COLLECTIVE BARGAINING

See also LABOR AND EMPLOYMENT

Agents

Ambulance service licensees, violation reporting, effect, Minn. Statutes 2026 144E.305

Mine inspections, requests by, Minn. Statutes 2026 180.07

Agents, joint labor-management safety and health committees, duties, Minn. Rules 5208.0030

Agreement to arbitration, validity, Minn. Statutes 2026 572B.06

Agreements

Back pay, defined, Minn. Statutes 2026 268.035

Disclosure, new employer obligations, Minn. Statutes 2026 338.02

Duluth Transit Authority, arbitration, Minn. Statutes 2026 458A.29

Earned sick and safe time, Minn. Statutes 2026 181.9448

Enforcement of agreement, failure to disclose new employers' obligations, effect, Minn. Statutes 2026 338.02

Generally, Minn. Statutes 2026 179.06

Health and accident insurance, Minn. Statutes 2026 62A.082, 62L.02, 62L.03

Health plans, nondiscrimination in access to organ transplants, Minn. Statutes 2026 62A.082

Lawsuits, Minn. Statutes 2026 338.03

Local government officers and employees, group insurance, Minn. Statutes 2026 471.61

New employers, obligations, Minn. Statutes 2026 338.02

Peace officers, grievance arbitration, Minn. Statutes 2026 626.892

Protection of agreements, Minn. Statutes 2026 179.135, 179.18

Saint Cloud Metropolitan Transit Commission, Minn. Statutes 2026 458A.03, 458A.07

Service delivery authorities, Minn. Statutes 2026 402A.40

Unemployment insurance program, eligibility, effect, Minn. Statutes 2026 268.085

Work breaks, Minn. Statutes 2026 177.253, 177.254

Apprenticeships, compensation and salaries, not to be altered, Minn. Statutes 2026 178.03

Appropriate units

Comparable worth, pay adjustments, Minn. Statutes 2026 43A.05

Contracts, limitations, outside contracts, Minn. Statutes 2026 179A.23

Court employees, Minn. Statutes 2026 179A.101

Determining, Minn. Statutes 2026 179.16, 179A.04

Direct support services providers, Minn. Statutes 2026 179A.54

Generally, Minn. Statutes 2026 179A.10

Group representatives, Minn. Statutes 2026 179.16

Hennepin Healthcare, Inc., Minn. Statutes 2026 179A.03, 179A.06, 179A.40

Joint powers board employees, Minn. Statutes 2026 179A.60

Limitations, public employees, Minn. Statutes 2026 179A.09

Mediation Services Bureau, duties, Minn. Statutes 2026 179A.09

Minnesota State Colleges and Universities, mergers, Minn. Statutes 2026 136F.41

Pine Point school, Minn. Statutes 2026 128B.05

Public defender employees, Minn. Statutes 2026 179A.104

Removal of designated supervisory employees, procedures, Minn. Statutes 2026 179A.03

Representation, public employees, certification elections, Minn. Statutes 2026 179A.12

Service delivery authorities, Minn. Statutes 2026 402A.40

Teachers, see Collective bargaining under TEACHERS

University of Minnesota, see Collective bargaining under UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA

Authorized employee representative, Minn. Statutes 2026 182.651, 182.661

Bargaining units, see Appropriate units under this topic

Base year, calculation, public employees, Minn. Statutes 2026 179A.07

Civil service, state personnel system, Minn. Rules 3900.0200

Collectively bargained arrangements, health and accident insurance, Minn. Statutes 2026 62H.10, 62H.13, 62H.15 to 62H.17

Combinations in restraint of trade, exemption, Minn. Statutes 2026 325D.55

Comparable worth, Minn. Statutes 2026 471.992, 471.9966

Compensation and salaries, apprentices, collective bargaining rate not to be altered, Minn. Statutes 2026 178.03

County officers and employees

Counties, duties, capital improvement plans, Minn. Statutes 2026 373.40

Office closing guidelines, Minn. Statutes 2026 373.052

Personnel administration system, county boards as joint employers, Minn. Statutes 2026 375.64

Dakota County, employee relations department, jurisdiction over, Minn. Statutes 2026 383D.29

Definitions

Labor Relations Act, Minn. Statutes 2026 179.01

Labor Union Democracy Act, Minn. Statutes 2026 179.18

Occupational safety and health, Minn. Statutes 2026 182.651

Public Employment Labor Relations Act, Minn. Statutes 2026 179A.03

Unemployment insurance, Minn. Statutes 2026 268.035

Direct support services providers, Minn. Statutes 2026 179A.54, 256B.0711

Disclosure

Employee drug and alcohol test results, Minn. Statutes 2026 181.954

Employment references, Minn. Statutes 2026 181.967

New employers' obligations, Minn. Statutes 2026 338.02

Drug and alcohol testing, Minn. Statutes 2026 181.954 to 181.956, 181.955

Election of representatives

Challenge of voters, Minn. Rules 5505.1100

Consent elections, procedure, Minn. Rules 5505.1200

Procedure, generally, Minn. Rules 5505.1000

Secret ballot, Minn. Rules 5505.1000

Void elections, Minn. Rules 5505.1100

Employees

Notice received, agreement changes, Minn. Statutes 2026 179.06

Rights, generally, Minn. Statutes 2026 179.10

Employers

Notice given, agreement changes, Minn. Statutes 2026 179.06

Public employee negotiations, duties, Minn. Statutes 2026 179A.14

Rights, generally, Minn. Statutes 2026 179.10

Exclusive representatives, see EXCLUSIVE REPRESENTATIVES

Grievance arbitration

Peace officers, Minn. Statutes 2026 626.892

Group representatives, Minn. Statutes 2026 179.16

Health and accident insurance, qualified plans, employer's duties, Minn. Rules 2740.1100

Health Coverage Reinsurance Association, exemption, Minn. Statutes 2026 62L.13

Hennepin County, see Officers and employees under HENNEPIN COUNTY

Human services merit system, salary adjustments, Minn. Rules 9575.0350, 9575.0370

Joint powers board employees, labor relations, Minn. Statutes 2026 179A.60

Jurisdiction, strikes or boycotts during certification of collective bargaining representative, Minn. Statutes 2026 179.29

Labor agreements, see LABOR AGREEMENTS

Labor disputes, see under LABOR AND EMPLOYMENT

Lawsuits

Agreements, Minn. Statutes 2026 338.03

Employee drug and alcohol testing, Minn. Statutes 2026 181.956

New employers' obligations, Minn. Statutes 2026 338.03

Strikes or boycotts during certification of representative, employers, Minn. Statutes 2026 179.28

New employers, Minn. Statutes 2026 338.02

Occupational safety and health, dispute resolution, rights, Minn. Statutes 2026 182.675

Peace officers, Minn. Statutes 2026 43A.17, 179A.09, 626.89, 626.892

Policy of state, Minn. Statutes 2026 338.01

Protection of agreements

Intervention, Minn. Statutes 2026 179.135

Labor Union Democracy Act, Minn. Statutes 2026 179.18

Violations, Minn. Statutes 2026 179.135

Public defenders, Minn. Statutes 2026 611.26

Public employees

Appropriate units, see same under this topic

Comparable worth, see COMPARABLE WORTH

Concerted activity rights, Minn. Statutes 2026 179A.06

Joint powers board employees, labor relations, Minn. Statutes 2026 179A.60

Negotiations, Minn. Statutes 2026 124D.124, 179A.14

Productive day initiative programs, certifications about, Minn. Statutes 2026 241.275

Service delivery authorities, Minn. Statutes 2026 402A.40

Workplace communications provisions, Minn. Statutes 2026 181.985

Ramsey County, see Officers and employees under RAMSEY COUNTY

Representation, Mediation Services Bureau, duties, Minn. Rules 5505.0100 to 5505.1500

Representatives

Certification, Minn. Statutes 2026 179.27 to 179.29

Defined, Minn. Statutes 2026 179.18

Elections data, classification, Minn. Statutes 2026 13.7908

Exclusive representatives, see EXCLUSIVE REPRESENTATIVES

Group representatives, Minn. Statutes 2026 179.16

Suspension, Minn. Statutes 2026 179.231

Rights

Employers and employees, Minn. Statutes 2026 179.10

Fair Labor Standards Act, Minn. Statutes 2026 177.35

Safety and health committees, occupational safety and health, compliance, Minn. Rules 5208.0070

Saint Louis County, Land Investment Board employees, Minn. Statutes 2026 383C.072

State employees

Agency restructuring, policy of state, Minn. Statutes 2026 43A.045

Agreements

Accumulated leave, converting to cash, Minn. Statutes 2026 43A.16

Administration, procedures of Management and Budget Department, Minn. Statutes 2026 43A.04

Agency personnel officers, Minn. Statutes 2026 43A.36

Agency restructuring, Minn. Statutes 2026 43A.045

Appointments, Minn. Statutes 2026 43A.14, 43A.15

Authority to enter, Minn. Statutes 2026 179A.22

Candidates, leaves of absence, Minn. Statutes 2026 43A.32

Career development training, Minn. Statutes 2026 43A.21

Career executive service, Minn. Statutes 2026 43A.21

Classifying positions, salary rates, Minn. Statutes 2026 43A.07

Compensation, terms, conditions of employment, Minn. Statutes 2026 43A.18

Death benefits, Minn. Statutes 2026 43A.35

Discipline and discharge procedures, Minn. Statutes 2026 43A.33

Exemption, state employee conflict of interest laws, Minn. Statutes 2026 43A.38

Grievances, resolution, Minn. Statutes 2026 43A.04

Health care savings plan, contributions, Minn. Statutes 2026 352.98

Implementation, Minn. Statutes 2026 179A.22

Insurance, eligibility, Minn. Statutes 2026 43A.24 to 43A.29, 43A.316

Interpretation, state employees, Minn. Statutes 2026 43A.06

Legislature, submitting to, Minn. Statutes 2026 3.855, 179A.22

Precedence over employee code of ethics, Minn. Statutes 2026 43A.38

Precedence over state rules, Minn. Statutes 2026 43A.04

Probationary appointments, length, Minn. Statutes 2026 43A.16

Proposals, summaries online, Minn. Statutes 2026 43A.18

Relationships between compensation amounts for positions, Minn. Statutes 2026 43A.18

Salary negotiations, limits, Minn. Statutes 2026 43A.17

State contributions, insurance benefits, Minn. Statutes 2026 43A.29

Submission to Legislative Coordinating Commission, Minn. Statutes 2026 3.855

Attorney general, duties, Minn. Statutes 2026 179A.22

Bargaining units, see Appropriate units under this topic

Direct support services providers, Minn. Statutes 2026 179A.54, 256B.0711

Layoff lists, hiring from, Minn. Statutes 2026 43A.10, 43A.121

Management and Budget Department, duties, Minn. Statutes 2026 43A.06, 179A.22

Negotiations, recommendations, Legislative Commission on Employee Relations, Minn. Statutes 2026 3.855

Oversight, Legislative Coordinating Commission, Minn. Statutes 2026 3.855

Performance appraisal system, Minn. Statutes 2026 43A.20

Productive day initiative programs, certifications about, Minn. Statutes 2026 241.275

Proposals, summaries online, Minn. Statutes 2026 43A.18

Uniform collective bargaining agreement settlement documents, Minn. Statutes 2026 3.855, 179A.07

Strikes, Minn. Statutes 2026 179.06, 179.27 to 179.29

Subpoenas, group representatives, Minn. Statutes 2026 179.16

Teachers, see Collective bargaining under TEACHERS

Transportation network companies, Minn. Statutes 2026 181C.07

Trusts, see Health care services trusts under TRUSTS

Uniform baseline determination documents, Minn. Statutes 2026 179A.07

Witnesses, group representatives, certification, Minn. Statutes 2026 179.16

Workers' compensation, Minn. Rules 5229.0010 to 5229.0060