§ 268.03 — Public Purpose of the Minnesota Unemployment Insurance Program
Plain-Language Summary
This section explains why Minnesota has an unemployment insurance program. The state says workers who lose their jobs through no fault of their own deserve temporary help with partial wage replacement while they look for new work.
268.03 PUBLIC PURPOSE OF THE MINNESOTA UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE PROGRAM.
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Subdivision 1.Statement.
The public purpose of this chapter is: Economic insecurity because of involuntary unemployment of workers in Minnesota is a subject of general concern that requires appropriate action by the legislature. The public good is promoted by providing workers who are unemployed through no fault of their own a temporary partial wage replacement to assist the unemployed worker to become reemployed. This program is the “Minnesota unemployment insurance program.” §
Subd. 2.
MS 2006 [Renumbered 268.031]
History:
(4337-21) Ex1936 c 2 s 1; 1989 c 209 art 2 s 1; 1994 c 488 s 1; 1997 c 7 art 1 s 105; 1998 c 265 s 3; 1999 c 107 s 66; 2000 c 343 s 1; 2001 c 175 s 2,52; 1Sp2003 c 3 art 2 s 20; 2005 c 112 art 2 s 1; 2007 c 128 art 6 s 3,4; 2008 c 300 s 51
History: History: (4337-21) Ex1936 c 2 s 1; 1989 c 209 art 2 s 1; 1994 c 488 s 1; 1997 c 7 art 1 s 105; 1998 c 265 s 3; 1999 c 107 s 66; 2000 c 343 s 1; 2001 c 175 s 2,52; 1Sp2003 c 3 art 2 s 20; 2005 c 112 art 2 s 1; 2007 c 128 art 6 s 3,4; 2008 c 300 s 51