Title Minnesota Statutes, Minnesota Statutes

179A.041 PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT RELATIONS BOARD; POWER, AUTHORITY, AND DUTIES. § Subdivision 1.Membership. The Public Employment Relations Board is established with three members. One member shall be an officer or employee of an exclusive representative of public employees and shall b…

179A.051 APPEALS OF COMMISSIONER'S DECISIONS. (a) Decisions of the commissioner relating to supervisory, confidential, essential, and professional employees, appropriateness of a unit, or fair share fee challenges may be reviewed on certiorari by the court of appeals. A petition …

179A.052 APPEALS OF BOARD'S DECISIONS. Decisions of the board relating to unfair labor practices under section 179.11, 179.12, 179A.12, subdivision 11, or 179A.13 including dismissal of unfair labor practice charges, may be reviewed on certiorari by the court of appeals. A petiti…

179A.06 EMPLOYEE RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS. § Subdivision 1.Expressing views. (a) Sections 179A.01 to 179A.25 do not affect the right of any public employee or the employee's representative to express or communicate a view, grievance, complaint, or opinion on any matter related to t…

179A.07 EMPLOYER RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS. § Subdivision 1.Inherent managerial policy. A public employer is not required to meet and negotiate on matters of inherent managerial policy. Matters of inherent managerial policy include, but are not limited to, such areas of discretion o…

179A.08 PROFESSIONAL EMPLOYEES. § Subdivision 1.Professional employees. The legislature recognizes that professional employees possess knowledge, expertise, and dedication which is helpful and necessary to the operation and quality of public services and which may assist public e…

179A.09 UNIT DETERMINATION. § Subdivision 1.Criteria. In determining the appropriate unit, the commissioner shall consider the principles and the coverage of uniform comprehensive position classification and compensation plans of the employees, professions and skilled crafts, and…

179A.10 STATE UNITS. § Subdivision 1.Exclusions. (a) The commissioner of management and budget shall meet and negotiate with the exclusive representative of each of the units specified in this section, except as provided in section 43A.06, subdivision 1, paragraph (c). The units …

179A.101 COURT UNITS. § Subdivision 1.Court employee units. (a) The state court administrator shall meet and negotiate with the exclusive representative of each of the units specified in this section. The units provided in this section are the only appropriate units for court emp…

179A.102 TRANSITION TO NEW BARGAINING UNIT STRUCTURE. § Subdivision 1.Applicability. Notwithstanding the provisions of section 179A.12 or any other law, this section governs, where contrary to other law, the initial certification and decertification, if any, of exclusive represen…

179A.103 COURT EMPLOYEES; GENERAL PROVISIONS. § Subdivision 1.Contracts. Contracts for the period commencing July 1 of the year in which the state assumes the cost of court administration in the judicial district for the judicial district court employees must be negotiated with t…

179A.104 BOARD OF PUBLIC DEFENSE. § Subdivision 1.Employee units. (a) The state Board of Public Defense shall meet and negotiate with the exclusive representative of each of the statewide units specified in this section. The units provided in this section are the only appropriate…

179A.11 UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA. § Subdivision 1.Units. (a) The following are appropriate units of University of Minnesota employees. The listed units include but are not limited to the positions described. A position may be added to a unit if the commissioner makes a determinati…

179A.12 EXCLUSIVE REPRESENTATION; ELECTIONS; DECERTIFICATION. § Subdivision 1.Certification continued. (a) Any employee organization holding formal recognition by order of the commissioner or by employer voluntary recognition on the effective date of Extra Session Laws 1971, chap…

179A.13 UNFAIR LABOR PRACTICES. § Subdivision 1.Actions. (a) The practices specified in this section are unfair labor practices. Any employee, employer, employee or employer organization, exclusive representative, or any other person or organization aggrieved by an unfair labor p…

179A.135 UNFAIR LABOR PRACTICES INVOLVING CHARITABLE HOSPITALS. Any charitable hospital as defined in section 179.35, subdivision 2, any hospital employee as defined in section 179.35, subdivision 3, any labor organization as defined in section 179.01, subdivision 6, or any other…

179A.14 COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENT; NEGOTIATION PROCEDURES. § Subdivision 1.Initiating negotiation. (a) First agreement. When an exclusive representative desires to meet and negotiate an initial agreement establishing terms and conditions of employment, the exclusive represe…

179A.15 MEDIATION. § Subdivision 1.Petitioning commissioner. Once notice has been given under section 179A.14, the employer or the exclusive representative may petition the commissioner for mediation services. § Subd. 2.Petition requirements; scheduling mediation. (a) A petition …

179A.16 INTEREST ARBITRATION. § Subdivision 1.Petitioning for arbitration; nonessential employees. (a) An exclusive representative or an employer of a unit of employees other than essential employees may request interest arbitration by providing written notice of the request to t…

179A.17 NEW EXCLUSIVE REPRESENTATIVES. § Subdivision 1.Teachers. If a new or different exclusive representative of teachers employed by a local school district is certified by the commissioner at any time other than the period between 120 days before the termination date of a con…

179A.18 STRIKES AUTHORIZED. § Subdivision 1.When authorized. Essential employees may not strike. Except as otherwise provided by subdivision 2 and section 179A.17, subdivision 2, other public employees may strike only under the following circumstances: (1)(i) the collective barga…

179A.19 ILLEGAL STRIKES. § Subdivision 1.Other strikes illegal. Except as authorized by section 179A.18, all strikes by public employees are illegal. Except as provided in this section, no unfair labor practice or violation of sections 179A.01 to 179A.25 by a public employer give…

179A.20 CONTRACTS. § Subdivision 1.Written contract. The exclusive representative and the employer shall execute a written contract or memorandum of contract containing the terms of the negotiated agreement or interest arbitration decision and any terms established by law. § Subd…

179A.21 GRIEVANCE ARBITRATION. § Subdivision 1.Definition. For purposes of this section, "grievance" means a dispute or disagreement as to the interpretation or application of any term or terms of any contract required by section 179A.20. § Subd. 2.Selecting arbitrator; arbitrati…

179A.22 STATE AND ITS EMPLOYEES; NEGOTIATIONS. § Subdivision 1.Appointing authority. For purposes of this section the term "appointing authority" has the meaning given it by section 43A.02, subdivision 5. § Subd. 2.Employer. The employer of state executive branch employees shall …

179A.225 COURT EMPLOYEES; NEGOTIATIONS. § Subdivision 1.Employer. The employer of court employees is, for purposes of sections 179A.01 to 179A.25, the state court administrator or designated representative. § Subd. 2.State court administrator; duties. In all negotiations between …

179A.226 BOARD OF PUBLIC DEFENSE EMPLOYEES; NEGOTIATIONS. § Subdivision 1.Chief board administrator; duties. In all negotiations between the state Board of Public Defense and exclusive representatives, the board must be represented by the chief administrator of the board or the c…

179A.23 LIMITATION ON CONTRACTING-OUT OF SERVICES PROVIDED BY MEMBERS OF A STATE OF MINNESOTA OR UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA BARGAINING UNIT. (a) Any contract entered into after March 23, 1982, by the state of Minnesota or the University of Minnesota involving services, any part of w…

179A.24 APPLICABILITY; SECTIONS 185.07 TO 185.19. Sections 185.07 to 185.19, apply to all public employees, including those specifically excepted from the definition of public employee in section 179A.03, subdivision 14, except as sections 185.07 to 185.19 are inconsistent with s…

179A.25 INDEPENDENT REVIEW. It is the public policy of the state of Minnesota that every public employee should be provided with the right of independent review, by a disinterested person or agency, of any grievance arising out of the interpretation of or adherence to terms and c…

179A.30 REGIONAL TREATMENT CENTER, NURSING HOME, AND COMMUNITY-BASED FACILITY EMPLOYEES. § Subdivision 1.Exclusive representative. The exclusive representative of employees may meet and negotiate with the commissioner of management and budget, in consultation with the Direct Care…

179A.40 HENNEPIN HEALTHCARE SYSTEM, INC. § Subdivision 1.Units. The following are the appropriate employee units of the Hennepin Healthcare System, Inc. All units shall exclude supervisors, managerial employees, and confidential employees. No additional units of Hennepin Healthca…

179A.53 MS 2016 [Never effective, 2013 c 128 art 1 s 4,6]

179A.54 INDIVIDUAL PROVIDERS OF DIRECT SUPPORT SERVICES. § Subdivision 1.Definitions. For the purposes of this section: (a) "Direct support services" has the meaning given to it under section 256B.0711, subdivision 1, paragraph (c). (b) "Individual provider" has the meaning given…

179A.60 JOINT POWERS AGREEMENTS. § Subdivision 1.Definition. For purposes of this section, "entity" means an operating organization, established by agreement of two or more governmental units for the joint exercise of governmental powers, that has its own governing board with the…