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HF 2667

as introduced - 81st Legislature (1999 - 2000) Posted on 12/15/2009 12:00am

KEY: stricken = removed, old language.
underscored = added, new language.
  1.1                          A bill for an act 
  1.2             relating to state government; requiring a plan to 
  1.3             recruit and retain minority employees in state 
  1.4             government. 
  1.5   BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
  1.6      Section 1.  [RECRUITMENT AND RETENTION PLAN.] 
  1.7      The commissioner of employee relations must develop and 
  1.8   implement a plan to recruit and retain minority employees in 
  1.9   state government.  As part of the recruitment plan, the 
  1.10  commissioner must build connections with minority centers and 
  1.11  with entities that work with minority persons looking for jobs 
  1.12  or training.  As part of the retention plan, the commissioner 
  1.13  must work with minority state employees and minority former 
  1.14  state employees:  (1) to find out what barriers they encountered 
  1.15  in seeking state employment; (2) to find out what problems these 
  1.16  employees have encountered in their work; and (3) to develop a 
  1.17  program to improve retention rates of minority employees.  The 
  1.18  commissioner must report the plan to the legislature by January 
  1.19  15, 2001.