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383D.29 COUNTY BOARD BINDS COUNTY ON LABOR AGREEMENTS.
Subdivision 1. Appointing authority is joint employer. For purposes of negotiating
collective bargaining agreements and resolving grievances involving them pursuant to sections
179A.01 to 179A.25, the appointing authority and the county board shall be deemed the joint
employer for positions within the jurisdiction of the employee relations department. Both shall
be signatories to negotiated agreements or grievance settlements. If the county board and the
appointing authority disagree as to the final terms of a negotiated agreement or grievance
settlement, the decision of the county board shall be final and binding on behalf of the county
as employer for all employees of the county, including employees under the jurisdiction of an
appointing authority other than the county board.
Subd. 2. Employees held harmless by transition. Any employee holding a position covered
by sections 383D.21 to 383D.35 shall, upon the effective date of the establishment of a county
personnel administration system, retain the position without further examination and suffer no loss
in wages, seniority, or benefits as the result of the implementation of sections 383D.21 to 383D.35.
History: 1987 c 74 s 9
Subdivision 1. Appointing authority is joint employer. For purposes of negotiating
collective bargaining agreements and resolving grievances involving them pursuant to sections
179A.01 to 179A.25, the appointing authority and the county board shall be deemed the joint
employer for positions within the jurisdiction of the employee relations department. Both shall
be signatories to negotiated agreements or grievance settlements. If the county board and the
appointing authority disagree as to the final terms of a negotiated agreement or grievance
settlement, the decision of the county board shall be final and binding on behalf of the county
as employer for all employees of the county, including employees under the jurisdiction of an
appointing authority other than the county board.
Subd. 2. Employees held harmless by transition. Any employee holding a position covered
by sections 383D.21 to 383D.35 shall, upon the effective date of the establishment of a county
personnel administration system, retain the position without further examination and suffer no loss
in wages, seniority, or benefits as the result of the implementation of sections 383D.21 to 383D.35.
History: 1987 c 74 s 9
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