2006 Minnesota Statutes

182.676 SAFETY COMMITTEES.
Every public or private employer of more than 25 employees shall establish and administer
a joint labor-management safety committee.
Every public or private employer of 25 or fewer employees shall establish and administer a
safety committee if:
(1) the employer has a lost workday cases incidence rate in the top ten percent of all rates for
employers in the same industry; or
(2) the workers' compensation premium classification assigned to the greatest portion of the
payroll for the employer has a pure premium rate as reported by the Workers' Compensation
Rating Association in the top 25 percent of premium rates for all classes.
A safety committee must hold regularly scheduled meetings unless otherwise provided in
a collective bargaining agreement.
Employee safety committee members must be selected by employees. An employer that fails
to establish or administer a safety committee as required by this section may be cited by the
commissioner. A citation is punishable as a serious violation under section 182.666.
The commissioner may adopt rules necessary to implement this section.
History: 1995 c 231 art 2 s 101; 1997 c 7 art 5 s 18