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PPS-6. MINNESOTA PUBLIC EMPLOYEE. LABOR RELATIONS ACT (B) (cont'd) <br />Supervisors of public employees should have their management role <br />acknowledged and have their status limited to meet and confer. In no event <br />should supervisory or confidential employees be represented by an employee <br />organization which represents the employees they supervise. Further limitation <br />of the definition of supervisory personnel would mean that in all but city <br />manager cities, no employees could be considered to be supervisory employees for <br />purposes of PELRA. <br />a. Thp l.no,ip rpreva ends that leeislation be passed requiring employees <br />Employees presently have a variety of grievance procedures available to <br />them, including civil service Systems, veterans' preference, and procedures <br />agreed to under collective hargatning. It makes little sense for an employee to <br />have two bites of the apple in challenging disciplinary action, particularly <br />when the standards for review of the different grievance hearings are as varied <br />as they are. The result under the current statutory system literally precludes <br />effective discipline of public employees. Requests for reform have been made <br />from many sources, most recently by the Minnesota Supreme Court. <br />The reduced case lnad of the PERB and its recent actions in arbitrarily <br />changing the method of selecting qualified arbitrators have indicated that there <br />is no longer a need for the PERB. <br />PPS-7. LAW ENFORCEMENT PERSONNEL (B) <br />The League opposes any increase in state standards for the recruitment, <br />training, and conduct of law enforcement personnel. <br />The current uniform state licensing system establishes adequate minimum <br />standards for law enforcement personnel. The League supports the continued <br />flexibility provided in the system to employ a class of peace officers who meet <br />specified requirements which are less than those for full-time officers and <br />allows upgrading of part-time officers to fully .icensed status, as well as <br />allowing the POST Board to grant variances for political subdivision having <br />particular difficulties in complying with licensing standards to permit phased <br />compliance. Cities should retain responsibility for personnel matters and the <br />state should not unnecessarily complicate local personnel practices which have <br />worked well in the past. <br />-17- <br />