For your information, pursuant to the Minnesota Government Data Practices Act, Minn. Stat. § 13.43, the following personnel data on current and former employees of a political subdivision is considered to be public data and may be released without restriction:

 

(1) name; actual gross salary; salary range; contract fees; actual gross pension; the value and nature of employer paid fringe benefits; and the basis for and the amount of any added remuneration, including expense reimbursement, in addition to salary;

 

(2) job title; job description; education and training background; and previous work experience;

 

(3) date of first and last employment;

 

(4) the existence and status of any complaints or charges against the employee, regardless of whether the complaint or charge resulted in a disciplinary action;

 

(5) the final disposition of any disciplinary action together with the specific reasons for the action and data documenting the basis of the action, excluding data that would identify confidential sources who are employees of the public body;

 

(6) the terms of any agreement settling any dispute arising out of the employment relationship, including a buyout agreement ...;

 

(7) work location; a work telephone number; badge number; honors and awards received; and

 

(8) payroll timesheets or other comparable data that are only used to account for employee’s work time for payroll purposes except to the extent that release of timesheet data would reveal the employee’s reason for the use of sick or other medical leave or other not public data; and city and county of residence.