1998 Minnesota Statutes

     383B.31 Duties of the director. 

    The director as administrator of the human resources and 
 employee relations department shall cooperate with and assist 
 department heads and elected officials in providing an effective 
 human resources program.  The director shall direct and 
 supervise all of the human resources and employee relations 
 department's administrative and technical activities in addition 
 to the duties imposed on the director in sections 383B.26 to 
 383B.42.  The director shall: 

    (a) Attend the meetings of the board, act as its secretary 
 and maintain its official records. 

    (b) Appoint the employees of the human resources and 
 employee relations department in accordance with and subject to 
 the provisions of sections 383B.26 to 383B.42. 

    (c) Recommend rules and amendments to rules for the 
 administration of sections 383B.26 to 383B.42. 

    (d) Prepare, recommend and maintain a classification plan 
 which shall group all positions in the classified service into 
 classes, based on their duties and responsibilities.  The 
 classification plan shall identify for each class a title, a 
 statement of duties, authority and responsibilities and 
 qualifications necessary for the position.  The classification 
 plan shall be effective upon approval by the board and the 
 county board.  Periodic job audits shall be made of positions 
 for the purpose of keeping the classification plan current with 
 changes in work assignments. 

    (e) Prepare a compensation plan for the classified service. 
 Compensation plans when approved by majority vote of the board 
 shall be recommended to the county board who may approve or 
 reject such plans or portions thereof. 

    (f) Establish programs for the training and education of 
 employees to improve the quality of services rendered. 

    (g) Except as provided in clauses (h) and (i), develop and 
 hold competitive examinations to determine the qualifications of 
 persons seeking employment in any class and to establish lists 
 of those passing such examinations. 

    (h) Develop a procedure and define the criteria for the 
 selection and referral of qualified applicants to fill positions 
 in classifications involving unskilled tasks or in 
 classifications which require state licensure or certification 
 to engage in the activity.  The classifications shall be 
 authorized by the board and county board.  Applicants to fill 
 vacancies in the classifications shall be exempt from ranking 
 and certification provided for in section 383B.29, subdivision 
 2, clauses (a)(3), (4) and (5).  The director shall refer all 
 qualified applicants to the appointing authority having 
 vacancies in the appropriate classifications. 

    (i) Establish alternative selection procedures to measure 
 the ability of persons whose handicaps are so severe that the 
 usual selection process cannot adequately predict job 
 performance.  Alternative selection procedures may include an 
 on-the-job trial period not to exceed 640 hours to be paid or 
 not by mutual agreement between the person applying for the 
 position and the director.  

    (j) When a vacancy is to be filled, to certify to the 
 appointing authority upon requisition, the names of the persons 
 highest on the appropriate layoff list for the class.  If there 
 is no layoff list, the director shall certify those on the 
 appropriate eligible list for the class.  If there is no 
 eligible list, the director may authorize temporary appointment 
 pending establishment of an eligible list for the class. 

    (k) Maintain records necessary for the proper 
 administration of sections 383B.26 to 383B.42. 

    (l) Provide a system for checking payrolls and accounts for 
 the payment of compensation to employees in the classified and 
 unclassified service so as to enable the director, upon evidence 
 thereof, to certify or cause to be certified the persons whose 
 names appear thereon have been employed or on authorized leave 
 before payment may be lawfully made to such employees. 

    (m) Make investigations concerning the administration of 
 sections 383B.26 to 383B.42 and rules made thereunder. 

    (n) Make investigations and reports required by the board 
 or the county board and report thereon. 

    (o) Make an annual report to the county board and the human 
 resources board on the activities of the human resources 
 department. 

    HIST: 1965 c 855 s 6; 1967 c 646 s 1; 1980 c 573 s 6; 1994 c 
 596 s 5