We are busy working on the online application system now. When the system is ready to accept applications, eligible workers will have 45 days to apply for Frontline Worker Pay.
Additional information will be added to this page as it is developed including frequently asked questions, informational handouts in multiple languages and other useful resources. After the application is ready, a call center and help desk will also be available to assist applicants in multiple languages.
Within 15 days after the application period is opened, employers in the identified frontline sector must provide notice to all current workers who may be eligible for payments of the assistance available to them and how to apply for payments. The Department of Labor and Industry is currently developing a form that can be used by employers to meet this obligation and it will be available on this page when it is complete.
Those whose applications are denied may appeal the decision within 15 days of notice of denial.
After processing and verification of the applications, as well as a 15-day period for denied applicants to contest those decisions, the final list of eligible applicants will be determined. Each eligible applicant will be provided with an equal payment, not to exceed $1,500. All applications will move through the process at the same time and payments will be forwarded for processing together.
To thank those Minnesotans who worked on the frontlines during the COVID-19 peacetime emergency, Gov. Tim Walz signed Frontline Worker Payments [1] into law April 29, 2022, enabling those workers to apply for Frontline Worker Pay.
To be eligible for Frontline Worker Pay, the applicant:
The frontline sectors include:
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Links:
[1] https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/text.php?number=SF2677&version=0&session=ls92&session_year=2022&session_number=0&type=ccr
[2] https://www.irs.gov/e-file-providers/definition-of-adjusted-gross-income
[3] https://public.govdelivery.com/accounts/MNDLI/subscriber/new?topic_id=MNDLI_168