2005 Minnesota Statutes

     471.993 Compensation relationships of positions. 

    Subdivision 1.    Assurance of reasonable relationship.  
 In preparing management negotiation positions for compensation 
 established through collective bargaining under chapter 179A and 
 in establishing, recommending, and approving compensation plans 
 for employees of political subdivisions not represented by an 
 exclusive representative under chapter 179A, the respective 
 political subdivision as the public employer, as defined in 
 section 179A.03, subdivision 15, or, where appropriate, the 
 Minnesota Merit System, shall assure that:  

    (1) compensation for positions in the classified civil 
 service, unclassified civil service, and management bear 
 reasonable relationship to one another; 

    (2) compensation for positions bear reasonable relationship 
 to similar positions outside of that particular political 
 subdivision's employment; and 

    (3) compensation for positions within the employer's work 
 force bear reasonable relationship among related job classes and 
 among various levels within the same occupational group.  

    Subd. 2.    Reasonable relationship defined.  For 
 purposes of subdivision 1, compensation for positions bear 
 "reasonable relationship" to one another if:  

    (1) the compensation for positions which require comparable 
 skill, effort, responsibility, working conditions, and other 
 relevant work-related criteria is comparable; and 

    (2) the compensation for positions which require differing 
 skill, effort, responsibility, working conditions, and other 
 relevant work-related criteria is proportional to the skill, 
 effort, responsibility, working conditions, and other relevant 
 work-related criteria required.  

    HIST: 1984 c 651 s 3; 1987 c 384 art 1 s 42