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MN Stat § 43A.185 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapter 43A — State Employment|Chapter 43A — State Personnel Management|Section 43A.185 — Disaster Volunteer Leave.

43A.185 DISASTER VOLUNTEER LEAVE. Subdivision 1. Leave authorized. A state employee who is a certified disaster service volunteer of the American Red Cross may be granted leave from work with 100 percent of pay, not to exceed 15 working days in each year, to participate in specialized disaster relief services for the American Red Cross. The employee must be released from work for this function upon the request of the American Red Cross for the services of that employee, and upon the approval of that employee's appointing authority. The appointing authority shall compensate the employee granted leave under this section at 100 percent of the employee's regular rate of pay for those regular hours during which the employee is absent from work. This leave, if granted by the appointing authority, may not affect the employee's vacation leave, pension, compensatory time, personal vacation days, sick leave, earned overtime accumulation, or cause a loss of seniority. Subd. 2. Liability. The state is not liable for workers' compensation claims arising from accident or injury while a state employee is on assignment as a certified disaster service volunteer for the American Red Cross. Duties performed while on disaster leave are not considered to be a work assignment by a state agency. The employee is granted leave based on the need for expertise in the employee's certified area. Job functions, although similar or related to the employee's state job functions, are performed on behalf of and for the benefit of the American Red Cross. History:  1994 c 583 s 1; 1998 c 356 s 1
MN Stat § 43A.187 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapter 43A — State Employment|Chapter 43A — State Personnel Management|Section 43A.187 — Blood Donation Leave.

43A.187 BLOOD DONATION LEAVE. A state employee must be granted leave from work with 100 percent of pay to donate blood at a location away from the place of work. The total amount of leave used under this section may not exceed three hours in a 12-month period, and must be determined by the employee. A state employee seeking leave from work under this section must provide 14 days' notice to the appointing authority. This leave must not affect the employee's vacation leave, pension, compensatory time, personal vacation days, sick leave, earned overtime accumulation, or cause a loss of seniority. For the purposes of this section, "state employee" does not include an employee of the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities. History:   2008 c 318 art 1 s 11
MN Stat § 43A.19 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapter 43A — State Employment|Chapter 43A — State Personnel Management|Section 43A.19 — Affirmative Action.

43A.19 AFFIRMATIVE ACTION. Subdivision 1. Statewide affirmative action program. (a) To assure that positions in the executive branch of the civil service are equally accessible to all qualified persons, and to eliminate the underutilization of qualified members of protected groups, the commissioner shall adopt and periodically revise, if necessary, a statewide affirmative action program. The statewide affirmative action program must consist of at least the following: (1) objectives, goals, and policies; (2) procedures, standards, and assumptions to be used by agencies in the preparation of agency affirmative action plans, including methods by which goals and timetables are established; (3) the analysis of separation patterns to determine the impact on protected group members; and (4) requirements for annual objectives and submission of affirmative action progress reports from heads of agencies. (b) The commissioner shall establish statewide affirmative action goals for each of the federal Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) occupational categories applicable to state employment, using at least the following factors: (1) the percentage of members of each protected class in the recruiting area population who have the necessary skills; and (2) the availability for promotion or transfer of current employees who are members of protected classes. (c) The commissioner may use any of the following factors in addition to the factors required under paragraph (b): (1) the extent of unemployment of members of protected classes in the recruiting area population; (2) the existence of training programs in needed skill areas offered by employing agencies and other institutions; and (3) the expected number of available positions to be filled. (d) The commissioner shall designate a state director of diversity and equal employment opportunity who may be delegated the preparation, revision, implementation, and administration of the program. The commissioner of management and budget may place the director's position in the unclassified service if the position meets the criteria established in section 43A.08, subdivision 1a. Subd. 2.  [Repealed, 1Sp1985 c 13 s 376] Subd. 3. Exemptions. Implementation of the provisions of this section shall not be deemed a violation of other provisions of this chapter or chapter 363A. History:  1981 c 210 s 19; 1982 c 560 s 29; 1Sp1985 c 13 s 171; 1988 c 667 s 10; 1995 c 248 art 10 s 7; 1999 c 182 s 13; 2004 c 287 s 2; 2008 c 204 s 42; 2009 c 101 art 2 s 109
MN Stat § 43A.20 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapter 43A — State Employment|Chapter 43A — State Personnel Management|Section 43A.20 — Performance Appraisal And Pay.

43A.20 PERFORMANCE APPRAISAL AND PAY. The commissioner shall design and maintain a performance appraisal system under which each employee in the civil service in the executive branch shall be evaluated and counseled on work performance at least once a year. Individual pay increases for all employees not represented by an exclusive representative certified pursuant to chapter 179A shall be based on the evaluation and other factors the commissioner includes in the plans developed pursuant to section 43A.18. Collective bargaining agreements entered into pursuant to chapter 179A may, and are encouraged to, provide for pay increases based on employee work performance. History:  1981 c 210 s 20; 1999 c 182 s 14
MN Stat § 43A.21 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapter 43A — State Employment|Chapter 43A — State Personnel Management|Section 43A.21 — Training Programs.

43A.21 TRAINING PROGRAMS. Subdivision 1. Authority; purpose. The commissioner shall develop and interpret policy and administer and, to the extent possible, conduct programs in training and development for employees to promote individual, group and agency efficiency and effectiveness. Subd. 2. Responsibilities. The commissioner is responsible for developing and coordinating consistent training policy which shall be binding on all state agencies in the executive branch. The policies shall include conditions under which employees may receive or be assigned to training; internships and work-training programs; minimum and maximum training standards for employee participation and agency reporting requirements. Career development training is a permissive subject of collective bargaining. Each appointing authority in the executive branch, including the Minnesota State Retirement System and the Teachers Retirement Association, is primarily responsible for planning, budgeting, conducting and evaluating training programs. Subd. 3. Programs. The commissioner or the commissioner's designee shall design and implement management training and development programs for the state service. The programs shall include but not be limited to mandatory training and development requirements for managers and supervisors. No person shall acquire permanent status in a management or supervisory position in the classified service until training and development requirements have been met. Subd. 4. Funds. For purposes of training and development, the commissioner is authorized to apply for and accept funds from any source including reimbursement charges from agencies for reasonable program costs. Funds received shall be deposited in the special revenue fund of the state treasury and shall be appropriated annually to the department for the purposes for which they are received. Subd. 5.  [Repealed, 1994 c 429 s 5] History:  1981 c 210 s 21; 1983 c 299 s 18; 1Sp1985 c 17 s 8; 1989 c 335 art 4 s 106; 1994 c 429 s 3
MN Stat § 43A.22 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapter 43A — State Employment|Chapter 43A — State Personnel Management|Section 43A.22 — Benefits; Intent.

43A.22 BENEFITS; INTENT. (a) It is the intent of the state to provide eligible employees and other eligible persons with life insurance and hospital, medical, and dental benefits coverage through provider organizations, hereafter referred to as "carriers," authorized to do business in the state. (b) The commissioner may self-insure any hospital and medical plan offered under sections 43A.22 to 43A.31 to promote reasonably stable and predictable premiums for hospital and medical benefits paid by the state and its employees and to promote affordable, ongoing relationships between employees and dependents and their medical providers. The commissioner shall consult with the commissioners of commerce and health and human services regarding the development and reporting of quality of care measures. History:  1981 c 210 s 22; 1999 c 250 art 1 s 72
MN Stat § 43A.241 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapter 43A — State Employment|Chapter 43A — State Personnel Management|Section 43A.241 — Insurance Contributions; Former Employees.

43A.241 INSURANCE CONTRIBUTIONS; FORMER EMPLOYEES. (a) This section applies to a person who: (1) was employed by the commissioner of the Department of Corrections or by the Department of Human Services; (2) was covered by the correctional employee retirement plan under section 352.91 or the general state employees retirement plan of the Minnesota State Retirement System as defined in section 352.021; (3) while employed under clause (1), was assaulted by: (i) a person under correctional supervision for a criminal offense; or (ii) a client or patient at the Minnesota Sex Offender Program, or at a state-operated forensic services program as defined in section 352.91, subdivision 3j, under the control of the commissioner of the Department of Human Services; and (4) as a direct result of the assault under clause (3), was determined to be totally and permanently physically disabled under laws governing the Minnesota State Retirement System. (b) For a person to whom this section applies, the commissioner of the Department of Corrections or the commissioner of the Department of Human Services, using existing budget resources, must continue to make the employer contribution for medical and dental benefits under the State Employee Group Insurance Program after the person terminates state service. If the person had dependent coverage at the time of terminating state service, employer contributions for dependent coverage also must continue under this section. The employer contributions must be in the amount of the employer contribution for active state employees at the time each payment is made. The employer contributions must continue until the person reaches age 65, provided the person makes the required employee contributions, in the amount required of an active state employee, at the time and in the manner specified by the commissioner. History:  2014 c 158 s 1; 2015 c 65 art 5 s 1; 2015 c 71 art 4 s 1
MN Stat § 43A.26 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapter 43A — State Employment|Chapter 43A — State Personnel Management|Section 43A.26 — Optional Coverages.

43A.26 OPTIONAL COVERAGES. The commissioner may make available to eligible persons and their dependents certain optional coverages provided by carriers selected by the commissioner. Eligible employees may elect to purchase optional coverages at their own expense. History:   1981 c 210 s 26
MN Stat § 43A.28 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapter 43A — State Employment|Chapter 43A — State Personnel Management|Section 43A.28 — Enrollment.

43A.28 ENROLLMENT. Subdivision 1. General. The time, manner, and conditions and terms of eligibility for enrollment of persons eligible for state paid or individual paid life insurance, hospital, medical and dental benefits, and optional coverages authorized shall be determined and prescribed by the commissioner according to collective bargaining agreements and plans established pursuant to section 43A.18. Subd. 2. Audit data. Data submitted to the commissioner by individuals for the purposes of a dependent eligibility audit conducted pursuant to Laws 2011, First Special Session chapter 10, article 3, section 40, for life insurance and hospital, medical, and dental benefits are private data on individuals as defined in section 13.02, subdivision 12, provided that the data may be shared with and used by an employer if necessary to pursue any action arising out of apparent ineligibility of a dependent. History:  1981 c 210 s 28; 2012 c 290 s 65
MN Stat § 43A.29 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapter 43A — State Employment|Chapter 43A — State Personnel Management|Section 43A.29 — Contributions By State.

43A.29 CONTRIBUTIONS BY STATE. The total contribution by the state for eligible state employees and for dependents of eligible state employees shall be prescribed by collective bargaining agreements or plans established pursuant to section 43A.18. History:   1981 c 210 s 29
MN Stat § 43A.31 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapter 43A — State Employment|Chapter 43A — State Personnel Management|Section 43A.31 — Administration.

43A.31 ADMINISTRATION. Subdivision 1. General. The commissioner shall maintain records, prepare reports, and perform all functions necessary to carry out the intent of sections 43A.22 to 43A.30. Upon request of the commissioner, the commissioner of management and budget shall perform necessary accounting and disbursement functions. Subd. 2.  [Repealed, 2013 c 134 s 31] Subd. 3. Agency reports and records. Each agency shall keep the records, make the certifications, and furnish the commissioner or carriers with the information and reports necessary to enable the commissioner or carriers to carry out their functions under sections 43A.22 to 43A.30. Subd. 4.  [Repealed, 1993 c 337 s 20] Subd. 5. Customer assistance. The commissioner shall employ staff for the purposes of assisting state employees and their dependents in: (1) understanding their benefits and coverage levels; (2) obtaining information and responses to questions regarding issues of coverage, benefits, and service from carriers and providers; and (3) making use of all grievance, appeals, and complaint resolution processes provided by law or contract. Subd. 6. Dissemination of information. The commissioner may electronically transmit to active employees all information necessary to administer sections 43A.22 to 43A.30, including, but not limited to, information necessary for open enrollment elections. The commissioner must provide notification that the information will be electronically transmitted. History:  1981 c 210 s 31; 1983 c 260 s 14; 1983 c 289 s 114 subd 1; 1984 c 655 art 1 s 92; 1986 c 444; 1999 c 250 art 1 s 76,77; 2005 c 144 s 3; 2009 c 101 art 2 s 109
MN Stat § 43A.311 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapter 43A — State Employment|Chapter 43A — State Personnel Management|Section 43A.311 — Drug Purchasing Program.

43A.311 DRUG PURCHASING PROGRAM. The commissioner, in conjunction with the commissioner of human services and other state agencies, shall evaluate whether participation in a multistate or multiagency drug purchasing program can reduce costs or improve the operations of the drug benefit programs administered by the department and other state agencies. The commissioner and other state agencies may enter into a contract with a vendor or other states for purposes of participating in a multistate or multiagency drug purchasing program. History:  1Sp2003 c 1 art 2 s 61; 2008 c 204 s 23
MN Stat § 43A.315 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapter 43A — State Employment|Chapter 43A — State Personnel Management|Section 43A.315 — State Employee Efficient Use Of Health Care Incentive Program.

43A.315 STATE EMPLOYEE EFFICIENT USE OF HEALTH CARE INCENTIVE PROGRAM. The commissioner of management and budget may develop and implement a program that creates an incentive for efficient use by state employees of State Employee Group Insurance Program (SEGIP). The program may reward employees covered by SEGIP as a group if per capita employee health care costs paid by SEGIP for a calendar year prove to be less than estimated by the commissioner prior to the beginning of the calendar year. The reward may consist of payments of one-half of the cost-savings into the employees' health reimbursement accounts, to be made no later than June 30 of the following calendar year. History:   1Sp2011 c 10 art 3 s 39
MN Stat § 43A.319 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapter 43A — State Employment|Chapter 43A — State Personnel Management|Section 43A.319 — Employee Assistance Program.

43A.319 EMPLOYEE ASSISTANCE PROGRAM. The commissioner shall provide an employee assistance program of training, assessment, counseling, and referral services for state employees and their dependents. History:  1984 c 531 s 3; 1984 c 544 s 44; 1984 c 655 art 2 s 13 subd 1; 1986 c 444; 1987 c 365 s 11; 1989 c 343 s 5; 1993 c 337 s 2; 1999 c 250 art 1 s 114; 2004 c 143 s 2
MN Stat § 43A.32 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapter 43A — State Employment|Chapter 43A — State Personnel Management|Section 43A.32 — Political Activities.

43A.32 POLITICAL ACTIVITIES. Subdivision 1. Prohibition. No employee shall, directly or indirectly, during hours of employment solicit or receive funds for political purposes, or use official authority or influence to compel an employee in the classified service to apply for membership in or become a member of any political organization, to pay or promise to pay any assessment, subscription, or contribution or to take part in any political activity. Subd. 2. Leaves of absence for elected public officials, candidates. Except as herein provided any officer or employee in the classified service shall: (1) take leave of absence upon assuming an elected federal office or an elected state office other than state legislative office or, if elected to state legislative office, during times that the legislature is in session; (2) take leave of absence upon assuming any elected public office other than enumerated in clause (1), if, in the opinion of the commissioner, the holding of the office conflicts with regular state employment; and (3) upon request, be granted leave of absence upon becoming a candidate, or during the course of candidacy, for any elected public office. All requests for opinions of the commissioner and all opinions from the commissioner under the provisions of clause (2) shall be in writing and shall be delivered by mail or by use of a facsimile machine. The commissioner shall issue an opinion under the provisions of clause (2) within seven calendar days of receipt of the request. Subd. 3. Leave of absence. No executive branch officer or employee in the unclassified service who is covered by a collective bargaining agreement, and no executive branch officer or employee in the classified service, may be required to take a leave of absence upon becoming a candidate, or during the course of candidacy, for any elected public office. Said officers and employees shall take leave of absence upon assuming an elected federal office or an elected state office other than state legislative office or, if elected to state legislative office, during times that the legislature is in session. History:  1981 c 210 s 32; 1986 c 444; 1987 c 281 s 1,2; 1994 c 429 s 4
MN Stat § 43A.321 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapter 43A — State Employment|Chapter 43A — State Personnel Management|Section 43A.321 — Volunteer Firefighter And Rescue Workers; Agreements.

43A.321 VOLUNTEER FIREFIGHTER AND RESCUE WORKERS; AGREEMENTS. (a) An employee may reach an agreement with the employee's appointing authority to respond to emergency calls as a volunteer emergency fire or rescue worker during working hours, provided that: (1) the employee does not respond to a call when the employee's sudden absence would endanger others; and (2) the employee remits to the appointing authority any compensation received for responding to the call. (b) If such an agreement is entered into: (1) the appointing authority shall make no deductions from the employee's wages or sick or vacation time for time spent responding to calls; and (2) workers' compensation liability is the responsibility of the entity for which the emergency services are provided while the employee is responding to the call. History:   1993 c 136 s 1
MN Stat § 43A.325 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapter 43A — State Employment|Chapter 43A — State Personnel Management|Section 43A.325 — Best Practices For Investigations.

43A.325 BEST PRACTICES FOR INVESTIGATIONS. The commissioner of management and budget must develop and make available to appointing authorities in the executive branch a best practices policy for conducting investigations in which the appointing authority compels its employees to answer questions about allegedly inappropriate activity. The best practices policy must be designed to facilitate effective investigations, without compromising the ability to prosecute criminal cases when appropriate. Each appointing authority must follow the best practices policy or, in consultation with the attorney general, must develop its own policy for conducting these investigations. History:  2009 c 101 art 2 s 63,109
MN Stat § 43A.34 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapter 43A — State Employment|Chapter 43A — State Personnel Management|Section 43A.34 — Retirement.

43A.34 RETIREMENT. Subdivision 1.  [Repealed, 2006 c 271 art 3 s 46] Subd. 2.  [Repealed, 1987 c 186 s 16; 1987 c 284 art 2 s 9] Subd. 3. Correctional personnel exempted. Any employee of the state of Minnesota in a covered classification as defined in section 352.91, who is a member of the special retirement program for correctional personnel established pursuant to sections 352.90 to 352.95, may elect to retire from employment in the covered correctional position upon reaching the age of 55 years. Subd. 4. Officers exempted. Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary, (a) conservation officers and crime bureau officers who were first employed on or after July 1, 1973, and who are members of the State Patrol retirement fund by reason of their employment, and members of the Minnesota State Patrol Division and Alcohol and Gambling Enforcement Division of the Department of Public Safety who are members of the State Patrol Retirement Association by reason of their employment, may not continue employment after attaining the age of 60 years, except for a fractional portion of one year that will enable the employee to complete the employee's next full year of allowable service as defined pursuant to section 352B.011, subdivision 3; and (b) conservation officers and crime bureau officers who were first employed and are members of the State Patrol retirement fund by reason of their employment before July 1, 1973, may not continue employment after attaining the age of 70 years. History:  1981 c 37 s 2; 1981 c 210 s 34; 1982 c 578 art 3 s 1; 1984 c 654 art 5 s 58; 1986 c 444; 1987 c 186 s 12,13; 1987 c 284 art 2 s 1,2; 1990 c 570 art 1 s 1; 1997 c 129 art 2 s 2; 2005 c 114 s 2; 2009 c 169 art 2 s 1