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County staff to draft exemptions for mobile-device management policy for field and hourly workers
Summary
HR presented the county's mobile‑application management policy and the board heard requests from conservation and secondary‑roads departments for exemptions so field staff can access calendars and emails without incurring compensable off‑clock time. HR will draft an exemption and return with a proposed policy change.
Melissa Thomas, the county HR director, reviewed the mobile-application management policy the board adopted last fall, saying it requires employees who access county data on personal devices to enroll in the mobile-application management (MAM) solution. Thomas explained the original policy excludes hourly employees because brief off‑clock email checks would be compensable under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA).
"It says that all employees approved to use their personal use mobile device accessing county organizational data must be enrolled in the mobile application management solution," Melissa Thomas said, noting that staff have raised practical issues for field workers. Dan Heisel (Woodbury County Conservation director) and secondary-roads staff told the board their naturalists, rangers and technicians need calendar and email access while working off-site; Thomas said she will return in the next few weeks with a drafted exemption for the board to consider.
Board members emphasized the county must avoid uncompensated off‑the‑clock work; HR and county counsel will refine the exemption language and coordinate with affected departments and the union where required.
