2005 Minnesota Statutes - 383D.35 — Protection of rights under state and federal laws.

     383D.35 Protection of rights under state and federal 
  laws. 


    Subdivision 1.    Equal employment opportunity laws.  Nothing in 
 sections 383D.21 to 383D.33 
 shall be construed to permit or encourage any action or conduct 
 prohibited by the Minnesota Human Rights Act or prohibit 
 recourse to any remedies provided in the Minnesota Human Rights 
 Act or any other state or federal law relating to equal 
 employment opportunities.  The provisions of those laws shall 
 continue to apply to county employment generally, including 
 positions excluded from the jurisdiction of the county personnel 
 administration system. 


    Subd. 2.    PELRA and agreements under it.  Nothing in sections 
 383D.21 to 383D.33 shall be 
 construed to affect the rights and obligations of an employee or 
 employer under sections 179A.01 to 179A.25, or the provisions of 
 a contract or agreement executed pursuant to them. 


    Subd. 3.    Just cause to dismiss after probation.  Any employee 
 in 
 the unclassified service may be 
 demoted or removed from the employee's position in the 
 unclassified service without cause and at the discretion and 
 pleasure of the appointing authority, but, unless otherwise 
 provided by law, no permanent county employee, who has 
 successfully completed the employee's probationary period of 
 employment with the county, shall be dismissed from employment 
 with the county without the establishment of just cause.  For 
 purposes of this subdivision, just cause includes, but is not 
 limited to, failure to perform assigned duties, substandard 
 performance, misconduct, insubordination, and violation of 
 written policies and procedures. 


    HIST: 1987 c 74 s 15; 1997 c 7 art 1 s 133