SF3428 Summary

• Expands exclusive representative access to employee contact information, requiring employers to provide name, address, phone numbers, email, and job title within 20 days of hire and every 120 days thereafter.

• Allows employee organizations to certify as exclusive representatives based on majority verification through authorization signatures without holding an election when over 50 percent of employees in a unit sign authorization forms.

• Modifies payroll deduction procedures to allow employees to request deductions for exclusive representatives and associated political funds, with exclusive representatives certifying employee authorizations rather than providing original authorization documents.

• Requires hearing officers to have a juris doctor degree and extends the hearing timeline for unfair labor practice complaints from 5-20 days to more than 30 days after serving the complaint.

• Adds physicians employed as interns, residents, and fellows to Hennepin Healthcare System bargaining units and authorizes the commissioner of management and budget to implement collective bargaining agreements with individual providers without requiring legislative approval.