2001 Minnesota Statutes

     182.676 Safety committees. 

    Every public or private employer of more than 25 employees 
 shall establish and administer a joint labor-management safety 
 committee.  

    Every public or private employer of 25 or fewer employees 
 shall establish and administer a safety committee if: 

    (1) the employer has a lost workday cases incidence rate in 
 the top ten percent of all rates for employers in the same 
 industry; or 

    (2) the workers' compensation premium classification 
 assigned to the greatest portion of the payroll for the employer 
 has a pure premium rate as reported by the workers' compensation 
 rating association in the top 25 percent of premium rates for 
 all classes. 

    A safety committee must hold regularly scheduled meetings 
 unless otherwise provided in a collective bargaining agreement. 

    Employee safety committee members must be selected by 
 employees.  An employer that fails to establish or administer a 
 safety committee as required by this section may be cited by the 
 commissioner.  A citation is punishable as a serious violation 
 under section 182.666. 

    The commissioner may adopt rules necessary to implement 
 this section.  

    HIST: 1995 c 231 art 2 s 101; 1997 c 7 art 5 s 18