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What you need to know about the Legislature's agreement on bonus checks for front-line workers
Front-line workers who couldn't work from home during the pandemic will get bonus checks.
No matter what happens in the final two weeks of the legislative session, Minnesota's front-line workers will get bonus checks under a $500 million deal that Gov. Tim Walz signed into law last month.
Legislators hammered out the measure after initially disagreeing on how much to spend and who should get the money. The deal, which also includes $2.7 billion to refill the state's Unemployment Insurance Trust Fund and $190 million for managing COVID-19, could end up being one of the most substantial compromises the divided Legislature reaches this year.
"At this point in time, whether you be a front-line worker, whether you're a small business, or whether you're Minnesotans wondering what happens next with COVID, those things were prioritized, taken care of, agreed upon and signed into law," Walz told reporters at the Capitol on Monday.
https://www.startribune.com/whos-getting-minnesota-hero-pay-and-how-will-it-work/600171799/
Reader Comments(1)
RWMac writes:
I worked as an Field Tech/Network Engineer full time during that period. I worked onsite at a multiple of the sectors listed. I was even granted a letter to provide to authorities to show I was a essential worker, in case travel was restricted. All that…but cannot collect because the managed services company I worked is not in the right sector. Vote buying at it’s worse.
05/10/2022, 4:28 pm