Throughout the pandemic, frontline workers like you kept the rest of our state safe, healthy, fed, and housed, but too many workers saw zero recognition by their employers for the risk they were taking just by going to work. That's why many of these workers and frontline worker unions like SEIU worked with politicians like Gov. Walz and Lt. Gov. Flanagan to pass Frontline Worker Pay that sets aside $500 million to provide payments to frontline workers who couldn't work from home. That means hundreds of thousands of workers in our state will get some long-overdue financial recognition.

We know that corporations and CEOs have taken more and more for themselves and want to rig the system even more, but Gov. Walz, Lt. Gov. Flanagan, and DFL members of the State House and Senate made sure that $500 million of our state's budget surplus is going to the working people who risked their health and safety working in healthcare, cleaning, food processing, schools and more.

Before applying for your payment, check whether you're eligible below, and take just one minute to thank Gov. Walz & Lt. Gov. Flanagan for their work to make sure frontline workers are *finally* getting recognized for the work they do before being forwarded to the application.

Over March 15, 2020, through June 30, 2021:

• Were you employed in one or more frontline sectors in Minnesota?
• Were you required to work in-person (without the option to telework) for at least 120 hours?
• Were you working in close proximity (within six feet) to individuals outside of your household?
• Did you receive less than 21 weeks of unemployment?

For either 2020 or 2021, was your income less than:

• $185,000 if you were married filing your taxes jointly, or $85,000 for other filers,
• Or if you had direct COVID-19 patient care responsibilities, $350,000 if you were married filing jointly, or $175,000 for other filers?

Frontline sectors include:

• long-term care and home care,
• health care,
• emergency responders,
• public health, social service, and regulatory service,
• courts and corrections,
• child care,
• schools, including higher education,
• food service, including production, processing, preparation, sale and delivery,
• retail, including sales, fulfillment, distribution and delivery,
• temporary shelters and hotels,
• building services, including maintenance, janitorial and security,
• public transit,
• ground and air transportation services,
• manufacturing, and
• vocational rehabilitation