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DEPARTMENT OF EMPLOYEE RELATIONS
Law Provides: The DOER commissioner is the chief personnel and labor relations manager for the
executive branch of state government (in its role as an employer). DOER’s responsibilities and
functions are defined in Minnesota Statutes, Chapters 43A, 176, 179A, 15.46, and 471; Minnesota
Rules 3900–3920.
Commissioner: Cal Ludeman, (651)296-3095 Appointed: 2003
Salary: $108,400
Centennial Office Bldg., Suite 200, 658 Cedar St., St. Paul 55155
(651)297-1184, TTY: (651)297-2003
Assistant Commissioner for Government Relations/Planning:
Wendy Dwyer, (651)297-3859
Deputy Commissioner for Labor Relations: Paul Larson, (651)296-8274
Assistant Commissioner for Employee Insurance:
David K. Haugen, (651)296-3159
Assistant Commissioner of Diversity and Equal Opportunity:
Michael Watts, (651)296-8272
Deputy Commissioner for Personnel: Ann Schluter, (651)296-3448
Function: The department administers the state’s merit system and provides human resource products
and services to 120 state agencies, boards, and commissions; negotiates and administers labor
agreements and develops and administers compensation plans covering 36,250 state executive
branch employees; and develops, implements, and manages employee and dependent insurance
benefits for over 120,000 covered lives and workers’ compensation benefits for employees of the
executive, legislative, and judicial branches and to quasi-state agencies such as the Minnesota
Historical Society.
Human Resource Management Division is responsible for utilization of technology for state
hiring and employment through research, development, and enhancement of statewide systems for
job applicants, hiring managers, and supervisors and state agency human resource offices. The
division provides services to all state agencies with direction, development, and maintenance of the
applicant process, selection process, classification, and training to maximize state agency efforts to
attract, hire, and retain a diverse workforce. In addition, the division works with state agencies to
establish and maintain a statewide system designed to ensure that equal opportunity, affirmative
action, diversity, and ADA best practices are implemented in the state’s recruitment/selection
process and work environment. The division also provides workforce planning guidance and
information to state agencies.
Labor Relations and Total Compensation Division negotiates and manages the total costs of
labor contract settlements and ensures allocation of resources in ways that maximize value to
employees while recognizing the state’s budgetary responsibilities. In addition, it administers the
state’s compensation system and monitors local government subdivisions to ensure their compliance
with the Local Government Pay Equity Act.
Employee Insurance Division plans, develops, administers, and manages state employee insurance
benefits that are competitive in the labor market. The division ensures that such benefits are
affordable and structured so that they enhance employee productivity, satisfaction, recruitment, and
retention. In addition, the division administers the state workers compensation program, providing
services and administering benefits for state employees who are injured on the job.
Information Systems Division provides a comprehensive information management program to the
agency and systems support for statewide systems. The division designs, develops, implements, and
maintains the state’s payroll, human resources, and employee insurance systems.
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