Who in Minnesota is Eligible to Claim COVID Bonus Checks?

ST. PAUL -- House Democratic and Senate Republican leaders reached a deal on COVID bonuses for front line workers and on re-filling the Unemployment Insurance Fund to avoid business tax increases -- and it's expected a bill will be on the governor's desk later Friday and he'll sign it.

The state says 667,000 Minnesotans will soon be eligible to claim a bonus check for $750.

"Frontline sector" means the following sectors:

(1) long-term care and home care;

(2) health care;

(3) emergency responders;

(4) public health, social service, and regulatory service;

(5) courts and corrections;

(6) child care;

(7) schools, including charter schools, state schools, and higher education;

(8) food service, including production, processing, preparation, sale, and delivery;

(9) retail, including sales, fulfillment, distribution, and delivery;

(10) temporary shelters and hotels;

(11) building services, including maintenance, janitorial, and security;

(12) public transit;

(13) ground and air transportation services;

(14) manufacturing; and

(15) vocational rehabilitation.