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-2- <br />Mandatory participation in PERA requiring city employee <br />contribution rates of 10.73 percent for Basic plan members and 4.48 <br />percent for coordinated plan members. <br />M.S. 61A.0921 - State requirements for continuation of option for <br />health and life insurance coverage following voluntary or <br />involuntary terminiation); also requires continuing such coverage <br />for disabled persons. <br />Op. 41501 - Attorney General interpretation of the state's Davis - <br />Bacon requirements (prevailing wage requirements) applying to city <br />contracts resulting in higher costs for those contracts. <br />prference granted to veterans for hiring, protection from <br />discharge, up to 60 days of paid leave while ch^,llenging any <br />discharge or disciplinary action, and full salary for up to three <br />weeks for all city employees serving in the military reserves or on <br />active duty. <br />Employee right -to -know act (M.S. 182.65) - requires disclosure and <br />reporting of presence of hazardous materials or conditions in the <br />work place. <br />Parental leave (M.S. 181.940 - 944 - employees working an average <br />of 20 or more hours per week are guaranteed an unpaid leave of <br />absence of up to six weeks, with continued insurance coverage and <br />reinstatement. <br />PUBLIC SAFETY <br />Peace officer standards and training (POST) (M.S. 626.84 - 863 - <br />preservice and continuing in-service training requirements for <br />licensed law enforcement officers. <br />Temporary detention facilities/detoxification centers - when a <br />City provides temporary holding of persons arrested, the City must <br />meet state standards in its building and maintenance of such a <br />facility. <br />911 (M.S. 4031 - state requirements for local emergency telephone <br />service. Cities who do their own dispatching must meet the <br />guidelines of the program. <br />