HomeMy WebLinkAboutCHAPTER 86 CHAPTER 86. MUNICIPAL EMPLOYMENT
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86. MUNICIPAL EMPLOYMENT
86.01. Definitions. Subdivision 1. For the purposes of this chapter, the terms defined
in this section shall have the meanings given them.
Subd. 2. "City" shall mean the City of Rochester acting through its officers, common
council, supervisors, and department heads.
Subd. 3. "Employee" shall mean a person who performs services for hire on behalf of
the City of Rochester. Employee does not include an independent contractor.
86.02. Reprisals. Subdivision 1. The City shall not discharge, discipline, threaten,
otherwise discriminate against, or penalize an employee regarding the employee's
compensation, terms, conditions, location, or privileges of employment because:
(a) the employee, or a person acting on behalf of any employee, in good faith,
reports a violation or suspected violation of any provision of the Rochester Code
of Ordinances or the Rochester Home Rule Charter to any governmental body
or law enforcement official;
(b) the employee is requested by a public body or office to participate in an
investigation, hearing, inquiry; or
c) the employee refuses a City order to perform an action that the employee
has an objective basis in fact to believe violates any provision of the Rochester
Code of Ordinances or the Rochester Home Rule Charter, and the employee
informs the City that the order is being refused for that reason.
Subd. 2. No public official or law enforcement official shall disclose, or cause to
disclose, the identity of any employee making a report or providing information under
subdivision 1 without the employee's consent unless the investigator determines that
disclosure is necessary for prosecution. If the disclosure is necessary for prosecution, the
employee shall be informed prior to the disclosure.
Subd. 3. This section does not permit an employee to make statements or disclosures
knowing that they are false or that they are in reckless disregard of the truth.
Subd. 4. This section does not diminish or impair the rights of a person under any
collective bargaining agreement.
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Subd. 5. This section does not permit disclosures that would violate federal, state, or
municipal law or diminish or impair the rights of any person to the continued protection of
confidentiality of communications provided by common law.
Subd. 6. An employee injured by a violation of this section may bring a civil action to
recover any and all damages recoverable at law, together with costs and disbursements,
including reasonable attorney's fees, and may receive such injunctive and other equitable
relief as determined by the court.
(2743, 5/20/91)