SF 1275

as introduced - 92nd Legislature (2021 - 2022) Posted on 03/26/2021 01:53pm

A bill for an act
relating to labor; adding medical examiner investigators to the 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 examiner 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.