HF 2693

as introduced - 92nd Legislature (2021 - 2022) Posted on 02/01/2022 11:44am

A bill for an act
relating to labor; expanding list of essential employees; amending Minnesota
Statutes 2020, section 179A.03, subdivision 7.

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

Section 1.

Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 179A.03, subdivision 7, is amended to read:

Subd. 7.

Essential employee.

"Essential employee" means firefighters, peace officers
subject to licensure under sections 626.84 to 626.863, 911 system and police and fire
department public safety dispatchers, new text begin medical examiners, coroners, medical death technicians,
medical death investigators, new text end guards at correctional facilities, confidential employees,
supervisory employees, assistant county attorneys, assistant city attorneys, principals, and
assistant principals. However, for state employees, "essential employee" means all employees
in law enforcement, public safety radio communications operators, health care professionals,
correctional guards, professional engineering, and supervisory collective bargaining units,
irrespective of severance, and no other employees. For University of Minnesota employees,
"essential employee" means all employees in law enforcement, nursing professional and
supervisory units, irrespective of severance, and no other employees. "Firefighters" means
salaried employees of a fire department whose duties include, directly or indirectly,
controlling, extinguishing, preventing, detecting, or investigating fires. Employees for whom
the state court administrator is the negotiating employer are not essential employees. For
Hennepin Healthcare System, Inc. employees, "essential employees" means all employees.