SF 605

as introduced - 90th Legislature (2017 - 2018) Posted on 03/22/2017 03:46pm

A bill for an act
relating to state government; requiring monthly reports related to the employee
gainsharing system; amending Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 16A.90.

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

Section 1.

Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 16A.90, is amended to read:

16A.90 EMPLOYEE GAINSHARING SYSTEM.

new text begin Subdivision 1. new text end

new text begin Commissioner must establish program. new text end

new text begin (a) new text end The commissioner shall
establish a program to provide onetime bonus compensation to state employees for efforts
made to reduce the costs of operating state government or for ways of providing better or
more efficient state services. The commissioner may authorize an executive branch appointing
authority to make a onetime award to an employee or group of employees whose suggestion
or involvement in a project is determined by the commissioner to have resulted in documented
cost-savings to the state. Before authorizing awards under this section, the commissioner
shall establish guidelines for the program including but not limited to:

(1) the maximum award is ten percent of the documented savings in the first fiscal year
in which the savings are realized up to $50,000;

(2) the award must be paid from the appropriation to which the savings accrued; and

(3) employees whose primary job responsibility is to identify cost savings or ways of
providing better or more efficient state services are generally not eligible for bonus
compensation under this section except in extraordinary circumstances as defined by the
commissioner.

new text begin (b) The program required by this section must be in addition to any existing monetary
or nonmonetary performance-based recognition programs for state employees, including
achievement awards, continuous improvement awards, and general employee recognitions.
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new text begin Subd. 2. new text end

new text begin Monthly legislative report. new text end

new text begin No later than August 1, 2017, and monthly
thereafter, the commissioner must report to the chairs and ranking minority members of the
committees of the house of representatives and the senate with jurisdiction over Minnesota
Management and Budget on the status of the program required by this section. The report
must detail:
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new text begin (1) the specific program guidelines established by the commissioner as required by
subdivision 1, if the guidelines have not been described in a previous report;
new text end

new text begin (2) any proposed modifications to the established guidelines under consideration by the
commissioner, including the reason for the proposed modifications;
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new text begin (3) the methods used by the commissioner to promote the program to state employees,
if the methods have not been described in a previous report;
new text end

new text begin (4) a summary of the results of the program that includes the following, categorized by
agency:
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new text begin (i) the number of state employees whose suggestions or involvement in a project were
considered for possible bonus compensation, and a description of each suggestion or project
that was considered;
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new text begin (ii) the total amount of bonus compensation actually awarded, itemized by each suggestion
or project that resulted in an award and the amount awarded for that suggestion or project;
and
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new text begin (iii) the total amount of documented cost-savings that accrued to the agency as a result
of each suggestion or project for which bonus compensation was granted; and
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new text begin (5) any recommendations for legislation that, in the judgment of the commissioner,
would improve the effectiveness of the bonus compensation program established by this
section or which would otherwise increase opportunities for state employees to actively
participate in the development and implementation of strategies for reducing the costs of
operating state government or for providing better or more efficient state services.
new text end