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Senate finance panel trims required misclassification study, restores apprenticeship funding in jobs omnibus
Summary
The Minnesota Senate Finance Committee adopted an amendment that removes a mandatory biannual misclassification fraud impact report and restored the corresponding funds to the Department of Labor and Industry’s apprenticeship program. The committee also adopted an amendment requiring notification and reporting on STEM ecosystem subgrants.
The Minnesota Senate Finance Committee adopted amendments to the jobs omnibus bill that remove a statutorily required, biannual misclassification fraud impact report and reallocated the funding to apprenticeship programs.
Senator Jerry Champion, chairing the committee’s portion of the jobs bill work, offered A76. Megan Bursch, fiscal analyst supporting the labor committee, told the panel that “the A76 amendment removes the requirement that DLI, DEED, and DOR complete a biannual misclassification fraud impact analysis and report, and adds permission for them to complete the analysis.” Bursch also explained the budget change: A76 removes corresponding appropriations of…
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