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MT Code § 2-18-1012 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 2. Government Structure and Administration|Chapter 18. State Employee Classification, Compensation, and Benefits|Part 10. Grievance Procedures|2-18-1012. Grievance procedure

  2-18-1012. Grievance procedure. If, upon the preponderance of the evidence taken at the hearing, the board is of the opinion that the employee is aggrieved, it may issue an order to the appropriate agency or agencies of state government to require an action to resolve the employee's grievance. In a hearing, the board is not bound by statutory or common-law rules of evidence. The hearing may be conducted by telephone or by videoconference.   History: En. 82A-1014 by Sec. 15, Ch. 440, L. 1973; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 47, L. 1974; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 378, L. 1975; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 545, L. 1977; R.C.M. 1947, 82A-1014(part); amd. Sec. 3, Ch. 90, L. 1995.
MT Code § 2-18-1013 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 2. Government Structure and Administration|Chapter 18. State Employee Classification, Compensation, and Benefits|Part 10. Grievance Procedures|2-18-1013. Enforcement of board order -- petition to district court

  2-18-1013. Enforcement of board order -- petition to district court. The board or the employee may petition for the enforcement of the board's order and for appropriate temporary relief and shall file in the district court the record of the proceedings. Upon the filing of the petition, the district court shall have jurisdiction of the proceeding. Thereafter, the district court shall set the matter for hearing. After the hearing, the district court shall issue its order granting such temporary or permanent relief as it considers just and proper. No objection that has not been raised before the board shall be considered by the court unless the failure or neglect to raise the objection is excused because of extraordinary circumstances. The findings of the board with respect to questions of fact, if supported by substantial evidence on the record considered as a whole, shall be conclusive.   History: En. 82A-1014 by Sec. 15, Ch. 440, L. 1973; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 47, L. 1974; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 378, L. 1975; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 545, L. 1977; R.C.M. 1947, 82A-1014(4)(d).
MT Code § 2-18-1101 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 2. Government Structure and Administration|Chapter 18. State Employee Classification, Compensation, and Benefits|Part 11. Employee Incentive Program|2-18-1101. Definitions

  2-18-1101. Definitions. As used in this part, the following definitions apply:   (1) "Agency head" means a director, commissioner, or constitutional officer in charge of an executive, legislative, or judicial branch agency or an agency of the Montana university system. The term includes the president or other person in charge of a public retirement board or a unit of the Montana university system.   (2) "Department" means the department of administration provided for in 2-15-1001.   (3) (a) "Employee" means an employee of the executive, legislative, or judicial branch or the Montana university system.   (b) The term does not include a student intern, as defined in 2-18-101.   (4) "Group or team of employees" means a group, team, or work unit of employees working cooperatively.   History: En. Sec. 1, Ch. 552, L. 1981; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 61, L. 1983; amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 103, L. 1985; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 23, Sp. L. November 1993; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 99, L. 2001; amd. Sec. 7, Ch. 75, L. 2005.
MT Code § 2-18-1102 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 2. Government Structure and Administration|Chapter 18. State Employee Classification, Compensation, and Benefits|Part 11. Employee Incentive Program|2-18-1102. Creation of program

  2-18-1102. Creation of program. The department shall develop a statewide employee incentive award program to appropriately recognize and monetarily reward individual state employees and groups or teams of employees for documented innovations that contribute to the efficiency, economy, or other improvement of state government by reducing the costs or improving the effectiveness of governmental operations.   History: En. Sec. 2, Ch. 552, L. 1981; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 61, L. 1983; amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 103, L. 1985; amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 23, Sp. L. November 1993; amd. Sec. 11, Ch. 417, L. 1997.
MT Code § 2-18-1103 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 2. Government Structure and Administration|Chapter 18. State Employee Classification, Compensation, and Benefits|Part 11. Employee Incentive Program|2-18-1103. Powers and duties of department

  2-18-1103. Powers and duties of department. The department shall:   (1) adopt rules to implement this part;   (2) develop model guidelines and promotional materials to assist agencies in implementing this part; and   (3) prepare and submit to the state administration and veterans' affairs interim committee by September 15 in the year preceding the regular legislative session and in the manner provided in 5-11-210 a list of awards granted under 2-18-1106 and the corresponding savings to the state and improvements in the effectiveness of state government.   History: En. Sec. 3, Ch. 552, L. 1981; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 61, L. 1983; amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 103, L. 1985; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 23, Sp. L. June 1986; amd. Sec. 12, Ch. 112, L. 1991; amd. Sec. 11, Ch. 349, L. 1993; amd. Sec. 3, Ch. 23, Sp. L. November 1993; amd. Sec. 12, Ch. 417, L. 1997; amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 155, L. 2013.
MT Code § 2-18-1104 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 2. Government Structure and Administration|Chapter 18. State Employee Classification, Compensation, and Benefits|Part 11. Employee Incentive Program|2-18-1104. Repealed

  2-18-1104. Repealed. Sec. 9, Ch. 23, Sp. L. November 1993.   History: En. Sec. 4, Ch. 552, L. 1981; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 61, L. 1983; amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 103, L. 1985.
MT Code § 2-18-1105 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 2. Government Structure and Administration|Chapter 18. State Employee Classification, Compensation, and Benefits|Part 11. Employee Incentive Program|2-18-1105. Eligibility for award

  2-18-1105. Eligibility for award. (1) Except as provided in subsection (3), an employee, a group or team of employees, or a nonemployee is eligible for an incentive award for innovations that:   (a) significantly contribute to achievements or outcomes eliminating or reducing an agency's expenditures; or   (b) improve the effectiveness of state government or improve services to the public by permitting more work to be accomplished within an agency without increasing the cost of governmental operations.   (2) To be eligible for an incentive award, an employee, a group or team of employees, or a nonemployee must receive approval from agency management for immediate implementation, for a short-term test of an idea or innovation, or for the development and testing of a prototype that could make significant improvement in the way an agency conducts business by addressing fiscal, customer service, efficiency, or safety issues.   (3) A director, as defined in 2-15-102, or a legislator is not eligible for the incentive award provided for under this part.   (4) Suggestions relating to an agency are eligible for an award from that agency's agency head even if the employee or group or team of employees, or one or more members of the group or team, do not work for that agency.   History: En. Sec. 5, Ch. 552, L. 1981; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 61, L. 1983; amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 103, L. 1985; amd. Sec. 4, Ch. 23, Sp. L. November 1993; amd. Sec. 13, Ch. 417, L. 1997.
MT Code § 2-18-1106 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 2. Government Structure and Administration|Chapter 18. State Employee Classification, Compensation, and Benefits|Part 11. Employee Incentive Program|2-18-1106. Agency head to grant award -- amount and source of award

  2-18-1106. Agency head to grant award -- amount and source of award. (1) An agency head may grant an incentive award to an employee, a group or team of employees, or a nonemployee who has made a significant contribution to achievements or outcomes in the agency, as enumerated in 2-18-1105. An employee or a member of a group or team of employees need not be employed by the agency that benefits from the achievement or outcome and whose agency head grants the award in order to be granted an award.   (2) If agency management determines that an idea, innovation, or prototype that has been implemented will result in cost savings or improvements to agency operations, the agency head, at the agency head's discretion, may grant an incentive award of up to $500, up to 40 hours paid leave time, or other nonmonetary recognition.   (3) If an achievement or outcome produces cost savings that can be measured after the savings are actually realized or that can be accurately projected for a period of 12 months following implementation, a larger award may be granted by the agency head. The amount of the award must be determined by the agency head but may not exceed:   (a) 10% of the first $100,000 of cost savings actually realized or accurately projected; plus   (b) 5% of the next $100,000 of cost savings actually realized or accurately projected; plus   (c) 2% of the next $100,000 of cost savings actually realized or accurately projected.   (4) (a) If the award is to be divided between two or more persons, the agency head shall determine the amount each person is to receive.   (b) Each person must be paid in one lump sum no later than 90 days after the end of the 12-month period following implementation of the suggestion. However, an agency head may pay an award at any time that savings can be determined. The agency head shall pay the award from the agency's budget. This award is in addition to the recipient's regular compensation or leave time.   (5) Within 30 days after the end of each fiscal year, each agency shall submit to the department a list of the number of incentive awards granted, to whom each award was granted, the estimated value of each achievement or outcome, and the amount of each award.   History: En. Sec. 6, Ch. 552, L. 1981; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 61, L. 1983; amd. Secs. 1, 2, Ch. 103, L. 1985; amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 23, Sp. L. June 1986; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 201, L. 1987; amd. Sec. 5, Ch. 23, Sp. L. November 1993; amd. Sec. 14, Ch. 417, L. 1997.
MT Code § 2-18-1107 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 2. Government Structure and Administration|Chapter 18. State Employee Classification, Compensation, and Benefits|Part 11. Employee Incentive Program|2-18-1107. Salary increase based on elimination of position

  2-18-1107. Salary increase based on elimination of position. An agency head, as defined in 2-18-1101, may, with the approval of the approving authority, as defined in 17-7-102, increase the salary for one or more positions in the agency by the amount of the salary for a position that was permanently eliminated by the agency within the last 30 days. However, an increased salary may not exceed the market midpoint for that position determined under Title 2, chapter 18, part 3. If an eliminated position's salary is redistributed under this section, the agency may not be given an increased appropriation in regard to the eliminated position under 2-15-112(2)(e). An increase for an employee who is in a collective bargaining unit is a negotiable subject under 39-31-305.   History: En. Sec. 6, Ch. 23, Sp. L. November 1993; amd. Sec. 7, Ch. 430, L. 2017.
MT Code § 2-18-1201 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 2. Government Structure and Administration|Chapter 18. State Employee Classification, Compensation, and Benefits|Part 12. State Employee Protection Act|2-18-1201. Short title

  2-18-1201. Short title. This part may be cited as the "State Employee Protection Act".   History: En. Sec. 1, Ch. 477, L. 1993.
MT Code § 2-18-1202 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 2. Government Structure and Administration|Chapter 18. State Employee Classification, Compensation, and Benefits|Part 12. State Employee Protection Act|2-18-1202. Definitions

  2-18-1202. Definitions. As used in this part, the following definitions apply:   (1) "Agency" has the meaning provided in 2-18-101 but does not include the Montana university system.   (2) (a) "Employee" means a person employed by the state who has achieved permanent status, as defined in 2-18-101, or officers and employees of the legislative branch and teachers under the authority of the department of corrections or department of public health and human services who have been employed for at least 6 continuous months.   (b) The term does not include a student intern, as defined in 2-18-101.   (3) "Privatization" means contracting with the private sector to provide a service normally or traditionally provided directly by an employee of an agency.   History: En. Sec. 2, Ch. 477, L. 1993; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 524, L. 1995; amd. Sec. 15, Ch. 42, L. 1997; amd. Sec. 8, Ch. 75, L. 2005.
MT Code § 2-18-1203 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 2. Government Structure and Administration|Chapter 18. State Employee Classification, Compensation, and Benefits|Part 12. State Employee Protection Act|2-18-1203. General protection

  2-18-1203. General protection. (1) An employee whose position is eliminated as a result of privatization, reorganization of an agency, closure of or a reduction in force at an agency, or other actions by the legislature is entitled to:   (a) access to any job retraining and career development programs provided by the state through the service delivery areas dislocated worker programs under the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act, 29 U.S.C. 3101, et seq., provided that the employee begins participating in a program within 1 year after the elimination of the employee's position; and   (b) inclusion in a special job register from which all agencies may attempt to hire employees prior to seeking applications from the general public. Nothing in this section requires an agency to attempt to hire employees from the special job register prior to seeking applications from the general public. An employee's eligibility to participate in the job register terminates 2 years from the effective date of the employee's layoff or 2 years from the date of the employee's completion of job training provided under subsection (1)(a), whichever is later.   (2) Each state agency shall pay to the department of labor and industry a set amount that is equal to the department's average cost of providing the retraining and development services for state employees in the previous fiscal year for each involuntarily terminated state employee who requests access to any job training and career development program provided by the department.   History: En. Sec. 3, Ch. 477, L. 1993; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 24, Sp. L. November 1993; amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 524, L. 1995; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 361, L. 1997; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 502, L. 2003; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 37, L. 2017.
MT Code § 2-18-1204 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 2. Government Structure and Administration|Chapter 18. State Employee Classification, Compensation, and Benefits|Part 12. State Employee Protection Act|2-18-1204. Salary and benefits protection -- employee transfer

  2-18-1204. Salary and benefits protection -- employee transfer. An employee whose position is eliminated as a result of privatization, reorganization of an agency, closure of or a reduction in force at an agency, or other actions by the legislature and who is subsequently transferred to a different position in a state agency is entitled to:   (1) the same hourly salary as previously received if the new position is the same classification or higher as the one previously held;   (2) retain all accrued sick leave credits;   (3) retain, cash out, or use accrued vacation leave credits to extend the employee's effective layoff date; and   (4) relocation expenses as provided in agency policy.   History: En. Sec. 4, Ch. 477, L. 1993; amd. Sec. 3, Ch. 524, L. 1995; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 111, L. 2005; amd. Sec. 5, Ch. 130, L. 2005; amd. Sec. 15, Ch. 81, L. 2007; amd. Sec. 6, Ch. 7, L. 2009; amd. Sec. 8, Ch. 430, L. 2017.
MT Code § 2-18-1205 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 2. Government Structure and Administration|Chapter 18. State Employee Classification, Compensation, and Benefits|Part 12. State Employee Protection Act|2-18-1205. Continuation of health insurance and employer contributions

  2-18-1205. Continuation of health insurance and employer contributions. (1) During the period of unemployment as a result of privatization, reorganization of an agency, closure of or a reduction in force at an agency, or other actions by the legislature, the employee is entitled to remain covered by the state's group health insurance plan and to the continuation of the employer's contribution to the employee's group health insurance for 6 months from the effective date of layoff or until the employee becomes employed, whichever occurs first.   (2) For the purposes of this section, the term "agency" includes the Montana university system.   History: En. Sec. 5, Ch. 477, L. 1993; amd. Sec. 4, Ch. 524, L. 1995.
MT Code § 2-18-1206 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 2. Government Structure and Administration|Chapter 18. State Employee Classification, Compensation, and Benefits|Part 12. State Employee Protection Act|2-18-1206. Notice

  2-18-1206. Notice. (1) Except as provided in subsection (2), an employee and the employee's collective bargaining unit, if any, must be notified as soon as possible prior to privatization, reorganization of any agency, or closure of or a reduction in force at an agency. When 25 or more employees are affected, the notice must be given at least 60 days prior to the privatization, reorganization, agency closure, or reduction in force.   (2) When privatization, reorganization, an agency closure, or a reduction in force affects fewer than 25 employees, each employee affected must be notified at least 14 days prior to the privatization, reorganization, agency closure, or reduction in force.   History: En. Sec. 6, Ch. 477, L. 1993.
MT Code § 2-18-1301 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 2. Government Structure and Administration|Chapter 18. State Employee Classification, Compensation, and Benefits|Part 13. Voluntary Employees' Beneficiary Association Act|2-18-1301. Short title

  2-18-1301. Short title. This part may be cited as the "Voluntary Employees' Beneficiary Association Act".   History: En. Sec. 1, Ch. 272, L. 2001.
MT Code § 2-18-1302 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 2. Government Structure and Administration|Chapter 18. State Employee Classification, Compensation, and Benefits|Part 13. Voluntary Employees' Beneficiary Association Act|2-18-1302. Purpose and intent

  2-18-1302. Purpose and intent. The legislature finds that escalating health care expenses, particularly the increasing cost of medical treatment and health insurance, constitute a substantial financial burden during and after an employee's working career. The purpose of this part is to provide a means by which public employers may contribute to a plan established under a qualified tax-exempt trust organization to assist public employees and their dependents with paying for qualified health care expenses. Under the plan, employer contributions, investment earnings, and payments for qualified health care expenses are tax-exempt. The legislature also finds that centralized statewide administration offers a consistent approach and is more cost-effective, especially for smaller employers. However, the legislature does not intend to prohibit an employer from establishing a similar program as an alternative or in addition to participation in the statewide program provided for in this part. Additionally, the legislature intends to facilitate a grassroots process to determine plan participation.  History: En. Sec. 2, Ch. 272, L. 2001; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 128, L. 2021.
MT Code § 2-18-1303 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 2. Government Structure and Administration|Chapter 18. State Employee Classification, Compensation, and Benefits|Part 13. Voluntary Employees' Beneficiary Association Act|2-18-1303. Definitions

  2-18-1303. Definitions. As used in this part, unless the context requires otherwise, the following definitions apply:  (1) "Common association" means an association of employees established pursuant to 2-18-1310 for the purposes of employer and employee participation in the plan.   (2) "Contracting employer" means an employer who, pursuant to 2-18-1310, has contracted with the department to participate in the plan.   (3) "Department" means the department of administration established in 2-15-1001.   (4) "Dependent" means the tax-qualified dependent or child of the participant as determined under section 105(b) of the Internal Revenue Code, 26 U.S.C. 105(b).   (5) (a) "Employee" means a person employed by an employer.   (b) The term does not include an independent contractor, a person hired by the employer under a personal services contract, or a student intern, as defined in 2-18-101.   (6) "Employer" means a legally constituted department, board, commission, or any other administrative unit of state government, a county, an incorporated city or town, or any other political subdivision of the state, including a school district, or a unit of the university system.   (7) "Health care expense trust account" or "account" means an account established for the payment of qualified health care expenses under the plan.   (8) "Member" means an employee whose work unit voted to establish a common association.   (9) "Participant" means a member who terminates employment and for whom an account is established.   (10) "Plan" means the employee welfare benefit plan established under section 501(c)(9) of the Internal Revenue Code, 26 U.S.C. 501(c)(9), pursuant to 2-18-1304.   (11) "Qualified health care expenses" means expenses paid by a participant for medical care, as defined by 26 U.S.C. 213(d), for the participant or the participant's spouse or dependent.   History: En. Sec. 3, Ch. 272, L. 2001; amd. Sec. 9, Ch. 75, L. 2005; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 96, L. 2005; amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 128, L. 2021.
MT Code § 2-18-1304 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 2. Government Structure and Administration|Chapter 18. State Employee Classification, Compensation, and Benefits|Part 13. Voluntary Employees' Beneficiary Association Act|2-18-1304. Statewide employee welfare benefit plan established -- health care expense trust accounts -- investment of funds -- account access -- administrative expenses

  2-18-1304. Statewide employee welfare benefit plan established -- health care expense trust accounts -- investment of funds -- account access -- administrative expenses. (1) The department shall establish, through contracted services, a plan under a tax-exempt entity that qualifies as a voluntary employees' beneficiary association trust pursuant to section 501(c)(9) of the Internal Revenue Code, 26 U.S.C. 501(c)(9). The plan must provide participants with individual health care expense trust accounts to pay qualified health care expenses.  (2) The department shall determine what investment vehicles will be offered to plan participants. Each plan participant is entitled to direct the investment of funds in the participant's account among the investment vehicles offered. The department shall provide for a default investment vehicle if a participant fails to direct how funds are to be invested.   (3) At any time after a participant's account has been established, the participant may access funds in the account in a manner prescribed by the department. The funds may be accessed only for the payment of qualified health care expenses and until the funds have been exhausted.   (4) Administrative expenses must be paid by the plan in a manner prescribed by the department.   History: En. Sec. 4, Ch. 272, L. 2001; amd. Sec. 3, Ch. 128, L. 2021.
MT Code § 2-18-1305 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 2. Government Structure and Administration|Chapter 18. State Employee Classification, Compensation, and Benefits|Part 13. Voluntary Employees' Beneficiary Association Act|2-18-1305. Rulemaking authority

  2-18-1305. Rulemaking authority. The department shall adopt rules to implement the provisions of this part. The rules must be designed to allow the plan to conform to federal law.   History: En. Sec. 5, Ch. 272, L. 2001.