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179A.08 POLICY CONSULTANTS.
Subdivision 1. Professional employees. The legislature recognizes that professional
employees possess knowledge, expertise, and dedication which is helpful and necessary to the
operation and quality of public services and which may assist public employers in developing
their policies. It is, therefore, the policy of this state to encourage close cooperation between
public employers and professional employees by providing for discussions and the mutual
exchange of ideas regarding all matters that are not terms and conditions of employment.
Subd. 2. Meet and confer. The professional employees shall select a representative to meet
and confer with a representative or committee of the public employer on matters not specified
under section 179A.03, subdivision 19, relating to the services being provided to the public. The
public employer shall provide the facilities and set the time for these conferences to take place.
The parties shall meet at least once every four months.
History: 1984 c 462 s 9
Subdivision 1. Professional employees. The legislature recognizes that professional
employees possess knowledge, expertise, and dedication which is helpful and necessary to the
operation and quality of public services and which may assist public employers in developing
their policies. It is, therefore, the policy of this state to encourage close cooperation between
public employers and professional employees by providing for discussions and the mutual
exchange of ideas regarding all matters that are not terms and conditions of employment.
Subd. 2. Meet and confer. The professional employees shall select a representative to meet
and confer with a representative or committee of the public employer on matters not specified
under section 179A.03, subdivision 19, relating to the services being provided to the public. The
public employer shall provide the facilities and set the time for these conferences to take place.
The parties shall meet at least once every four months.
History: 1984 c 462 s 9
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