Agenda - Council - 06/12/1990 - Laserfiche WebLink

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I I I I I I I I I I job classes and among various levels within the same occupational group. This is.the internal comparative. 3. The third and last standard to look to and is required to be considered by the arbitrator is under Section 471.992, "other standards appropriate to interest arbitration." This would include such items as cost of living and other legitimate factors. In reviewing the Comparative Worth Act as it presently is written it is my opinion that it is just not clear as to the extent of the weight required to be accorded the comparative worth analysis or job evaluation system of the City where there exists an out of line male-dominated group or groups. As is noted by both parties, arbitrators have given greater weight over that of external based upon their interpretation of the Act as requiring the dominance of the comparative worth study over that of external' comparables and others have decided on the basis that it is another~ one of the primary factors to be considered but is not necessarily dominant although arbitrators may accord substantial weight to the divergence. I determine that in my interpretation of the Minnesota Comparative Worth Act it does not require a primary consideration of the comparative worth study over that of external comparatives as I interpret Section 471.992. Nowhere in this section is it stated that the arbitrator is to consider one standard as constituting greater weight than any other standard contained therein. As far as I can determine, the legislature as applied to interest arbitration and the arbitrator left the standards utilized 15