1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to employment; regulating eligibility for unemployment and dislocated 
1.3 	worker benefits. 
1.4 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.5 	Section 1. LABOR DISPUTE; OVERPAYMENTS.
 1.6 	If an unemployment law judge decision issued in 2005 awards unemployment 
1.7 	benefits in a case involving a labor dispute, any unemployment benefits paid to the 
1.8 	applicant shall not be considered an overpayment under Minnesota Statutes, section 
1.9 	268.18, subdivision 1, if the unemployment law judge??a??a??s award of unemployment benefits 
1.10 	is reversed by the Minnesota Court of Appeals or the Supreme Court of Minnesota. 
1.11 	Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section 268.045, application of this section to 
1.12 	unemployment benefits paid to an applicant shall not result in the unemployment benefits 
1.13 	paid being used in computing the future experience rating of any specific employer.

1.14 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective the day following final enactment 
1.15 	and applies to unemployment benefits awarded pursuant to a hearing held in calendar 
1.16 	year 2005. 

1.17 	Sec. 2. DISLOCATED WORKER PROGRAM; ELIGIBILITY.
 1.18 	An applicant for unemployment benefits in a case involving a labor dispute 
1.19 	whose case was ordered to hearing by the commissioner of employment and economic 
1.20 	development in 2005 without an initial determination shall not be ineligible for the 
1.21 	state dislocated worker program, notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section 116L.17, 
1.22 	subdivision 1.  

2.1 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective the day following final enactment and 
2.2 	applies to requests for employment and training services beginning on or after that date.