Minnesota lawmakers have announced an agreement that will pay eligible frontline workers, including higher education faculty, $750. The bill is expected to be passed this weekend and signed into law by early next week. Eligibility requirements are listed below. If you believe you qualify I encourage you to contact your legislators so they may keep you updated on the application process. The IFO will also send out information once it is available.

Someone is eligible to receive a payment if the individual:

was employed for at least 120 hours in Minnesota in one or more frontline sectors
during the time period beginning March 15, 2020, and ending June 30, 2021;

Frontline sectors include:

long-term care and home care;
health care;
emergency responders;
public health, social service, and regulatory service;
courts and corrections;
child care;
schools, including charter schools, state schools, and higher education;
food service, including production, processing, preparation, sale, and delivery;
retail, including sales, fulfillment, distribution, and delivery;
temporary shelters and hotels;
building services, including maintenance, janitorial, and security;
public transit;
ground and air transportation services;
manufacturing; and
vocational rehabilitation.
or, the hours worked were not able to telework due to the nature of the individual's work and worked in close proximity to individuals outside of the individual's household;
Meets the income requirements of $185,000 married joint return/$85,000 for all other filers.
Did not receive an unemployment insurance benefit payment.

To qualify for a payment, an individual must apply to the commissioner of labor and industry. The application form will be developed in the coming weeks. We will share more information once it is available.

The full text of the agreement may be found here.

Please contact me or your local legislators with any questions.

In solidarity,

Jonathan Bohn

Director of Public Affairs