2007 Minnesota Statutes

383B.31 DUTIES OF HUMAN RESOURCES DIRECTOR.
(a) The director as administrator of the Human Resources 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 Department's
administrative and technical activities in addition to the duties imposed on the director in sections
383B.26 to 383B.42.
(b) The director shall:
(1) attend the meetings of the board, act as its secretary and maintain its official records;
(2) appoint the employees of the Human Resources Department in accordance with and
subject to the provisions of sections 383B.26 to 383B.42; and
(3) recommend rules and amendments to rules for the administration of sections 383B.26 to
383B.42.
(c) The director shall establish uniform procedures and standards to:
(1) prepare, recommend and maintain a classification plan which shall group all positions
in the county into classes;
(2) prepare, recommend, and maintain a compensation plan for the county service;
(3) except as provided in clauses (4) and (5), 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;
(4) 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;
(5) establish alternative selection procedures to measure the ability of persons whose
disabilities are so severe that the usual selection process cannot adequately predict job
performance;
(6) 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, or if there is no such list, the
appropriate eligible list for the class;
(7) maintain records necessary for the proper administration of sections 383B.26 to 383B.42;
(8) 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;
(9) make investigations concerning the administration of sections 383B.26 to 383B.42 and
rules made thereunder, and take corrective actions as deemed reasonable and appropriate to the
situation;
(10) make investigations and reports required by the county board and report thereon; and
(11) make an annual report to the county board and the Human Resources Board on the
activities of the Human Resources Department.
(d) The classification plan authorized in paragraph (c), clause (1), is effective on approval
by the county board.
(e) The compensation plan authorized in paragraph (c), clause (2), may include benefits and
other emoluments to improve the public service as determined by the human resources director. A
plan that is approved by a majority vote of the Human Resources Board is a recommendation to
the county board which may approve or reject all or part of it.
(f) The examination process described in paragraph (c), clause (3), must provide for: (1) the
rejection of otherwise eligible applicants or candidates who fail to comply with the reasonable
requirements of the human resources director; and (2) examinations that may consist of any one or
a combination of the following: written or oral tests of the subjective or objective type, physical
tests, practical or demonstration tests, or evaluation of past training and experience. Oral tests,
either of the question and answer type, or the interview type, may be used to test the candidates.
(g) The classifications described in paragraph (c), clause (4), must be authorized by the
county board. Applicants to fill vacancies in the classifications are exempt from ranking and
certification provided for in section 383B.29, subdivision 2, paragraph (b), clause (2). The
director shall refer all qualified applicants to the appointing authority having vacancies in the
appropriate classifications.
History: 1965 c 855 s 6; 1967 c 646 s 1; 1980 c 573 s 6; 1994 c 596 s 5; 2000 c 416 s 8