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Proposal to extend UI to certain federal and recently resigned workers fails in committee roll call
Summary
House File 3,078 (as amended) would have extended 13 weeks of additional unemployment insurance to federal workers affected by recent federal workforce changes and to workers who took a deferred resignation in late January–mid February 2025. The committee voted 7–7, and the motion failed.
House File 3,078, as amended, would have added two extensions to Minnesota unemployment insurance: a 13-week extension for federal workers who have lost their jobs after federal reductions, and eligibility for a 13-week UI extension for workers who took a deferred resignation between Jan. 27 and Feb. 13, 2025.
Representative Johnson presented the bill and the A1 amendment, saying the measure was a response to sudden federal workforce changes and to…
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