DEPARTMENT: Employee Relations
FILE TYPE: Consent Action
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Approval Of Branding Employee Relations Department As Human Resources Department And Revision Of Policy No. 3020
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WHEREAS, the Dakota County Personnel Act, Minn. Stat. ? 383D.21 through 383D.35 (1987), permitted the Dakota County Board to create a County personnel administration system by a resolution creating an employee relations department; and
WHEREAS, Section 383D.22, Subd. 4 defines employee relations department to be the employee relations director (defined by Subd. 3) and the employees engaged in the administration of the employee relations department; and
WHEREAS, the Dakota County Board subsequently passed Resolution No. 88-207 (Feb. 23, 1988), which established the Dakota County Employee Relations Department to enact the provisions of Minn. Stat. ? 383D.21 through 383D.35; and
WHEREAS, since Resolution No. 88-207 was passed, the term "Employee Relations" as a department title has become uncommon and does not capture the functions and responsibilities described in Minn. Stat. ? 383D.21 through 383D.35; and
WHEREAS, the Employee Relations Director seeks to establish "Human Resources" as the identity for the Employee Relations Department and its work; and
WHEREAS, to accomplish this change, the County Board must establish that the Employee Relations Department will be known as the Human Resources Department, that the Employee Relations Director will be known as the Human Resources Director and references to employee relations in County policies and procedures will be replaced with reference to human resources; and
WHEREAS, staff proposes to amend Policy 3020 - Philosophy, Mission and Scope, to implement the branding of the Employee Relations Department as the Human Resources Department; and
WHEREAS, staff seeks to amend references of "employee relations" to "human resources" as administrative changes to all County policies and other relevant documents where...
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