MN SF2282

Commissioner of Management and Budget must contract for a compensation study comparing total compensation (salary and benefits) of legislative and executive branch positions to similar private sector positions based on skill, effort, responsibilities, and working conditions, with results due by March 1, 2013.

By July 1, 2013, all legislative and executive branch employers must implement compensation for each position that is comparable to private sector positions with similar skill, effort, responsibilities, and working conditions as determined by the compensation study.

Employers are prohibited from entering into new contracts or collective bargaining agreements that conflict with the compensation requirements, or extending expired contracts that conflict with this section.

This section supersedes chapter 179A (public employee labor relations law) and establishes that compliance with compensation requirements is not an unfair labor practice; executive branch employees may not strike over required compliance actions, and arbitrators cannot issue awards conflicting with this section.

The "executive branch" definition excludes Minnesota State Colleges and Universities, and the section becomes effective the day following final enactment.