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This bill makes several key changes to public labor relations in Minnesota: It modifies the public employee definition to include more part-time and temporary employees, as well as early childhood educators, under the state's public labor relations laws. It also expands the definition of "terms and conditions of employment" to include staffing ratios, class sizes, student testing, and student-to-personnel ratios in school districts. The bill reduces the probationary period for new teachers from 120 days to 60 days of teaching service per year. It also provides liability protection for public employers and labor organizations related to the collection of agency or fair share fees prior to the 2018 Supreme Court decision prohibiting such fees. Additionally, the bill requires public employers to provide exclusive representatives of bargaining units with contact information for new hires and all bargaining unit members every 120 days. It also grants the exclusive representatives access rights, such as the ability to meet with bargaining unit members on the employer's premises.

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https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/bill.php?b=Senate&f=SF1633&ssn=0&y=2023