1. The department is the central agency responsible for state human resource management, including the following:
a. Policy and program development, workforce planning, and research.
b. Employment activities and transactions, including recruitment, examination, and certification of personnel seeking employment or promotion.
c. Compensation and benefits, including position classification, wages and salaries, and employee benefits. Employee benefits include, but are not limited to, group medical, dental, life, and long-term disability insurance, workers' compensation, unemployment benefits, sick leave, deferred compensation, holidays and vacations, tuition reimbursement, and educational leaves.
d. Equal employment opportunity, affirmative action, and workforce diversity programs.
e. Education, training, and workforce development programs.
f. Personnel records and administration, including the audit of all personnel-related documents.
g. Employment relations, including the negotiation and administration of collective bargaining agreements on behalf of the executive branch of the state and its departments and agencies as provided in chapter 20. However, the state board of regents, for the purposes of implementing and administering collective bargaining pursuant to chapter 20, shall act as the exclusive representative of the state with respect to its faculty, scientific, and other professional staff.
h. The coordination and management of the state's human resource information system, except as otherwise required for those employees governed by chapter 262.
2. The department, as it relates to the human resources of state government, shall do the following:
a. Establish and maintain a list of all employees in the executive branch of state government and set forth, as to each employee, the class title, pay, status, and other pertinent data. For employees governed by chapter 262, the director shall work collaboratively with the state board of regents to collect such information.
b. Foster and develop, in cooperation with appointing authorities and others, programs for the improvement of employee effectiveness, including training, safety, health, counseling, and welfare.
c. Encourage and exercise leadership in the development of effective personnel administration within the several state agencies, and to make available the facilities of the department to this end.
d. The director may delegate any or all aspects of the recruitment, examination, and selection processes to an agency in the executive branch upon request by that agency. The director shall oversee all activities delegated to that agency.
e. Utilize appropriate persons, including officers and employees in the executive branch, to assist in the recruitment and examination of applicants for employment. These officers and employees are not entitled to extra pay for their services, but shall be paid their necessary traveling and other expenses.
3. The human resource management powers and duties of the department do not extend to the legislative branch or the judicial branch of state government, except for functions related to administering compensation and benefit programs.
2003 Acts, ch 145, §58
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