2006 Minnesota Code
Chapters 43A State Employment
Chapter 43A Department of Employee Relations
Section 43A.045 RESTRUCTURING.

43A.045 RESTRUCTURING.
(a) It is the policy of the state of Minnesota that any restructuring of executive branch
agencies must include efforts to ensure that fair and equitable arrangements are carried out to
protect the interests of executive branch employees and to provide the best possible service to
the public. The commissioner shall make an effort to train and retrain existing employees for a
changing work environment. Where restructuring may involve a loss of existing positions and
employment, the commissioner shall assist affected employees in finding suitable employment.
(b) Options available to employees whose positions will be eliminated by implementation
of a restructuring plan must include, at a minimum, job and training opportunities necessary
to qualify for another job in the same, an equal, or a lower classification within their current
department or in another state agency.
(c) Implementation of this section, as well as procedures for notifying employees affected
by restructuring plans, must be negotiated into collective bargaining agreements under chapter
179A. Nothing in this section shall be construed as diminishing any rights defined in collective
bargaining agreements under this chapter or chapter 179A.
History: 1991 c 345 art 1 s 67; 1993 c 192 s 75