1.    The board consists of eleven members. The appointment and replacement of the members must ensure that:

Ask an employment law question, get an answer ASAP!
Thousands of highly rated, verified employment lawyers
Specialties include: Employment Law, EEOC, Pension and Compensation, Harassment Law, Discrimination Law, Termination Law, General Legal and more.
Click here to chat with a lawyer about your rights.

a.    Six board members represent employers in this state which maintain active accounts with the organization. Two of the employer members must be employers with annual premiums, which at the time of the member’s initial appointment were greater than twenty-five thousand dollars; one of the employer members must be an employer with an annual premium, which at the time of the member’s initial appointment was less than twenty-five thousand dollars; one of the employer members must be an employer with an annual premium, which at the time of the member’s initial appointment was less than ten thousand dollars; and two of the employer members must be employer at-large representatives. Except for the employer at-large representatives, each employer representative     must be a principal owner, chief executive officer, or chief financial officer of the employer.

b.    Three members represent employees. Of the three employee members, one member must represent organized labor and one other member must have received workforce safety and insurance wage-loss benefits at some time during the ten years before the member’s initial appointment.

c.    One member is a member of the North Dakota medical association.

d.    One member is a member at large who must be a resident of this state and at least twenty-one years of age.

2.    Board members shall serve four-year terms. The governor shall make the necessary appointments to ensure the term of office of members begins on January first of each even-numbered year. A board member may not serve more than two consecutive terms.

a.    A departing member representing an employer must be replaced by a member representing an employer, most of whose employees are in a different rate classification than those of the employer represented by the departing member. The governor shall appoint the member for an employer representative from a list of three potential candidates submitted by a coordinating committee appointed by the governor, composed of representatives from the associated general contractors of North Dakota, the North Dakota petroleum council, the greater North Dakota chamber of commerce, the North Dakota motor carriers association, the North Dakota hospital association, the national federation of independent business, the lignite energy council, and other statewide business interests.

b. The governor shall select the member for the organized labor employee representative from a list of three potential candidates submitted by an organization that is statewide in scope and which through the organization’s affiliates embraces a cross section and a majority of organized labor in this state. c.    The governor shall select the two employee representatives who do not represent organized labor and the member at large.

d.    The governor shall select the member representing the North Dakota medical association from a list of three potential candidates submitted by the North Dakota medical association.

e.    Within the thirty days following receipt of a list of potential candidates representing employers, organized labor, or the North Dakota medical association, the governor may reject the list and request that the submitting entity submit a new list of potential candidates.

3.    Vacancies in the membership of the board must be filled for the unexpired term by appointment by the governor as provided in this section.