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Exemption: Unemployment compensation

Citation: Stat. - Minn. Stat. Ann. § 268.192 subd. 2

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Minn. Stat. Ann. § 268.192 subd. 2:
Chapter 268. Department of Economic Security

268.192. Protection of rights

Subdivision 1. Waiver of rights void. Any agreement by an individual to waive, release, or commute rights to unemployment benefits or any other rights under the Minnesota Unemployment Insurance Law shall be void. Any agreement by an employee to pay all or any portion of an employer's taxes, shall be void. No employer shall directly or indirectly make or require or accept any deduction from wages to pay the employer's taxes, require or accept any waiver of any right or in any manner obstruct or impede an application or continued biweekly request for unemployment benefits. Any employer or officer or agent of any employer who violates any portion of this subdivision shall, for each offense, be guilty of a misdemeanor.

Subd. 2. No assignment of unemployment benefits; exemptions. Any assignment, pledge, or encumbrance of unemployment benefits shall be void. Unemployment benefits shall be exempt from levy, execution, attachment, or any other remedy provided for the collection of debt. Any waiver of this subdivision shall be void.
Last Amended: 2012
2012
2012 Legislation

Laws 2012, c. 201, art. 2, � 7, added subd. 1a, prohibiting certain agreements between an employer and an employee.

1 Amended by 2012 Minn. Sess. Law Serv. Ch. 201 (S.F. 2224) (WEST).

2007

Amended by Laws 1998, c. 265, � 39; Laws 1999, c. 107, � 59; Laws 2000, c. 343, � 4, eff. April 7, 2000; Laws 2001, c. 175, �� 48, 52; Laws 2003, 1st Sp., c. 3, art. 2, � 20; Laws 2007, c. 128, art. 3, � 24, par. (c), eff. Sept. 30, 2007; Laws 2007, c. 128, art. 6, � 94, eff. Sept. 30, 2007.

HISTORICAL AND STATUTORY NOTES


2007 Electronic Update

2007 Legislation

Laws 2007, c. 128, art. 3, � 24, par. (c), directed the revisor of statutes to change the term "continued biweekly request" to "continued request" in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 268.

Laws 2007, c. 128, art. 3, � 25, provides:

"Sections 1 to 7 and 9 to 24 are effective September 30, 2007, except for section 24, paragraph (e), which is effective the day following final enactment [the date of final enactment was May 24, 2007]. Section 8 is effective the day following final enactment."

Laws 2007, c. 128, art. 6, � 1, provided a Statement of Intent, which read:

"This article makes style changes that conform to preferred modern statutory drafting conventions for the use of clear, concise, and plain language."

Laws 2007, c. 128, art. 6, � 94, in subd. 1, substituted "No employer may" for "No employer shall"; and made various other nonsubstantive housekeeping and style changes throughout the section.

2007 Main Volume
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