EMPLOYEE RELATIONS DEPARTMENT:

An Inventory of Its Records at the Minnesota Historical Society

Government Records

OVERVIEW


	Creator:	Minnesota. Department of Employee Relations.
	Title:	Records.
	Dates:	1966-1988 (bulk 1981-1988).
	Language:	Materials in English.
	Abstract:	Reports, manuals, correspondence, and related materials documenting a wide variety of the department's activities, including the annual commissioner's plan and management plan (1981-1983), the Executive Development Committee (1981-1983) and executive management subcabinet (1984-1988), Governor's task forces on judicial and executive salaries and personnel management (1979-1980), employee transfer procedures (1984-1985), and the commissioner's correspondence and memos (1966-1987). The latter include survey and complaint responses, rule and procedure clarifications, reviews of pertinent Governor's executive orders, and labor relations and employee insurance information.
	Quantity:	0.75 cubic feet (1 box).
	Location:	See Detailed Description for shelf locations.

SCOPE AND CONTENTS

A few of these files contain materials created under the department's predecessors, the Civil Service Department (1939-1973) and the Personnel Department (1973-1981).

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ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION

Availability:

The collection is open for research use.

Preferred Citation:

[Indicate the cited item and/or series here]. Minnesota. Department of Employee Relations. Records. Minnesota Historical Society.

See the Chicago Manual of Style for additional examples.

Accession Information:

Accession number: 2002-72

Processing Information:

Catalog ID number: 990017380780104294

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DETAILED DESCRIPTION


Location
114.A.18.8F	Commissioner’s Plan and Management Plan, 1981-1983. 4 folders.
		Includes drafts, reports, and correspondence relating mainly to the Commissioner’s Plan.


Correspondence, 1966-1987. 7 folders:
	Commissioners and Executive Level, 1981-1985. 3 folders.
		Includes responses to surveys, memos to clarify rules and procedures for state employees, responses to complaints, and letters about the reclassification of jobs.
	Governor's Office/Commissioners, 1982-1987.
		Includes responses to complaints, memos from the Governor, and a review of Governor Quie’s executive orders.
	Labor relations, 1979-1983.
	Letters to employees regarding insurance rates, 1969-1982.
	Memos to departments concerning insurance, 1966-1985.


		Executive Development Committee, 1981-1983.
			Includes meeting information and correspondence.


		Executive management subcabinet minutes, 1984-1986, 1988.


		Governor's Task Forces, 1979-1980. 4 folders.
			Executive and Judicial Salaries: Agenda packets, October–December 1980.


Personnel Management/Intergovernmental Personnel Act (IPA), 1979-1980. 3 folders:
	Agenda packets, January, April, May, July 1980.
	Correspondence, 1979-1980.
	A Model State Personnel Management Law: For Consideration of State Governments in the United States, September 1980.
		Drafts and final copy.


		Transfer procedure, 1984-1985.
			Includes drafts and correspondence concerning revision of the rule on employee transfers.


		Transportation reorganization, 1983-1984.

This collection is indexed under the following headings in the catalog of the Minnesota Historical Society. Researchers desiring materials about related topics, persons or places should search the catalog using these headings.

Topics:: Civil service -- Minnesota -- Personnel management.; Civil service -- Minnesota -- Planning.; Employee fringe benefits -- Minnesota.; Insurance -- Minnesota.; Labor policy -- Minnesota.

Organizations:: Minnesota. Department of Civil Service.; Minnesota. Department of Personnel.

Places:: Minnesota -- Officials and employees -- Salaries, etc.; Minnesota -- Officials and employees -- Transfer.

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EMPLOYEE RELATIONS DEPARTMENT:

OVERVIEW

SCOPE AND CONTENTS

ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION

DETAILED DESCRIPTION

CATALOG HEADINGS