2011 Wisconsin Act 10

10,228 Section 228. 111.70 (3m) of the statutes is repealed.

10,229 Section 229. 111.70 (3p) of the statutes is repealed.

10,230 Section 230. 111.70 (4) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

111.70 (4) Powers of the commission. (intro.) The commission shall conduct any election under this subsection by secret ballot and shall be governed by adhere to the following provisions relating to bargaining in municipal employment in addition to other powers and duties provided in this subchapter:

10,231 Section 231. 111.70 (4) (c) (title) of the statutes is amended to read:

111.70 (4) (c) (title) Methods for peaceful settlement of disputes; law enforcement and fire fighting personnel public safety employees.

10,232 Section 232. 111.70 (4) (c) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:

111.70 (4) (c) 1. `Mediation.' The commission may function as a mediator in labor disputes involving a collective bargaining unit containing a public safety employee. Such mediation may be carried on by a person designated to act by the commission upon request of one or both of the parties or upon initiation of the commission. The function of the mediator shall be is to encourage voluntary settlement by the parties but no mediator shall have has the power of compulsion.

10,233 Section 233. 111.70 (4) (c) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:

111.70 (4) (c) 2. `Arbitration.' a. Parties to a dispute pertaining to the meaning or application of the terms of a written collective bargaining agreement involving a collective bargaining unit containing a public safety employee may agree in writing to have the commission or any other appropriate agency serve as arbitrator or may designate any other competent, impartial and disinterested person to so serve.

b. A collective bargaining agreement involving a collective bargaining unit containing a public safety employee may, notwithstanding s. 62.13 (5), contain dispute resolution procedures, including arbitration, that address the suspension, reduction in rank, suspension and reduction in rank, or removal of such personnel. If the procedures include arbitration, the arbitration hearing shall be public and the decision of the arbitrator shall be issued within 180 days of the conclusion of the hearing.

10,234 Section 234. 111.70 (4) (c) 3. of the statutes is amended to read:

111.70 (4) (c) 3. `Fact-finding.' If Unless s. 111.77 applies, if a dispute involving a collective bargaining unit containing a public safety employee has not been settled after a reasonable period of negotiation and after the settlement procedures, if any, established by the parties have been exhausted, and the parties are deadlocked with respect to any dispute between them arising in the collective bargaining process, either party, or the parties jointly, may petition the commission, in writing, to initiate fact-finding, as provided hereafter, and to make recommendations to resolve the deadlock., as follows:

a. Upon receipt of a the petition to initiate fact-finding, the commission shall make an investigation with or without a formal hearing, to determine whether a deadlock in fact exists. After its investigation the commission shall certify the results thereof. If the commission decides that fact-finding should be initiated, it shall appoint a qualified, disinterested person or 3-member panel, when jointly requested by the parties, to function as a fact finder.

b. The fact finder appointed under subd. 3. a. may establish dates and place of hearings which shall be where feasible, and shall conduct the hearings pursuant to rules established by the commission. Upon request, the commission shall issue subpoenas for hearings conducted by the fact finder. The fact finder may administer oaths. Upon completion of the hearing, the fact finder shall make written findings of fact and recommendations for solution of the dispute and shall cause the same to be served on the parties and the commission. Cost of fact-finding proceedings shall be divided equally between the parties. At the time the fact finder submits a statement of his or her costs to the parties, the fact finder shall submit a copy thereof of the statement to the commission at its Madison office.

c. Nothing herein shall be construed as prohibiting in this subdivision prohibits any fact finder appointed under subd. 3. a. from endeavoring to mediate the dispute, in which the fact finder is involved, at any time prior to the issuance of the fact finder's recommendations.

d. Within 30 days of the receipt of the fact finder's recommendations under subd. 3. b., or within the time period mutually agreed upon by the parties, each party shall advise give notice to the other party, in writing as to its acceptance or rejection, in whole or in part, of the fact finder's recommendations and, at the same time, transmit a copy of such the notice to the commission at its Madison office.

10,235 Section 235. 111.70 (4) (c) 4. of the statutes is repealed.

10,236 Section 236. 111.70 (4) (cm) (title), 1., 2., 3. and 4. of the statutes are amended to read:

111.70 (4) (cm) (title) Methods for peaceful settlement of disputes; other personnel general municipal employees. 1. `Notice of commencement of contract negotiations.' For the purpose of advising the commission of the commencement of contract negotiations involving a collective bargaining unit containing general municipal employees, whenever either party requests the other to reopen negotiations under a binding collective bargaining agreement, or the parties otherwise commence negotiations if no such agreement exists, the party requesting negotiations shall immediately notify the commission in writing. Upon failure of the requesting party to provide such notice, the other party may so notify the commission. The notice shall specify the expiration date of the existing collective bargaining agreement, if any, and shall set forth any additional information the commission may require on a form provided by the commission.

2. `Presentation of initial proposals; open meetings.' The meetings between parties to a collective bargaining agreement or proposed collective bargaining agreement under this subchapter which that involve a collective bargaining unit containing a general municipal employee and that are held for the purpose of presenting initial bargaining proposals, along with supporting rationale, shall be open to the public. Each party shall submit its initial bargaining proposals to the other party in writing. Failure to comply with this subdivision is not cause to invalidate a collective bargaining agreement under this subchapter.

3. `Mediation.' The commission or its designee shall function as mediator in labor disputes involving general municipal employees upon request of one or both of the parties, or upon initiation of the commission. The function of the mediator shall be to encourage voluntary settlement by the parties. No mediator has the power of compulsion.

4. `Grievance arbitration.' Parties to a dispute pertaining to the meaning or application of the terms of a written collective bargaining agreement involving a collective bargaining unit containing a general municipal employee may agree in writing to have the commission or any other appropriate agency serve as arbitrator or may designate any other competent, impartial and disinterested person to so serve.

10,237 Section 237. 111.70 (4) (cm) 5., 6., 7., 7g., 7r. and 8. of the statutes are repealed.

10,238 Section 238. 111.70 (4) (cm) 8m. of the statutes is amended to read:

111.70 (4) (cm) 8m. `Term of agreement; reopening of negotiations.' Except for the initial collective bargaining agreement between the parties and except as the parties otherwise agree, every collective bargaining agreement covering general municipal employees subject to this paragraph shall be for a term of 2 years, but in no case may a collective bargaining agreement for any collective bargaining unit consisting of municipal employees subject to this paragraph other than school district employees be for a term exceeding 3 years nor may a collective bargaining agreement for any collective bargaining unit consisting of school district employees subject to this paragraph be for a term exceeding 4 years one year and may not be extended. No arbitration award may contain a provision for reopening of negotiations during the term of a collective bargaining agreement, covering general municipal employees may be reopened for negotiations unless both parties agree to such a provision reopen the collective bargaining agreement. The requirement for agreement by both parties does not apply to a provision for reopening of negotiations with respect to any portion of an agreement that is declared invalid by a court or administrative agency or rendered invalid by the enactment of a law or promulgation of a federal regulation.

10,239 Section 239. 111.70 (4) (cm) 9. of the statutes is repealed.

10,240 Section 240. 111.70 (4) (d) 2. a. of the statutes is amended to read:

111.70 (4) (d) 2. a. The commission shall determine the appropriate collective bargaining unit for the purpose of collective bargaining and shall whenever possible, unless otherwise required under this subchapter, avoid fragmentation by maintaining as few collective bargaining units as practicable in keeping with the size of the total municipal workforce. In making such a determination, the The commission may decide whether, in a particular case, the municipal employees in the same or several departments, divisions, institutions, crafts, professions, or other occupational groupings constitute a collective bargaining unit. Before making its determination, the commission may provide an opportunity for the municipal employees concerned to determine, by secret ballot, whether they desire to be established as a separate collective bargaining unit. The commission shall may not decide, however, that any group of municipal employees constitutes an appropriate collective bargaining unit if the group includes both professional employees and nonprofessional employees, unless a majority of the professional employees vote for inclusion in the unit. The commission may not decide that any group of municipal employees constitutes an appropriate collective bargaining unit if the group includes both school district employees and general municipal employees who are not school district employees. The commission may not decide that any group of municipal employees constitutes an appropriate collective bargaining unit if the group includes both public safety employees and general municipal employees. The commission shall may not decide that any group of municipal employees constitutes an appropriate collective bargaining unit if the group includes both craft employees and noncraft employees unless a majority of the craft employees vote for inclusion in the unit. The commission shall place the professional employees who are assigned to perform any services at a charter school, as defined in s. 115.001 (1), in a separate collective bargaining unit from a unit that includes any other professional employees whenever at least 30% of those professional employees request an election to be held to determine that issue and a majority of the professional employees at the charter school who cast votes in the election decide to be represented in a separate collective bargaining unit. Upon the expiration of any collective bargaining agreement in force, the commission shall combine into a single collective bargaining unit 2 or more collective bargaining units consisting of school district employees if a majority of the employees voting in each collective bargaining unit vote to combine. Any vote taken under this subsection shall be by secret ballot.

10,241 Section 241. 111.70 (4) (d) 3. of the statutes is amended to read:

111.70 (4) (d) 3. a. Whenever, in a particular case, a question arises concerning representation or appropriate unit, calling for a vote, the commission shall certify the results in writing to the municipal employer and the labor organization involved and to any other interested parties.

c. Any ballot used in a representation proceeding under this subdivision shall include the names of all persons having an interest in representing or the results. The ballot should be so designed as to permit a vote against representation by any candidate named on the ballot. The findings of the commission, on which a certification is based, shall be conclusive unless reviewed as provided by s. 111.07 (8).

10,242 Section 242. 111.70 (4) (d) 3. b. of the statutes is created to read:

111.70 (4) (d) 3. b. Annually, the commission shall conduct an election to certify the representative of the collective bargaining unit that contains a general municipal employee. The election shall occur no later than December 1 for a collective bargaining unit containing school district employees and no later than May 1 for a collective bargaining unit containing general municipal employees who are not school district employees. The commission shall certify any representative that receives at least 51 percent of the votes of all of the general municipal employees in the collective bargaining unit. If no representative receives at least 51 percent of the votes of all of the general municipal employees in the collective bargaining unit, at the expiration of the collective bargaining agreement, the commission shall decertify the current representative and the general municipal employees shall be nonrepresented. Notwithstanding sub. (2), if a representative is decertified under this subd. 3. b., the affected general municipal employees may not be included in a substantially similar collective bargaining unit for 12 months from the date of decertification.

10,243 Section 243. 111.70 (4) (L) of the statutes is amended to read:

111.70 (4) (L) Strikes prohibited. Except as authorized under par. (cm) 5. and 6. c., nothing Nothing contained in this subchapter constitutes a grant of the right to strike by any municipal employee or labor organization, and such strikes are hereby expressly prohibited. Paragraph (cm) does not authorize any strike after an injunction has been issued against such strike under sub. (7m).

10,244 Section 244. 111.70 (4) (m) of the statutes is repealed.

10,245 Section 245. 111.70 (4) (mb) of the statutes is created to read:

111.70 (4) (mb) Prohibited subjects of bargaining; general municipal employees. The municipal employer is prohibited from bargaining collectively with a collective bargaining unit containing a general municipal employee with respect to any of the following:

1. Any factor or condition of employment except wages, which includes only total base wages and excludes any other compensation, which includes, but is not limited to, overtime, premium pay, merit pay, performance pay, supplemental compensation, pay schedules, and automatic pay progressions.

2. Except as provided in s. 66.0506 or 118.245, whichever is applicable, any proposal that does any of the following:

a. If there is an increase in the consumer price index change, provides for total base wages for authorized positions in the proposed collective bargaining agreement that exceeds the total base wages for authorized positions 180 days before the expiration of the previous collective bargaining agreement by a greater percentage than the consumer price index change.

b. If there is a decrease in the consumer price index change, provides for total base wages for authorized positions in the proposed collective bargaining agreement that exceeds the total base wages for authorized positions 180 days before the expiration of the previous collective bargaining agreement decreased by a percentage of that expenditure that is equal to the decrease in the consumer price index change.

10,246 Section 246. 111.70 (4) (mc) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

111.70 (4) (mc) Prohibited subjects of bargaining; public safety employees. (intro.) The municipal employer is prohibited from bargaining collectively with a collective bargaining unit containing a public safety employee with respect to any of the following:

10,247 Section 247. 111.70 (4) (mc) 4. of the statutes is repealed.

10,248 Section 248. 111.70 (4) (n) and (o) of the statutes are repealed.

10,249 Section 249. 111.70 (6) of the statutes is repealed.

10,250 Section 250. 111.70 (7) of the statutes is repealed.

10,251 Section 251. 111.70 (7m) (b) of the statutes is repealed.

10,252 Section 252. 111.70 (7m) (c) 1. a. of the statutes is amended to read:

111.70 (7m) (c) 1. a. Any labor organization that represents public safety employees which violates sub. (4) (L) shall be penalized by the suspension of may not collect any dues check-off under a collective bargaining agreement and or under a fair-share agreement between the municipal employer and such labor organization from any public safety employee covered by either agreement for a period of one year. At the end of the period of suspension, any such agreement shall be reinstated unless the labor organization is no longer authorized to represent the municipal public safety employees covered by such dues check-off the collective bargaining agreement or fair-share agreement or the agreement is no longer in effect.

10,253 Section 253. 111.70 (7m) (c) 3. of the statutes is repealed.

10,254 Section 254. 111.70 (7m) (e) and (f) of the statutes are repealed.

10,255 Section 255. 111.70 (8) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

111.70 (8) (a) This section, except subs. (1) (nm), sub. (4) (cm) and (7m), applies to law enforcement supervisors employed by a 1st class city. This section, except subs. (1) (nm), sub. (4) (cm) and (jm) and (7m), applies to law enforcement supervisors employed by a county having a population of 500,000 or more. For purposes of such application, the term terms "municipal employee" includes and "public safety employee" include such a supervisor.

10,256 Section 256. 111.71 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:

111.71 (2) The commission shall assess and collect a filing fee for filing a complaint alleging that a prohibited practice has been committed under s. 111.70 (3). The commission shall assess and collect a filing fee for filing a request that the commission act as an arbitrator to resolve a dispute involving the interpretation or application of a collective bargaining agreement under s. 111.70 (4) (c) 2. or (cm) 4. The commission shall assess and collect a filing fee for filing a request that the commission initiate fact-finding under s. 111.70 (4) (c) 3. The commission shall assess and collect a filing fee for filing a request that the commission act as a mediator under s. 111.70 (4) (c) 1. or (cm) 3. The commission shall assess and collect a filing fee for filing a request that the commission initiate compulsory, final and binding arbitration under s. 111.70 (4) (cm) 6. or (jm) or 111.77 (3). For the performance of commission actions under ss. 111.70 (4) (c) 1., 2. and 3., (cm) 3., and 4. and 6., and (jm) and 111.77 (3), the commission shall require that the parties to the dispute equally share in the payment of the fee and, for the performance of commission actions involving a complaint alleging that a prohibited practice has been committed under s. 111.70 (3), the commission shall require that the party filing the complaint pay the entire fee. If any party has paid a filing fee requesting the commission to act as a mediator for a labor dispute and the parties do not enter into a voluntary settlement of the dispute, the commission may not subsequently assess or collect a filing fee to initiate fact-finding or arbitration to resolve the same labor dispute. If any request for the performance of commission actions concerns issues arising as a result of more than one unrelated event or occurrence, each such separate event or occurrence shall be treated as a separate request. The commission shall promulgate rules establishing a schedule of filing fees to be paid under this subsection. Fees required to be paid under this subsection shall be paid at the time of filing the complaint or the request for fact-finding, mediation or arbitration. A complaint or request for fact-finding, mediation or arbitration is not filed until the date such fee or fees are paid, except that the failure of the respondent party to pay the filing fee for having the commission initiate compulsory, final and binding arbitration under s. 111.70 (4) (cm) 6. or (jm) or 111.77 (3) shall may not prohibit the commission from initiating such arbitration. The commission may initiate collection proceedings against the respondent party for the payment of the filing fee. Fees collected under this subsection shall be credited to the appropriation account under s. 20.425 (1) (i).

10,257 Section 257. 111.71 (4) of the statutes is repealed.

10,258 Section 258. 111.71 (5) of the statutes is repealed.

10,259 Section 259. 111.77 (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

111.77 Settlement of disputes in collective bargaining units composed of law enforcement personnel and fire fighters. (intro.) In fire departments and city and county law enforcement agencies municipal Municipal employers and employees public safety employees, as provided in sub. (8), have the duty to bargain collectively in good faith including the duty to refrain from strikes or lockouts and to comply with the procedures set forth below following:

10,260 Section 260. 111.77 (8) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

111.77 (8) (a) This section applies to law enforcement public safety employees who are supervisors employed by a county having a population of 500,000 or more. For purposes of such application, the term "municipal employee" includes such a supervisor.

10,261 Section 261. 111.80 of the statutes is repealed.

10,262 Section 262. 111.81 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:

111.81 (1) "Collective bargaining" means the performance of the mutual obligation of the state as an employer, by its officers and agents, and the representatives of its employees, to meet and confer at reasonable times, in good faith, with respect to the subjects of bargaining provided in s. 111.91 (1), with respect to public safety employees, and to the subjects of bargaining provided in s. 111.91 (3), with respect to general employees, with the intention of reaching an agreement, or to resolve questions arising under such an agreement. The duty to bargain, however, does not compel either party to agree to a proposal or require the making of a concession. Collective bargaining includes the reduction of any agreement reached to a written and signed document.

10,263 Section 263. 111.81 (3h) of the statutes is repealed.

10,264 Section 264. 111.81 (3n) of the statutes is created to read:

111.81 (3n) "Consumer price index change" means the average annual percentage change in the consumer price index for all urban consumers, U.S. city average, as determined by the federal department of labor, for the 12 months immediately preceding the current date.

10,265 Section 265. 111.81 (7) (g) of the statutes is repealed.

10,266 Section 266. 111.81 (7) (gm), (h) and (i) of the statutes are created to read:

111.81 (7) (gm) Research assistants of the University of Wisconsin-Madison and University of Wisconsin-Extension.

(h) Research assistants of the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee.

(i) Research assistants of the Universities of Wisconsin-Eau Claire, Green Bay, La Crosse, Oshkosh, Parkside, Platteville, River Falls, Stevens Point, Stout, Superior, and Whitewater.

10,267 Section 267. 111.81 (9) of the statutes is amended to read:

111.81 (9) "Fair-share agreement" means an agreement between the employer and a labor organization representing public safety employees or supervisors specified in s. 111.825 (5) under which all of the public safety employees or supervisors in a collective bargaining unit are required to pay their proportionate share of the cost of the collective bargaining process and contract administration measured by the amount of dues uniformly required of all members.

10,268 Section 268. 111.81 (9g) of the statutes is created to read:

111.81 (9g) "General employee" means an employee who is not a public safety employee.

10,269 Section 269. 111.81 (9k) of the statutes is repealed.

10,270 Section 270. 111.81 (12) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

111.81 (12) (intro.) "Labor organization" means any employee organization whose purpose is to represent employees in collective bargaining with the employer, or its agents, on matters pertaining to terms and conditions of employment that are subject to collective bargaining under s. 111.91 (1) or (3), whichever is applicable; but the term shall not include any organization:

10,271 Section 271. 111.81 (12m) of the statutes is amended to read:

111.81 (12m) "Maintenance of membership agreement" means an agreement between the employer and a labor organization representing public safety employees or supervisors specified in s. 111.825 (5) which requires that all of the public safety employees or supervisors whose dues are being deducted from earnings under s. 20.921 (1) or 111.84 (1) (f) at the time the agreement takes effect shall continue to have dues deducted for the duration of the agreement, and that dues shall be deducted from the earnings of all public safety employees or supervisors who are hired on or after the effective date of the agreement.

10,272 Section 272. 111.81 (15r) of the statutes is created to read:

111.81 (15r) "Public safety employee" means any individual under s. 40.02 (48) (am) 7. or 8.

10,273 Section 273. 111.81 (16) of the statutes is amended to read:

111.81 (16) "Referendum" means a proceeding conducted by the commission in which public safety employees, or supervisors specified in s. 111.825 (5), in a collective bargaining unit may cast a secret ballot on the question of directing the labor organization and the employer to enter into a fair-share or maintenance of membership agreement or to terminate such an agreement.

10,274 Section 274. 111.815 (1) of the statutes is amended to read: