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Also called: determination of eligibility; unemployment determination.
“Determination” means a document sent to an applicant or employer by mail or electronic transmission that is an initial department ruling on a specific issue. All documents that are determinations under this chapter use that term in the title of the document and are appealable to an unemployment law judge under section 268.105, subdivision 1.
Minn. Stat. § 268.035, subd. 12c. The document itself comes from § 268.101, subd. 2(a), which directs the commissioner to send “a determination of eligibility or a determination of ineligibility, as is appropriate.” Subdivision 2(f) sets the clock: the determination “is final unless an appeal is filed by the applicant or employer within 45 calendar days after sending,” and it must carry “a prominent statement indicating the consequences of not appealing.”
Where this comes up
- Minnesota Unemployment: Being Fired Does Not Disqualify You, and the First Hearing Is the Only One You Get
- Quitting Does Not End Your Unemployment Claim in Minnesota — the Legislature Wrote Ten Exceptions Into the Same Sentence That Creates the Disqualification
- Every Minnesota Employment Deadline in One Table — and Not One of Them Is the Same Number
Sources checked September 8, 2026. Citations independently verified against the primary source September 8, 2026.