1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to unemployment insurance; modifying eligibility under certain conditions 
1.3 	for applicants involved in a labor dispute;amending Minnesota Statutes 2022, 
1.4 	section 268.085, subdivision 13b.
1.5 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.6 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 268.085, subdivision 13b, is amended to read:
1.7 		Subd. 13b.Labor dispute. (a) An applicant who has stopped working because of a labor 
1.8 	dispute at the establishment where the applicant is employed is ineligible for unemployment 
1.9 	benefits:
1.10 	(1) until the earlier of the end of the calendar week that the labor dispute was in active 
1.11 	progress or the end of the calendar week following the calendar week that the labor dispute 
1.12 	began if the applicant is participating in or directly interested in the labor dispute; or
1.13 	(2) until the end of the calendar week that the labor dispute began if the applicant is not 
1.14 	participating in or directly interested in the labor dispute.
1.15 	Participation includes any failure or refusal by an applicant, voluntarily or involuntarily, 
1.16 	to accept and perform available and customary work at the establishment.
1.17 	(b) An applicant who has stopped working because of a jurisdictional controversy 
1.18 	between two or more labor organizations at the establishment where the applicant is employed 
1.19 	is ineligible for unemployment benefits until the end of the calendar week that the 
1.20 	jurisdictional controversy was in progress.
1.21 	(c) An applicant is not ineligible for unemployment benefits under this subdivision if:
2.1 	(1) the applicant stops working because of an employer's intentional failure to observe 
2.2 	the terms of the safety and health section of a union contract or failure to comply with an 
2.3 	official citation for a violation of federal or state laws involving occupational safety and 
2.4 	health;
2.5 	(2) the applicant stops working because of a lockout; or
2.6 	(3) the applicant is discharged before the beginning of a labor dispute; or
2.7 	(4) an employer engages the services of a replacement worker for the applicant's position, 
2.8 	whether that replacement worker is engaged on a permanent or temporary basis, or is an 
2.9 	existing worker reassigned permanently or temporarily from other duties to perform the 
2.10 	duties of the applicant's position.
2.11 	(d) A quit from employment by the applicant during the time that the labor dispute is in 
2.12 	active progress at the establishment does not terminate the applicant's participation in or 
2.13 	direct interest in the labor dispute for purposes of this subdivision.
2.14 	(e) For the purpose of this subdivision, the term "labor dispute" has the same definition 
2.15 	as provided in section 179.01, subdivision 7.