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STATE OF MINNESOTA IN COURT OF APPEALS A11-1653 Marie Blumhardt, Relator, vs. Independent School District No. 361, International Falls, Respondent. Filed May 14, 2012 Affirmed; motion denied Crippen, Judge Independent School District No. 361 Anne F. Krisnik, Education Minnesota, St. Paul, Minnesota (for relator) Margaret A. Skelton, Ratwik, Roszak & Maloney, P.A., Minneapolis, Minnesota (for respondent) Considered and decided by Connolly, Presiding Judge; Crippen, Judge; and Harten, Judge.* SYLLABUS Under the Public Employment Labor Relations Act, a public employer must grant a leave of absence requested by a public employee who is an elected or appointed official of an exclusive representative for an organized group of the employer's personnel. But this statutorily mandated leave does not extend to a public employee who is elected or appointed to serve an employee organization that is not the exclusive representative for these employees.


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