On April 29, 2022, Minnesota Governor Tim Walz signed Frontline Worker Stimulus Checks into law to show appreciation to the citizens of Minnesota who made sacrifices to labor on the frontlines during the COVID-19 breakout emergency.
Following discussions between the Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party (DFL) and the Republican Party, Walz has agreed to divide 500 million dollars – around 750 dollars Stimulus Check – among candidates who satisfy specific qualifications. The candidate must have worked for at least 120 hours in Minnesota in one or more main sectors between March 15, 2020, and June 30, 2021, according to the official website for the Minnesota Frontline Worker Pay Program.
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This program is designed to assist those who, because of their jobs, were unable to telework or needed to be near coworkers who lived outside of their homes because of the nature of their jobs.
Additionally, candidates must have sufficient income for at least a year between December 31, 2019, and January 1, 2022.
Individual filers should earn less than half of the abovementioned amount, while joint filers should have less than 350.000 dollars in adjusted gross income if they have direct COVID-19 patient responsibilities.
According to the website, “the adjusted gross income maximum is 185,000 dollars for married taxpayers joint filers, or 85,000 dollars for other filers, for workers in jobs without direct COVID-19 patient care duties.” Between March 15, 2020, and June 26, 2021, candidates could not have received unemployment insurance benefits for more than 20 weeks.
Applications are being taken for the Frontline Worker Stimulus Checks starting on June 8 and will be accepted through July 22, 2022, at 17:00 CT.
