Legislative Session number- 88

Bill Name: SF0924

1E Relating to unemployment insurance; regulating the shared work program to
conform to federal law and providing for a program converting layoffs into
Minnesota businesses (CLIMB)

ARTICLE 1 - FEDERAL CONFORMITY

Modifying the
shared work program to comply with the short time compensation requirements of
the federal unemployment tax act; authorizing the commissioner of employment and
economic development (DEED) to request shared work unemployment benefit program
funds under the federal Middle Class Tax Relief and Job Creation Act of
2012

ARTICLE 2 - POLICY

Making various unemployment insurance technical
and policy, and clarifying changes; creating the converting layoffs into
Minnesota businesses (CLIMB) program to assist dislocated workers in starting or
growing a business; providing for unemployment benefits while in entrepreneurial
training under the state dislocated worker program
(me)