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HomeMy WebLinkAbout06/24/1980 Condensed Report — No Fault Training — June 24 8 26 — Mn State Dept. of HR �-- Agenda June 24th 1. Coverage of the Human Rights Act 2. Jurisdictional elements 3. The legal limits of enforcement 4. Dealing with grievants andrespondents 5. Dealing with the Department 6. Dealing with the public 7. Quiz Coverage of the Human Rights Act The HRA breaks down into six areas of coverage; education, employment,real property, public accommodations, public services, and credit. In each area the protected classes differs from the others, i.e. sex is a protected class in all catogories but age is a protected class in education and employment only. There are also many exemptions to the HRA so when ever you are dealing with the HRA dont be afraid to pick up a copy of the act and refer to it. Jurisdictional elements There are three elements that must be met for us to have jurisdiction a. Time— did it happen within the last six months, if the time of the occurance is between four to six months refer it to the State Dept. of HR right away. b. Subject matter— is the problem covered by the HRA c. Geography— did this problem occur in our city if it did not happen in Maplewood refer the person to the HR commission in the city that the incedent occured in or else to the State Dept. of HR. The legal limits of enforcement When a person files with us we must let them know that we lack any power to order people to respond to us, we can not force the resrondant to do anything. We act informally in trying to settle the matter. If we can not settle the matter we should refer the grievant to the State Dept. of HR. Charging parties must provide the prove. Dealing with the grievants and respondants With grievants they must be willing to sign a charge, must inform them of the time element that we are dealing with. With respondants we must let them know the name of the person filing the charges and what the charges are, That they don't have to partake in the process, that the grievant still has the option to file a charge with the state if they want to. We must let both the grievants and respondants know that we are an informal process in settling the problem and that we can not force anyone topartake, Dealing with the Department The person we should talk to at the State Dept. of HR is Susan Anderson, she is in charge of the intake unit, Susan will be able to answer any questions that we have. Dealing with the public 7 When working on a case we must try to keep everything confidential, but because all city files must be available to the public any one can come in 6. and requst to see our files. So when we are done with a case we should send all our information to the State Dept. of HR so they can keep it confidential. Agenda J666 26th 1. Review, questions from previous session 2. Negotiation techniques 3. Procedure review 4. Process simulation 5. Discussion, evaluation and wrap—up Negotiation techniques Negotiation betweenboth sides when both parties agree to cooperate and settle the problem informally. Some things to keep in mid during this process; a. Define the universe of the possible remedies. —what ever it tak•r's to get the grievant reenstated to his original nostion this could mean rehiring the person if fired, payment of back wages, etc. —change it company polices. —problems can be resolved with out the payment of a dime. —0_,(000 punitive fine to be paid to the grievant. —a settlement could be made in a lump sum. b. Best of all possible worlds find out what both sides would like to see for a settlement and what they would be willing to comprimise on. c. Principle of least interest don't get carried away with trying to settle things, let the grievant and respondant do the work. Report on speakers at the annual meeting of the League of lannesota Human Rights Commissions June 14 Main speaker Minneapolis Police Chief Anthony Bouza Speak::rs responding to Chief Bouza For minorities Amos Haynes, Urban League Gay/Lesbians Leo Tredway, Coordinator of Crisis Outreach Program Battered women Sharon Vaugen, Executive Director, Harriet Tubman Shelte_ Mentally Handicap Carla Lehtinen, Director, Southside Services Inc. Police Iilliam Voss, Deputy Sheriff, Hennepin County Minneapolis Police Chief Anthony Bouze. Believes that the role of police will expand in the future becauee of the growth of a class that is being left out of our society, as a result there may be more riots. To help solve this problem people should stop looking at the spark that started the riot and start looking at the mixture that caused the riot to occur. There are three things, ways that this problem will be dealt with 1. The current situation will continue to disinegrate untill people for— get about others and worry about only themselfs. 2. '1e will attack the problem and start to work on solving the problem by making the required sacrifices. 3. ',le will adopt a repressive model and deal with the problem by building bigger and better _.prisons, have longor sentences given, ect. On police and community relations Chief Bouza says that somethings that the police must le: rn are — that they are servants of the law and not the masters — they must follow the law like everyone else in cases of police brutality that it will be taken care of effectivly by a supervisor in a open a responsive system. — to make things work police must do what they say they will do. Police attitudes can not be changed but they should not let their attitudes afect their work. Amos Haynes Agrees with Bouza and his understanding of current problems. He feels that the police department should represent the community more than it currently does Leo Tredway Feels that the Gays are being neglected, and ignored by the police.Police should have increased understanding and tolerance of Gays. Sharon Vaugen Believes that the police are not very to women in beating cases, feels that police should know more about the resources for battered women in the communty and relay that information to the women. William Voss Agrees that attitudes will change for police men if they get involved in a positive asspect in the community like coaching a baseball team. Police need community support. Carla Lehtinen 75% of all Mentally Retarded are the result of poverty. Most mentally retarted people plead guilty to crimes because they don't understand what the charge is. Police should met metally retarded people, when dealing with them must have patience and explain things very carfully to them.