141.50. - Procedure for complaints; investigations, conciliations, mediations, and hearings before the commission.
(a) Limitations Period. A complaint may be filed only if the matter complained of occurred within the City
of Minneapolis within one (1) year prior to the filing of the complaint. The running
of the one (1) year limitation period is suspended during the time a potential complainant
and respondent are voluntarily engaged in a dispute resolution process involving a
claim of unlawful discrimination under this title, including arbitration, conciliation,
mediation or grievance procedures pursuant to a collective bargaining agreement or
statutory, charter, ordinance provisions for a civil service or other employment system
or a school board sexual harassment or sexual violence policy. A potential respondent
who participates in such a process with a potential complainant before a charge is
filed shall notify the department and the complainant in writing of the participation
in the process and the date the process commenced and shall also notify the department
and the complainant of the ending date of the process. A respondent who fails to provide
this notification is barred from raising the defense that the limitation period has
run unless one (1) year plus a period of time equal to the suspension period has passed.
(b)
Complaint filing. Any person believing they have been damaged by a violation of Chapter 139.40 may file with the director a verified written complaint under oath. The complaint
shall state the name and address of each person complained against (respondent) and
shall set forth the pertinent facts as known to the complainant. When an amended complaint
is permitted, it shall also be a verified written complaint signed under oath by the
complainant.