If your work hours have been reduced or eliminated, apply for unemployment insurance from the State of Minnesota. The usual waiting period has been waived. If you are sick, quarantined, or home because of an outbreak at your work, you qualify for unemployment. If you stay home due to lack of child care, you may qualify for unemployment.
• Apply online in English, Spanish, Somali, or Hmong.
• Call 651-296-3644 (Twin Cities) if you don’t have internet access or if you don’t speak English, Spanish, Somali, or Hmong. Press 1 to request an interpreter.