Minnesota Session Laws - 1988, Regular Session

  

                         Laws of Minnesota 1988 

                        CHAPTER 713-S.F.No. 1987 
           An act relating to state government; requiring the 
          commissioner of employee relations to study the use of 
          part-time employees in the executive branch work force;
          requiring a report. 
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
    Section 1.  [STUDY.] 
    The commissioner of employee relations shall conduct a 
study of the use of part-time employees in the executive branch 
work force.  In conducting the study, the commissioner shall 
consult with exclusive representatives of state employees.  The 
commissioner shall report the results of the study to the 
legislature by January 15, 1989.  The report must include: 
    (1) a summary showing the percentages of employees in each 
executive branch appointing authority, and in each job 
classification with more than ten incumbents, that are full-time 
unlimited, part-time unlimited, full-time or part-time seasonal, 
intermittent, temporary, and emergency, as of the date that the 
commissioner compiles the summary.  This summary must note which 
job classifications are male-dominated, female-dominated, and 
balanced; 
    (2) a summary of overall trends in the use of part-time, 
intermittent, and temporary employment in the executive branch 
over the past five years, and significant trends in the use of 
part-time employment in individual executive branch agencies;  
    (3) the circumstances under which executive branch agencies 
use part-time employees; and 
    (4) costs of providing full hospital and medical insurance 
benefits to part-time employees. 
    Approved May 4, 1988