Law Enforcement Labor Services, Inc. v. County of Hennepin

KELLEY, Justice.

In April of 1970, the Hennepin County Sheriff’s Department established and implemented a program providing for uniform and grooming standards for department personnel. Later, in 1974, that policy was amended or updated by a more comprehensive policy which addressed, among other concerns, standards prescribing hair style, mustache length, and general appearance. Later still, in 1978, the uniform provisions of the policy were modified. Between 1970 and 1988 no collective bargaining unit representing any of the personnel of the sheriff’s department requested negotiation of any of…