The job of trying to account for what went wrong with government oversight of $250 million in the Feeding our Future program and $500 million in the Frontline Worker Pay Program falls largely in the lap of the Minnesota Legislative Auditor.
The Minnesota Office of the Legislative Auditor says the Department of Labor and Industry did not comply with some state requirements for the Frontline Worker Pay Program, leading to many
The Office of the Legislative Auditor says the program paid ineligible workers, was vulnerable to fraud and did not comply with Minnesota's Official Records Act.
The Minnesota Office of the Legislative Auditor says the Department of Labor and Industry did not comply with some state requirements for the Frontline Worker Pay Program leading to many ineligible individuals getting paid pandemic-era funds.
Legislators passed a bill this spring to provide $500 million in bonus checks to workers who had to report to their jobs during the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic and put themselves at greater risk than those who were able to work remotely.