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1 <br />CITY COUNCIL <br />REGULAR MEETING STAFF REPORT <br />AGENDA ITEM 1E <br />STAFF ORIGINATOR: Meg Sawyer, Human Resources and Communications Manager <br />MEETING DATE: December 11, 2023 <br />TOPIC: Approval of Personnel Policy Updates <br />VOTE REQUIRED: 3/5 <br />______________________________________________________________________________ <br />INTRODUCTION <br />Several new laws were enacted in the 2023 legislative session making changes to employment <br />law and requiring employers to post or provide notice of the changes to employees. These <br />changes also require the City Personnel Policy to be updated. <br />BACKGROUND <br />The redlined version of the Personnel Policy is included as an attachment. The proposed <br />changes include: <br />1.4 Statement of Non-Discrimination – the CROWN Act adds to the Minnesota Human <br />Rights Act a definition of race that is inclusive of natural hair styles and textures. (Page 6) <br />1.7 Personal Communications and Use of Social Media – guidelines for personal <br />communications for City employees, including interacting through social media platforms. <br />(Page 9) <br />6.1 Holidays - Minnesota Stat., section 645.44, subdivision 5 adding Juneteenth as a holiday <br />in which no public business shall be conducted. (Page 21) <br />6.8 Military Leave – two new sections added per Minnesota Stat. 181.947 & Minnesota <br />Stat. 181.948 Military Leave for Family Members and Military Leave for Family Member <br />Injured or Killed in Active Service and some language clean up. (Page 26) <br />6.9 Time off to Vote - Right to be Absent for Voting provision expands the right of <br />employees to be absent from work for the time necessary to vote to include voting during <br />the early voting period. (Page 28) <br />39