Frontline Worker Bonus Pay, Redistricting, and more

Frontline Worker Bonus Pay

The working group tasked with determining how $250 million will be distributed to frontline workers began meeting this week. The group consists of six members appointed by the legislature, and three by the governor. The money comes from the federal American Rescue Plan, and will be given to some of Minnesota’s estimated 924,000 frontline workers as bonuses. Not everyone will get bonuses, and the only stipulation going into negotiations is that long-term care workers must be included.

The working group will continue meeting and hearing testimony from different sectors of frontline workers until the Sept. 6 deadline.

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