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HF 2033

1st Engrossment - 87th Legislature (2011 - 2012) Posted on 02/20/2012 03:31pm

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A bill for an act
relating to state government; proposing the Equal Pay and Benefits Act;
providing a method for determining public employee compensation; proposing
coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 15A.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

Section 1. new text begin CITATION.
new text end

new text begin This act may be known as the "Equal Pay and Benefits Act."
new text end

Sec. 2.

new text begin [15A.25] STATE EMPLOYEE COMPENSATION.
new text end

new text begin Subdivision 1. new text end

new text begin Future compensation. new text end

new text begin (a) The commissioner of management and
budget must contract with a private sector firm specializing in compensation studies for
a compensation study for legislative and executive branch job classes. The study must
compare the total compensation, including salary and benefits, of each job class with
positions in the private sector in which the skill, effort, responsibilities, and working
conditions are similar. The comparison must take into account regional and other
market-based compensation factors, including the education and experience levels
necessary to perform the duties of the job class.
new text end

new text begin (b) By July 1, 2013, the commissioner of management and budget, based on the
study under paragraph (a), must report to the chairs and ranking minority members of
the senate Finance and house Ways and Means Committees, redesigned compensation
for each legislative and executive branch job class so that, as nearly as practicable,
compensation for each job class is comparable to the compensation of private sector
positions with similar skill, effort, responsibilities, and working conditions, as determined
by the commissioner under paragraph (a).
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new text begin Subd. 2. new text end

new text begin Reporting of compensation differences. new text end

new text begin An appointing authority in
the legislative branch, or the commissioner of management and budget for executive
branch employees, must report to the chairs and ranking minority members of the senate
Finance and house Ways and Means Committees before entering into a new contract or
collective bargaining agreement, or implementing a compensation plan in which the
compensation for a position is different from the redesigned compensation reported
under subdivision 1. A report under this subdivision must, for each job class, describe
the difference in compensation between the redesigned compensation reported under
subdivision 1 and the proposed compensation under the contract, collective bargaining
agreement, or compensation plan.
new text end

new text begin Subd. 3. new text end

new text begin Executive branch. new text end

new text begin For purposes of this section, "executive branch" has
the meaning given in section 43A.02, but does not include the Minnesota State Colleges
and Universities.
new text end

new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end

new text begin This section is effective the day following final enactment.
new text end