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-2- <br /> Public pensions - Basic and Coordinated Plans (M.S . 353) - <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 /> Continuation of health and life insurance coverage (M.S. 62A. 17 and <br /> M.S. 61A. 092) - 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 /> Prevailing wages paid on public contracts (M.S. 177 .41, 44 and A.G. <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 /> Veterans preference (M.S. 197 .447 , 455 , 46, 48 , 481 and 192 .26 - <br /> prference granted to veterans for hiring, protection from <br /> discharge, up to 60 days of paid leave while challenging 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 /> •reservice and cont ' , ' es ' - - _ ' <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 . 403) - state requirements for local emergency telephone <br /> service. Cities who do their own dispatching must meet the <br /> guidelines of the program. <br /> ■ <br />