Minnesota Session Laws - 1988, Regular Session

  

                         Laws of Minnesota 1988 

                        CHAPTER 641-H.F.No. 2038 
           An act relating to employment; regulating youth 
          employment programs; requiring that new jobs do not 
          replace existing jobs; providing for compensation at 
          the state or federal minimum wage; regulating 
          employment contracts; authorizing the department of 
          jobs and training to buy real estate and locate 
          offices in Minneapolis; amending Minnesota Statutes 
          1986, sections 268.31, 268.32, and 268.34; proposing 
          coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 268. 
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
    Section 1.  Minnesota Statutes 1986, section 268.31, is 
amended to read:  
    268.31 [DEVELOPMENT OF YOUTH EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES.] 
    To the extent of available funding, the commissioner of 
jobs and training shall establish a program to employ 
individuals from the ages of 14 years up to 22 years.  Available 
money must may be used to support employment under this section 
for a maximum of 12 weeks, not to exceed 40 hours per week per 
individual, during the summer for the purpose of placing such 
individuals in service with departments, agencies to operate 
this program on a full calendar year basis, to link basic skills 
training and remedial education to job training and school 
completion, and for support services.  The amount spent on 
support services in any one fiscal year may not exceed 15 
percent of the total annual appropriation for this program.  
Individuals employed in this program will be placed in service 
with departments, agencies, and instrumentalities of the state, 
county, local governments, school districts and, with nonprofit 
organizations and for job-related support services not to exceed 
ten percent of the allocation for eligible youths placed in 
public or nonprofit sector summer employment, and private sector 
employers.  Priority for employment shall be given to those 
young individuals between the ages of 16 years up to 22 years.  
The maximum number of hours that an individual may be employed 
in a position supported under this program is 480 hours.  Program 
funds may not be used for private sector placements.  Program 
operators must use the targeted jobs tax credit, other federal, 
state, and local government resources, as well as private sector 
resources to fund private sector placements.  The commissioner 
shall cooperate with the commissioner of human services in 
determining and implementing the most effective means of 
disregarding a youth's earnings from family income for purposes 
of the aid to families with dependent children program, to the 
extent permitted by the federal government. 
     Sec. 2.  [268.315] [WORKER DISPLACEMENT PROHIBITED.] 
    Subdivision 1.  [LAYOFFS; WORK REDUCTIONS.] An employer may 
not terminate, lay off, or reduce the working hours of an 
existing employee for the purpose of hiring a person with funds 
available under section 268.31. 
    Subd. 2.  [HIRING DURING LAYOFFS.] An employer may not hire 
a person with funds available under section 268.31 if any other 
person is on layoff from the same or a substantially equivalent 
job. 
    Sec. 3.  Minnesota Statutes 1986, section 268.32, is 
amended to read:  
    268.32 [RATE OF PAY.] 
    Persons employed pursuant to sections 268.31 to 268.36 
shall be compensated at the higher of the state or federal 
minimum wage rate.  Persons hired in a supervisory capacity 
shall be compensated according to criteria established by the 
commissioner by rule. 
    Sec. 4.  Minnesota Statutes 1986, section 268.34, is 
amended to read:  
    268.34 [EMPLOYMENT CONTRACTS.] 
    The commissioner may enter into arrangements with existing 
public and private nonprofit organizations and agencies with 
experience in administering youth employment programs for the 
purpose of providing employment opportunities in furtherance of 
sections 268.31 to 268.36 and to advance up to 20 percent of a 
summer youth employment contract to any participating 
organization or agency.  The department of jobs and training 
shall retain ultimate responsibility for the administration of 
this employment program, including approval of summer job 
opportunities, eligibility of job applicants, placement of youth 
in jobs, and the disbursement of funds.  
    Sec. 5.  [268.027] [DEPARTMENT OF JOBS AND TRAINING; MINNEAPOLIS 
LOCATION.] 
    Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 16B.24 and 
268.026 or chapter 94, the commissioner of administration, in 
consultation with the commissioner of jobs and training, is 
authorized to buy and sell real property in Minneapolis and the 
greater Minneapolis area for the purpose of relocating 
department offices to locations more accessible to the residents 
of Minneapolis and colocating with other social service agencies.
    Sec.  6.  [EFFECTIVE DATE.] 
    Sections 1 to 5 are effective the day following final 
enactment. 
    Approved April 26, 1988