Section 44.10 — Probationary Period.
44.10 PROBATIONARY PERIOD. Subdivision 1. Employees in classified service. (a) Except as provided in paragraph (b) and subdivision 2, every person holding a position in the classified service of a municipality on the effective date of the merit system ordinance and every person subsequently appointed to such a position shall serve a probationary period of […]
Section 44.11 — Rules.
44.11 RULES. Subdivision 1. Publication. The board shall, as soon as practicable after its appointment and from time to time thereafter, adopt rules consistent with this chapter on the subjects enumerated in subsequent subdivisions in order to carry out the purposes thereof. Copies of the rules may be published in the official newspaper or made […]
Section 44.12 — Expenses, Payment.
44.12 EXPENSES, PAYMENT. Whenever the classified service includes employees who are under the jurisdiction of a board or commission with authority independent of the council to appropriate money and pay bills, the personnel board’s expenses incurred in recruiting such employees shall be paid by the independent board or commission concerned; and the board shall provide […]
Section 44.13 — Contracts, Technical Services.
44.13 CONTRACTS, TECHNICAL SERVICES. With the approval of the council or independent board or commission responsible in the particular case for the payment of the cost incurred, the board may contract with the state or any other political subdivision, or any public or private agency, for the conduct of competitive examinations, for the formulation of […]
Section 44.14 — Effect On Veterans Preference Law.
44.14 EFFECT ON VETERANS PREFERENCE LAW. This chapter does not exclude or modify the application of sections 197.455 and 197.46. History: 1951 c 675 s 14; 1975 c 45 s 3
Section 44.15 — Prohibited Practices.
44.15 PROHIBITED PRACTICES. Subdivision 1. Influencing examination, appointment, or promotion. No applicant for examination, appointment or promotion in the classified service of a municipality shall directly or indirectly give, render, or pay, or promise to give, render or pay, any money, service or other thing to any person, for or on account of, or in […]
Section 44.16 — Merit System, Abandonment.
44.16 MERIT SYSTEM, ABANDONMENT. Subdivision 1. Procedure. The merit system may be abandoned and the board abolished in any municipality in the manner provided in this subdivision. The council may, and upon petition therefor signed by voters equal in number to at least 25 percent of the electors voting at the last general municipal election […]
Section 44.08 — Permanent Employees, Dismissal, Suspension.
44.08 PERMANENT EMPLOYEES, DISMISSAL, SUSPENSION. Subdivision 1. Just cause; notice, charges filed. No permanent employee in the classified service shall be dismissed or suspended without pay for more than 30 days, except for just cause, which shall not be religious, racial, or political. No such action shall be taken except after the employee has been […]
Section 44.09 — Appeals.
44.09 APPEALS. Subdivision 1. Notice. The employee or the appointing authority may appeal to the district court from an order of the board concerning the employee’s dismissal or suspension without pay for more than 30 days by serving written notice of the appeal upon the secretary of the board within ten days after receiving written […]
Section 44.01 — Definitions.
44.01 DEFINITIONS. Subdivision 1. Terms. Unless the context requires otherwise, the words and phrases defined in the following subdivisions shall have the meanings there ascribed to them. Subd. 2. Appointing authority. “Appointing authority” means the official, employee, council, board, or commission empowered by statute, charter, or ordinance to make an appointment to the position referred […]