Cross v. County of Beltrami

OPINION

CRIPPEN, Judge.

In Minnesota, public employees have a right of independent review of grievances that arise out of the terms and conditions of their employment. As an independent review agency found that the respondent Beltrami County had no cause to discharge relator, relator now contends that the county acted without authority when it treated the decision as a recommendation and found cause for relator’s discharge. Because independent review under the statute is final, we reverse the county’s further review of the employee’s grievance.

FACTS

On December 30, 1997, the county sheriff fired…