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• They're waiting for this to get these jobs done while we have weather permitting in Minnesota.
• And so if this is something Minnesota.
• House File 3228 is the workers' comp advisory council recommendations.
• And then we also add County, Minnesota.
• reflect our uh proud Minnesota reflect our uh proud Minnesota traditions<00:14:19.279> and

Bills: HF3228, HF475

Keywords: workers' compensation, insurance programs, employee protection, Minnesota statutes, safety regulations, statue replacement, Hubert H. Humphrey, national commemoration, civil rights, Minnesota history, 1183, house

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• <00:23:44.799> compensation<00:23:45.360> judge an active workers compensation judge
• providers that can diagnose workers providers that can diagnose workers compensation<00:23:58.640
• compensation benefits by of workers compensation benefits by filing<00:25:23.840> a<00:25:24.000
• have<00:31:02.480> more Minnesota workers and families have more Minnesota workers and families
• <01:16:02.480> in been 8,000 more paid workers in been 8,000 more paid workers in Minnesota

Bills: HF4862, HF4598

Keywords: apprenticeship, education, teacher training, grant program, labor and industry, workers' compensation, Minnesota workers' compensation, Workers' Compensation Advisory Council, reinsurance association, Workers' Compensation Reinsurance Association, WCRA, occupational disease, presumption, first responders, firefighter cancer, PTSD, post-traumatic stress disorder, police officer, paramedic, emergency medical technician

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• Uh, also expecting to consider a bill regarding the workforce, workers compensation advisory committee
• Minnesota small businesses pay this tax. Minnesota small businesses pay this tax.
• other areas of Minnesota state budget? other areas of Minnesota state budget?
• Minnesota. Thank you. Minnesota. Thank you.
• Workers comp work. Oh, the workers comp bill we talked about earlier too.

Bills: HF4598, HF4884, HF3732

Keywords: workers' compensation, Minnesota workers' compensation, Workers' Compensation Advisory Council, reinsurance association, Workers' Compensation Reinsurance Association, WCRA, occupational disease, presumption, first responders, firefighter cancer, PTSD, post-traumatic stress disorder, police officer, paramedic, emergency medical technician, correctional officer, security counselor, public safety dispatcher, temporary total disability, permanent partial disability

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• Our union represents over 8,000 property service workers in Minnesota, with thousands of those members
• <00:15:29.440> in<00:15:29.560> Minnesota<00:15:30.400> with service worker
• in Minnesota with service worker in Minnesota with thousands<00:15:31.000> of<00:15:31.120>
• industry here in Minnesota. industry here in Minnesota.
• . worker. worker.

Bills: HF4446, HF4066, HF1082

Keywords: public safety officer, survivor benefits, line of duty death, occupational cancer, firefighter, police officer, paramedic, EMT, correctional officer, first responder, workers' compensation, death benefits, occupational exposure, carcinogen, cancer presumption, mesothelioma, leukemia, lung cancer, post-traumatic stress disorder, PTSD

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• But this is a practical bill that supports Minnesota workers by giving them the opportunity to sit where
• workers giving them supports Minnesota workers giving them the<00:29:48.800> opportunity<00:29
• Thomas, where we found that one in three workers in Minnesota are at risk of high exposure to generative
• We don't require it even as regulatory disclosure to our agencies. impacting workers in Minnesota today
• and impacting workers in Minnesota today and to<01:16:46.960> understand<01:16:47.680> its

Bills: HF3878, HF4131, HF3796, HF4097

Keywords: airport workers, wage standards, labor rights, minimum wage, economic equity, surveillance, price discrimination, wage discrimination, consumer rights, automated decision systems, Minnesota Statutes, suitable seating, employee seating, workplace seating, occupational safety, workplace safety, labor standards, employer requirements, chair, stool

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• The goal of the workers compensation advisory council is to improve the workers compensation process
• The goal of the workers compensation advisory council is to improve the workers compensation process
• The goal of the workers compensation advisory council is to improve the workers compensation process
• The goal of the workers compensation advisory council is to improve the workers compensation process
• <00:17:57.919> compensation increase for the workers compensation increase for the workers

Bills: HF3228, HF2441

Keywords: workers' compensation, insurance programs, employee protection, Minnesota statutes, safety regulations, prevailing wage, certified payroll, payroll reporting, construction contracts, public works, project registration, labor standards, contractor compliance, subcontractor reporting, state government, Department of Administration, Commissioner of Labor and Industry, Metropolitan Council, highway construction, public construction

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• Workers’ compensation judges examine many medical and factual issues to decide whether the worker was
• This is not fairness, and this is not how workers' compensation. ...worker, everything.
• since the workers' compensation statutes were put into place.
• The workers' compensation chapter.
• In fact, the Workers' Compensation Medical Director, Dr.

Bills: HB282, HB293, HB390, HB456, HB460, HB561, HB819, HB1023, HB1047, HB1101

Keywords: employment discrimination, criminal history, rehabilitation, hiring process, human rights, gender identity, sexual orientation, workplace equality, labor rights, domestic abuse, unpaid leave, employee rights, workplace protection, mental health, survivor support, workers' compensation, employment benefits, claims process, fraud prevention, legal petition

Bills: HB 322, HB 331, HB 673, HB 1147, HB 1154, HB 2488

Keywords: JET Grant Program, career education, technical education, community colleges, technology solutions, high demand jobs, first responders, acute myocardial infarction, stroke, benefits, compensation, presumption of disability, emergency services, healthcare, Medicaid, mental health, substance abuse, treatment access, cost, insurance coverage

Bills: HB 322, HB 331, HB 673, HB 1147, HB 1154, HB 2488

Keywords: JET Grant Program, career education, technical education, community colleges, technology solutions, high demand jobs, first responders, acute myocardial infarction, stroke, benefits, compensation, presumption of disability, emergency services, healthcare, Medicaid, mental health, substance abuse, treatment access, cost, insurance coverage

Bills: HB 322, HB 331, HB 673, HB 1147, HB 1154, HB 2488

Keywords: JET Grant Program, career education, technical education, community colleges, technology solutions, high demand jobs, first responders, acute myocardial infarction, stroke, benefits, compensation, presumption of disability, emergency services, healthcare, Medicaid, mental health, substance abuse, treatment access, cost, insurance coverage

Bills: HB 322, HB 331, HB 673, HB 1147, HB 1154, HB 2488

Keywords: JET Grant Program, career education, technical education, community colleges, technology solutions, high demand jobs, first responders, acute myocardial infarction, stroke, benefits, compensation, presumption of disability, emergency services, healthcare, Medicaid, mental health, substance abuse, treatment access, cost, insurance coverage

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• Chair lays out HB 673 relating to the eligibility of first responders for workers' compensation benefits
• Chair lays out HB 673 relating to the eligibility of first responders for workers' compensation benefits
• For this reason, there are various presumptions under a state workers' compensation system specifically
• Current law requires workers' compensation dispute proceedings to be conducted within 75 miles of the
• Chairman, there's a resource witness here from the Division of Workers' Compensation to answer any of

Bills: HB322, HB331, HB673, HB 1147, HB 1154, HB2488

Keywords: JET Grant Program, career education, technical education, community colleges, technology solutions, high demand jobs, first responders, acute myocardial infarction, stroke, benefits, compensation, presumption of disability, emergency services, healthcare, Medicaid, mental health, substance abuse, treatment access, cost, insurance coverage

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• Nursing home worker means any worker who provides services in a nursing home in Minnesota, including
• SEIU represents nearly 70,000 essential workers across Minnesota who provide care and support for families
• SEIU represents nearly 70,000 essential workers across Minnesota who provide care and support for families
• It's not going to the workers, and we need to make sure it's going to the workers.
• It's not going to the workers, and we need to make sure it's going to the workers.

Bills: HF1419, HF500

Keywords: nursing facilities, reimbursement rates, elderly care, minimum wage, healthcare funding, nursing home, employment standards, worker rights, Minnesota Statutes, labor compensation, 1183, house

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• The standards will impact Minnesota.
• SEIU represents nearly 70,000 essential workers across Minnesota who provide care and support for families
• <00:14:43.680> across 70,000 essential workers across 70,000 essential workers across Minnesota
• It's not going to the workers, and we need to make sure it's going to the workers. Thank you.
• It's not going to the workers, and we need to make sure it's going to the workers. Thank you.

Bills: HF1419, HF500

Keywords: nursing facilities, reimbursement rates, elderly care, minimum wage, healthcare funding, nursing home, employment standards, worker rights, Minnesota Statutes, labor compensation, 919, house, all

Summary: The committee took up House File 500, which would require the legislature to fund the Nursing Home Workforce Standards Board’s standards before they could take effect. An author’s DE2 amendment was adopted first; the amendment was described as pausing the board’s standards unless the legislature estimates and fully pays the cost for each nursing home. The bill author argued that mandates without money create serious consequences for seniors and providers, and said the measure would keep budget authority with the legislature rather than an appointed board. Supporters, including nursing home operators and the Long-Term Care Imperative, said the board’s holiday pay and minimum wage standards would create large unfunded costs, citing estimates ranging from hundreds of thousands to millions of dollars for individual facilities and more than $200 million statewide. They argued that some facilities could face debt, reserve depletion, or reduced access to care if the standards are not funded. Opponents, including SEIU workers and union leaders, said the board has improved staffing, recruitment, morale, and worker safety, and that caregivers deserve higher wages and holiday pay. They argued the bill would weaken the board’s ability to address chronic understaffing and would shift focus away from worker protections. Members also debated whether nursing home reimbursement rates have already risen enough to cover wages and whether the problem lies with how funds are used by providers. After public testimony closed, several members spoke in opposition and support. A roll call was requested, and the committee voted 9-7 to re-refer House File 500, as amended, to the Committee on Labor and Workforce and Economic Development Finance and Policy.

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• between SEIU Healthcare Minnesota and Iowa and the state of Minnesota under current law.
• Minnesota has been grappling with the direct care worker shortage, which we heard in the previous bill
• In fact, last year my co-workers joined the largest ever one-day strike of Minnesota nursing home workers
• nursing home one-day strike of Minnesota nursing home workers<00:47:45.280> I<00:47:45.520>
• to the compensation of direct care<01:40:24.239> workers<01:40:25.239> we<01:40:25.440

Bills: HF2367, HF2319, HF2523, HF1742, HF671, HF2331, HF2722, HF2406, HF1674

Keywords: HF2367, Community First Services and Supports, CFSS, personal care assistance, PCA, consumer-directed community supports, CDCS, home and community-based services, HCBS, direct support professionals, direct care workers, caregivers, support workers, SEIU Healthcare Minnesota & Iowa, collective bargaining agreement, retention stipend, health care cost stipend, training stipend, orientation program, retirement trust

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• I'm bringing to you today in the aftermath of us changing from a judicial to a commission system on workers
• We had this workers' comp advisory commission in place, and it is agreed by all involved today that it

Bills: SB1303, SB1343, SB1435, SB1438, SB1444, SB1641, SB1765, SB1916, SB2067

Keywords: workers' compensation, workers comp, Oklahoma Workers' Compensation Commission, Administrative Workers' Compensation Act, self-insurance guaranty fund, multiple injury trust fund, physician advisory committee, advisory council on workers' compensation, workers' compensation court, insurance, employer liability, self-insured employer, fund transfer, records transfer, agency reorganization, statutory cleanup, technical corrections, Title 85A, SB1343, Vision Plan Contractual Requirements Act

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• I work as a home care worker, and I am here to testify on behalf of SEIU Healthcare Minnesota in Iowa
• There is no law or rule in Minnesota that requires that any of the higher shared service rate go to workers
• There is no law or rule in Minnesota that requires that any of the higher shared service rate go to workers
• the<00:20:16.160> service worker would approve the service worker would approve the service
• So, it's just directly to workers.

Bills: HF3797, HF3780, HF4068, HF3935

Keywords: long-term care, insurance policy, healthcare, partnership policy, Minnesota, human services, wage increase, support workers, shared services, community first services, medical assistance, sanctions, healthcare services, monetary recovery, government accountability, assisted living, training, unlicensed personnel, resident rights, safety regulations

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• try to demonstrate that um in workers try to demonstrate that um in workers compensation.<00:37:
• The largest being the workers' compensation fund.
• the workers' compensation fund.
• The largest being the workers' compensation fund.
• the workers' compensation fund.

Bills: HF1151, HF1239, HF1240, HF2020, HF2514, HF2515, HF2451

Keywords: Compensation Council, salaries, state officials, judicial compensation, legislative process, public funds, misuse, law enforcement, accountability, state government, legislative auditor, compliance, transparency, retirement benefits, health insurance, dependents, state employees, Medicare, legislative studies, government oversight

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• I'm from Southwest Minnesota. Hi. I’m from Southwest Minnesota, from Worthington.
• million loss in Revenue if the Minnesota million loss in Revenue if the Minnesota model<00:48:26.440
• Paul the suburbs and greater Minnesota Paul the suburbs and greater Minnesota and<00:57:22.319><
• There is still a worker shortage in the state of Minnesota, and we continue to see a mismatch between
• <01:27:46.679> St organizations in Greater Minnesota St organizations in Greater Minnesota

Bills: HF500, HF718, HF1096, HF1246, HF1469

Keywords: nursing home, employment standards, worker rights, Minnesota Statutes, labor compensation, workforce development, job training, economic stability, low-income, career pathways, education funding, Summit Academy, employment, STEM programming, GED preparation, Neighborhood Development Center, NDC, small business, entrepreneurship, business training

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• Not much in rural Minnesota. metro. Not much in rural Minnesota.
• I live in Wilmer, Minnesota, Gomez.
• <00:34:07.279> an<00:34:07.600> outlier Minnesota an outlier Minnesota an outlier in<00
• <00:57:40.240> Guners and advocacy for the Minnesota Guners and advocacy for the Minnesota
• Uh, the compensation council. >> Thank you. Uh, the compensation council.

Bills: HF3477, HF3480, HF3781, HF3357, HF3737, HF3664, HF3621

Keywords: civil rights, law enforcement, federal collaboration, accountability, state law, immigration enforcement, economic impact, Operation Metro Surge, study, appropriation, local government, Legislative Commission on Legislative Security, legislator security, elected official security, staff security, statehouse security, capitol security, legislative district safety, political violence prevention, threat assessment