343 s 4; 2001 c 175 s 45,52; 1Sp2003 c 3 art 2 s 20; 2007 c 128 art 2 s 11; art 3 s 24; 2009 c 78 art 4 s 50; 2017 c 35 art 3 s 15
MN Stat § 268.133 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 268 - 269 — Employment And Economic Development|Chapter 268 — Unemployment Insurance|Section 268.133 — Unemployment Benefits While In Entrepreneurial Training.

268.133 UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS WHILE IN ENTREPRENEURIAL TRAINING. Unemployment benefits are available to dislocated workers participating in the converting layoffs into Minnesota businesses (CLIMB) program under section 116L.17, subdivision 11. Applicants participating in CLIMB are considered in reemployment assistance training under section 268.035, subdivision 21c. All requirements under section 268.069, subdivision 1, must be met, except the commissioner may waive: (1) the deductible earnings provisions in section 268.085, subdivision 5; and (2) the 32 hours of work limitation in section 268.085, subdivision 2, clause (5). A maximum of 500 applicants may receive a waiver at any given time. History: 2013 c 85 art 4 s 9; 1Sp2021 c 10 art 4 s 4 NOTE: The amendment to this section by Laws 2021, First Special Session chapter 10, article 4, section 4, is effective July 3, 2022. Laws 2021, First Special Session chapter 10, article 4, section 4, the effective date.
MN Stat § 268.145 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 268 - 269 — Employment And Economic Development|Chapter 268 — Unemployment Insurance|Section 268.145 — Income Tax Withholding.

268.145 INCOME TAX WITHHOLDING. Subdivision 1. Notification. (a) Upon filing an application for unemployment benefits, the applicant must be informed that: (1) unemployment benefits are subject to federal and state income tax; (2) there are requirements for filing estimated tax payments; (3) the applicant may elect to have federal income tax withheld from unemployment benefits; (4) if the applicant elects to have federal income tax withheld, the applicant may, in addition, elect to have Minnesota state income tax withheld; and (5) at any time during the benefit year the applicant may change a prior election. (b) If an applicant elects to have federal income tax withheld, the commissioner must deduct ten percent for federal income tax. If an applicant also elects to have Minnesota state income tax withheld, the commissioner must make an additional five percent deduction for state income tax. Any amount deducted under section 268.085 has priority over any amounts deducted under this section. Federal income tax withholding has priority over state income tax withholding. (c) An election to have income tax withheld may not be retroactive and only applies to unemployment benefits paid after the election. Subd. 2. Transfer of funds. The amount of any unemployment benefits deducted under this section remains in the trust fund until transferred to the federal Internal Revenue Service, or the Department of Revenue, as an income tax payment on behalf of the applicant. Subd. 3. Correction of errors. Any error that resulted in underwithholding or overwithholding under this section will not be corrected retroactively. Subd. 4. Federal requirement. The commissioner must follow all federal requirements for the deduction and withholding of income tax from unemployment benefits. Subd. 5. Effect of payments. Any amount deducted under this section is considered as unemployment benefits paid to the applicant. History:  1996 c 417 s 17; 1997 c 66 s 79; 1998 c 254 art 1 s 73; 1999 c 107 s 53,66; 2000 c 343 s 4; 1Sp2001 c 4 art 2 s 23; 1Sp2003 c 3 art 2 s 20; 2004 c 183 s 77; 2005 c 112 art 2 s 35; 2007 c 128 art 6 s 84-86; 2008 c 300 s 51; 2009 c 78 art 4 s 42,50; 1Sp2019 c 7 art 8 s 5
MN Stat § 268.155 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 268 - 269 — Employment And Economic Development|Chapter 268 — Unemployment Insurance|Section 268.155 — Child Support Deducted From Unemployment Benefits.

268.155 CHILD SUPPORT DEDUCTED FROM UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS. Subdivision 1. Definitions. As used in this section: (1) "Child support obligations" means obligations that are being enforced by a child support agency in accordance with a plan described in United States Code, title 42, sections 454 and 455, of the Social Security Act that has been approved by the secretary of health and human services under part D of title IV of the Social Security Act. This does not include any type of spousal maintenance or foster care payments; and (2) "Child support agency" means the public agency responsible for child support enforcement, including federally approved comprehensive Tribal IV-D programs. Subd. 2. Notice upon application. In an application for unemployment benefits, the applicant must disclose if child support obligations are owed and, if so, in what state and county. If child support obligations are owed, the commissioner must, if the applicant establishes a benefit account, notify the child support agency. Subd. 3. Withholding of unemployment benefits. The commissioner must deduct and withhold from any unemployment benefits payable to an applicant who owes child support obligations: (1) the amount required under a proper order of a court or administrative agency; or (2) if clause (1) is not applicable, the amount determined under an agreement under United States Code, title 42, section 454 (20)(B)(i), of the Social Security Act; or (3) if clause (1) or (2) is not applicable, the amount specified by the applicant. Subd. 4. Payment. Any amount deducted and withheld must be paid to the child support agency, but will for all purposes be treated as if it were paid to the applicant as unemployment benefits and paid by the applicant to the child support agency in satisfaction of the applicant's child support obligations. Subd. 5. Payment of costs. The child support agency must pay the costs incurred by the commissioner in the implementation and administration of this section and sections 518A.50 and 518A.53. Subd. 6.  [Renumbered subd 5] History:  1Sp1982 c 1 s 22; 1986 c 444; 1987 c 384 art 2 s 67; 1994 c 488 s 8; 1996 c 417 s 10-12; 1997 c 66 s 79,80; 1997 c 203 art 6 s 92; 1999 c 107 s 54,66; 2000 c 343 s 4; 2005 c 164 s 29; 1Sp2005 c 7 s 28; 2007 c 128 art 6 s 87; 2009 c 78 art 4 s 50; 2015 c 78 art 1 s 35
MN Stat § 268.182 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 268 - 269 — Employment And Economic Development|Chapter 268 — Unemployment Insurance|Section 268.182 — Fraud; Criminal Penalty.

268.182 FRAUD; CRIMINAL PENALTY. Subdivision 1. Criminal penalties. (a) An individual has committed fraud and is guilty of theft and must be sentenced under section 609.52 if the individual obtains, or attempts to obtain, or aids or abets any other individual to obtain, by an intentional false statement or representation, by intentional concealment of a material fact, or by impersonation or other fraudulent means, unemployment benefits that the individual is not entitled to under this chapter, or under federal law. (b) Any employer or any officer or agent of an employer or any other individual has committed fraud and is guilty of a crime, if in order to avoid or reduce any payment required from an employer under this chapter or section 116L.20, or to prevent or reduce the payment of unemployment benefits to an applicant: (1) makes a false statement or representation knowing it to be false; (2) knowingly fails to disclose a material fact, including notification required under section 268.051, subdivision 4; or (3) knowingly advises or assists an employer in violating clause (1) or (2). The individual is guilty of a gross misdemeanor if the underpayment is $500 or less. The individual is guilty of a felony if the underpayment exceeds $500. Subd. 2.  [Renumbered 268.183] History:  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 74,79; 1998 c 265 s 37; 1999 c 107 s 56,66; 2000 c 343 s 4; 2004 c 183 s 82; 2004 c 206 s 52; 2005 c 112 art 2 s 39; 2007 c 128 art 2 s 15; art 6 s 90; 2016 c 189 art 11 s 5; 2017 c 35 art 3 s 19,24
MN Stat § 268.183 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 268 - 269 — Employment And Economic Development|Chapter 268 — Unemployment Insurance|Section 268.183 — Applicant Administrative Penalties.

268.183 APPLICANT ADMINISTRATIVE PENALTIES. (a) Any applicant who makes a false statement or representation without a good faith belief as to the correctness of the statement or representation, in order to obtain or in an attempt to obtain unemployment benefits may be assessed, in addition to any other penalties, an administrative penalty of being ineligible for unemployment benefits for 13 to 104 weeks. (b) A determination of ineligibility setting out the weeks the applicant is ineligible must be sent to the applicant by mail or electronic transmission. The department is authorized to issue a determination of ineligibility under this subdivision within 48 months of the establishment of the benefit account upon which the unemployment benefits were obtained, or attempted to be obtained. Unless an appeal is filed within 20 calendar days of sending, the determination is final. Proceedings on the appeal are conducted in accordance with section 268.105. History:  2017 c 35 art 3 s 19,24
MN Stat § 268.188 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 268 - 269 — Employment And Economic Development|Chapter 268 — Unemployment Insurance|Section 268.188 — Subpoenas; Oaths.

268.188 SUBPOENAS; OATHS. (a) The commissioner or an unemployment law judge has authority to administer oaths and affirmations, take depositions, certify to official acts, and issue subpoenas to compel the attendance of individuals and the production of documents and other personal property necessary in connection with the administration of the Minnesota unemployment insurance program. (b) Individuals subpoenaed, other than applicants or officers and employees of an employer that is the subject of the inquiry, are paid witness fees the same as witness fees in civil actions in district court. The fees need not be paid in advance. (c) The subpoena is enforceable through the district court in Ramsey County. History:  Ex1936 c 2 s 10; 1937 c 306 s 7; 1939 c 441 s 42; 1939 c 443 s 8,10; 1941 c 554 s 9; 1943 c 650 s 7; 1945 c 376 s 9; 1947 c 600 s 3-6; 1949 c 605 s 15; 1949 c 739 s 8; 1951 c 442 s 6-10; 1951 c 713 s 29; 1953 c 97 s 15; 1953 c 603 s 1; 1953 c 612 s 1; 1955 c 847 s 22; 1957 c 883 s 7; 1965 c 45 s 42-44; 1965 c 741 s 18; 1967 c 770 s 1; 1969 c 9 s 63; 1969 c 310 s 2; 1969 c 567 s 1,3; 1969 c 854 s 11,12; 1969 c 1129 art 8 s 7; 1971 c 942 s 12; 1973 c 254 s 1,3; 1973 c 492 s 14; 1974 c 241 s 1; 1975 c 315 s 19; 1975 c 336 s 20,21; 1977 c 172 s 2; 1977 c 237 s 1; 1977 c 297 s 20; 1977 c 305 s 31; 1977 c 430 s 25 subd 1; 1978 c 674 s 60; 1979 c 181 s 15; 1980 c 615 s 37; 1981 c 311 s 39; 1982 c 424 s 130; 1982 c 545 s 23,24; 1Sp1982 c 1 s 31,32; 1983 c 216 art 1 s 87; 1983 c 247 s 114; 1983 c 260 s 58; 1983 c 312 art 8 s 2; 1983 c 372 s 37,38; 1984 c 544 s 89; 1985 c 248 s 70; 1Sp1985 c 14 art 9 s 75; 1986 c 444; 1987 c 165 s 1; 1987 c 312 art 1 s 26 subd 2; 1987 c 362 s 23; 1987 c 385 s 25; 1989 c 65 s 11; 1989 c 209 art 2 s 1; 1990 c 516 s 6,7; 1991 c 202 s 16; 1993 c 67 s 10; 1994 c 483 s 1; 1994 c 488 s 8; 1995 c 54 s 12; 1996 c 417 s 23,31; 1996 c 440 art 1 s 47; 1997 c 66 s 63,79; 1998 c 265 s 44; 1999 c 107 s 58,66; 2001 c 175 s 52; 2004 c 206 s 52; 2007 c 128 art 3 s 19; 1Sp2015 c 1 art 6 s 14
MN Stat § 268.192 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 268 - 269 — Employment And Economic Development|Chapter 268 — Unemployment Insurance|Section 268.192 — Protection Of Rights.

268.192 PROTECTION OF RIGHTS. Subdivision 1. Waiver of rights void. Any agreement by an individual to waive, release, or commute rights to unemployment benefits or any other rights under the Minnesota Unemployment Insurance Law is void. Any agreement by an employee to pay all or any portion of an employer's taxes, is void. No employer may directly or indirectly make or require or accept any deduction from wages to pay the employer's taxes, require or accept any waiver of any right or in any manner obstruct or impede an application or continued request for unemployment benefits. Any employer or officer or agent of any employer who violates any portion of this subdivision is, for each offense, guilty of a misdemeanor. Subd. 1a. Agreements not allowed. An employer may not make an agreement that in exchange for the employer agreeing not to contest the payment of unemployment benefits, including agreeing not to provide information to the department, an employee will: (1) quit the employment; (2) take a leave of absence; (3) leave the employment temporarily or permanently; or (4) withdraw a grievance or appeal of a termination. An agreement that violates this subdivision has no effect under this chapter. Subd. 2. No assignment of unemployment benefits; exemptions. Any assignment, pledge, or encumbrance of unemployment benefits is void. Unemployment benefits are exempt from levy, execution, attachment, or any other remedy provided for the collection of debt. Any waiver of this subdivision is void. History:  Ex1936 c 2 s 15; 1941 c 554 s 14; 1986 c 444; 1989 c 209 art 2 s 1; 1996 c 417 s 31; 1997 c 66 s 79; 1998 c 265 s 39; 1999 c 107 s 59; 2000 c 343 s 4; 2001 c 175 s 48,52; 1Sp2003 c 3 art 2 s 20; 2007 c 128 art 3 s 24; art 6 s 94; 2012 c 201 art 2 s 7