Unemployment benefits extended for iron ore mine workers

A new law authorizes up to 26 weeks of additional unemployment insurance benefits for a group of Iron Range mine employees laid off in 2022 and 2023.

It benefits about 490 employees, most iron ore miners laid off by Cleveland-Cliffs at Northshore Mining facilities and five employees from Dyno Nobel, a mining explosives company contracting with Northshore Mining.

To be eligible, a laid off worker’s existing unemployment insurance benefits will first need to be exhausted. Additional benefits are available until Jan. 27, 2024.

Sponsored by Rep. Dave Lislegard (DFL-Aurora) and Sen. Grant Hauschild (DFL-Hermantown), the law is retroactive to Aug. 14, 2022.

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