AB900: Bill Text

AB900,69 Section 69. 59.875 (2) (a) of the statutes is renumbered 59.875 (2) and amended to read:

AB900,36,24 59.875 (2) Beginning on July 1. 2011, in any employee retirement system of a county, except as otherwise provided in a collective bargaining agreement entered into under subch. IV of ch. 111 and except as provided in par. (b), employees shall pay half of all actuarially required contributions for funding benefits under the retirement system. The employer may not pay on behalf of an employee any of the employee's share of the actuarially required contributions.

AB900,70 Section 70. 59.875 (2) (b) of the statutes is repealed.

AB900,71 Section 71. 62.623 (1) of the statutes is renumbered 62.623 and amended to read:

AB900,37,9 62.623 Payment of contributions in an employee retirement system of a 1st class city. Beginning on July 1, 2011, in any employee retirement system of a 1st class city, except as otherwise provided in a collective bargaining agreement entered into under subch. IV of ch. 111 and except as provided in sub. (2), employees shall pay all employee required contributions for funding benefits under the retirement system. The employer may not pay on behalf of an employee any of the employee's share of the required contributions.

AB900,72 Section 72. 62.623 (2) of the statutes is repealed.

AB900,73 Section 73. 66.0506 of the statutes is repealed.

AB900,74 Section 74. 66.0508 of the statutes is repealed.

AB900,75 Section 75. 66.0509 (1m) of the statutes is repealed.

AB900,76 Section 76. 70.11 (41s) of the statutes is created to read:

AB900,37,17 70.11 (41s) Wisconsin Quality Home Care Authority. All property owned by the Wisconsin Quality Home Care Authority, provided that use of the property is primarily related to the purposes of the authority.

AB900,77 Section 77. 71.26 (1) (be) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB900,37,22 71.26 (1) (be) Certain authorities. Income of the University of Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics Authority, of the Wisconsin Quality Home Care Authority, of the Fox River Navigational System Authority, of the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation, and of the Wisconsin Aerospace Authority.

AB900,78 Section 78. 73.03 (68) of the statutes is repealed.

AB900,79 Section 79. 77.54 (9a) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB900,38,4 77.54 (9a) (a) This state or any agency thereof, the University of Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics Authority, the Wisconsin Aerospace Authority, the Wisconsin Quality Home Care Authority, the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation, and the Fox River Navigational System Authority.

AB900,80 Section 80. 100.45 (1) (dm) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB900,38,15 100.45 (1) (dm) "State agency" means any office, department, agency, institution of higher education, association, society, or other body in state government created or authorized to be created by the constitution or any law which is entitled to expend moneys appropriated by law, including the legislature and the courts, the Wisconsin Housing and Economic Development Authority, the Bradley Center Sports and Entertainment Corporation, the University of Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics Authority, the Wisconsin Health and Educational Facilities Authority, the Wisconsin Aerospace Authority, the Wisconsin Quality Home Care Authority, the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation, and the Fox River Navigational System Authority.

AB900,81 Section 81. 109.03 (1) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB900,38,21 109.03 (1) (b) School district and private school employees who voluntarily request payment over a 12-month period for personal services performed during the school year, unless, with respect to private school employees, the such employees are covered under a valid collective bargaining agreement which precludes this method of payment.

AB900,82 Section 82. 111.02 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB900,39,3 111.02 (2) "Collective bargaining" means the negotiation by an employer and a majority of the employer's employees in a collective bargaining unit, or their representatives, concerning representation or terms and conditions of employment of such employees, except as provided under ss. 111.05 (5) and 111.17 (2), in a mutually genuine effort to reach an agreement with reference to the subject under negotiation.

AB900,83 Section 83. 111.02 (3) of the statutes, as affected by 2015 Wisconsin Act 1, is amended to read:

AB900,39,20 111.02 (3) "Collective bargaining unit" means all of the employees of one employer, employed within the state, except as provided in s. 111.05 (5) and (7) and except that where a majority of the employees engaged in a single craft, division, department or plant have voted by secret ballot as provided in s. 111.05 (2) to constitute such group a separate bargaining unit they shall be so considered, but, in appropriate cases, and to aid in the more efficient administration of this subchapter, the commission may find, where agreeable to all parties affected in any way thereby, an industry, trade or business comprising more than one employer in an association in any geographical area to be a "collective bargaining unit". A collective bargaining unit thus established by the commission shall be subject to all rights by termination or modification given by this subchapter in reference to collective bargaining units otherwise established under this subchapter. Two or more collective bargaining units may bargain collectively through the same representative where a majority of the employees in each separate unit have voted by secret ballot as provided in s. 111.05 (2) so to do.

AB900,84 Section 84. 111.02 (6) (am) of the statutes is created to read:

AB900,39,25 111.02 (6) (am) "Employee" includes a child care provider certified under s. 48.651 and a child care provider licensed under s. 48.65 who provides care and supervision for not more than 8 children who are not related to the child care provider.

AB900,85 Section 85. 111.02 (7) (a) of the statutes is renumbered 111.02 (7) (a) (intro.) and amended to read:

AB900,40,4 111.02 (7) (a) (intro.) "Employer" means a person who engages the services of an employee, and includes a all of the following:

AB900,40,6 1. A person acting on behalf of an employer within the scope of his or her authority, express or implied.

AB900,86 Section 86. 111.02 (7) (a) 2., 3. and 4. of the statutes are created to read:

AB900,40,8 111.02 (7) (a) 2. The University of Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics Authority.

AB900,40,9 3. A local cultural arts district created under subch. V of ch. 229.

AB900,40,12 4. With respect to an employee under sub. (6) (am), the state, counties, and other administrative entities involved in regulation and subsidization of employees under sub. (6) (am).

AB900,87 Section 87. 111.02 (7) (b) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB900,40,15 111.02 (7) (b) 1. The Except as provided in par. (a) 4., the state or any political subdivision thereof.

AB900,88 Section 88. 111.05 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB900,40,22 111.05 (2) Whenever Except as provided in subs. (5) and (7), whenever a question arises concerning the determination of a collective bargaining unit, it shall be determined by secret ballot, and the commission, upon request, shall cause the ballot to be taken in such manner as to show separately the wishes of the employees in any craft, division, department or plant as to the determination of the collective bargaining unit.

AB900,89 Section 89. 111.05 (5) of the statutes is created to read:

AB900,41,3 111.05 (5) (a) Collective bargaining units for representation of the employees of the University of Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics Authority shall include one unit for employees engaged in each of the following functions:

AB900,41,4 1. Fiscal and staff services.

AB900,41,5 2. Patient care.

AB900,41,6 3. Science.

AB900,41,7 4. Clerical and related.

AB900,41,8 5. Blue collar and nonbuilding trades.

AB900,41,9 6. Building trades crafts.

AB900,41,10 7. Security and public safety.

AB900,41,11 8. Technical.

AB900,41,20 (b) Collective bargaining units for representation of the employees of the University of Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics Authority who are engaged in a function not specified in par. (a) shall be determined in the manner provided in this section. The creation of any collective bargaining unit for the employees is subject to approval of the commission. The commission may not permit fragmentation of the collective bargaining units or creation of any collective bargaining unit that is too small to provide adequate representation of employees. In approving the collective bargaining units, the commission shall give primary consideration to the authority's needs to fulfill its statutory missions.

AB900,90 Section 90. 111.05 (6) of the statutes is created to read:

AB900,42,6 111.05 (6) If a single representative is recognized or certified to represent more than one of the collective bargaining units specified in sub. (5), that representative and the employer may jointly agree to combine the collective bargaining units, subject to the right of the employees in any of the collective bargaining units that were combined to petition for an election under sub. (3). Any agreement under this subsection is effective when the parties provide written notice of the agreement to the commission and terminates when the party provides written notice of termination to the commission or when the representative entering into the agreement is decertified as representative of one of the combined collective bargaining units, whichever occurs first.

AB900,91 Section 91. 111.05 (7) of the statutes is created to read:

AB900,42,9 111.05 (7) Employees under s. 111.02 (6) (am) shall comprise a single collective bargaining unit.

AB900,92 Section 92. 111.06 (1) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB900,42,18 111.06 (1) (d) To refuse to bargain collectively with the representative of a majority of the employer's employees in any collective bargaining unit with respect to representation or terms and conditions of employment, except as provided under ss. 111.05 (5) and 111.17 (2); provided, however, that where an employer files with the commission a petition requesting a determination as to majority representation, the employer shall not be deemed to have has not refused to bargain until an election has been held and the commission has certified the result thereof has been certified to the employer by the commission.

AB900,93 Section 93. 111.06 (1) (m) of the statutes is created to read:

AB900,42,21 111.06 (1) (m) To fail to give the notice of intention to engage in a lockout provided in s. 111.115 (2).

AB900,94 Section 94. 111.06 (2) (i) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB900,42,24 111.06 (2) (i) To fail to give the notice of intention to engage in a strike provided in s. 111.115 (2) or (3).

AB900,95 Section 95. 111.115 (title) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB900,43,1 111.115 (title) Notice of certain proposed lockouts or strikes.

AB900,96 Section 96. 111.115 (1) of the statutes is renumbered 111.115 (1) (intro.) and amended to read:

AB900,43,4 111.115 (1) (intro.) In this section, "strike" subsection:

AB900,43,8 (b) "Strike" includes any concerted stoppage of work by employees, and any concerted slowdown or other concerted interruption of operations or services by employees, or any concerted refusal of employees to work or perform their usual duties as employees, for the purpose of enforcing demands upon an employer.

AB900,97 Section 97. 111.115 (1) (a) of the statutes is created to read:

AB900,43,15 111.115 (1) (a) "Lockout" means the barring of any employee from employment in an establishment by an employer as a part of a labor dispute, which is not directly subsequent to a strike or other job action of a labor organization or group of employees of the employer, or which continues or occurs after the termination of a strike or other job action of a labor organization or group of employees of the employer.

AB900,98 Section 98. 111.115 (2) of the statutes is created to read:

AB900,43,24 111.115 (2) If no collective bargaining agreement is in effect between the University of Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics Authority and the recognized or certified representative of employees of that authority in a collective bargaining unit, the employer may not engage in a lockout affecting employees in that collective bargaining unit without first giving 10 days' written notice to the representative of its intention to engage in a lockout, and the representative may not engage in a strike without first giving 10 days' written notice to the employer of its intention to engage in a strike.

AB900,99 Section 99. 111.17 of the statutes is renumbered 111.17 (intro.) and amended to read:

AB900,44,5 111.17 Conflict of provisions; effect. (intro.) Wherever the application of the provisions of other statutes or laws conflict with the application of the provisions of this subchapter, this subchapter shall prevail, except that in for the following:

AB900,44,7 (1) In any situation where in which the provisions of this subchapter cannot be validly enforced the provisions of such other statutes or laws shall apply.

AB900,100 Section 100. 111.17 (2) of the statutes is created to read:

AB900,44,19 111.17 (2) All fringe benefits authorized or required to be provided by the University of Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics Authority to its employees under ch. 40 are governed exclusively by ch. 40, except that if any provision of ch. 40 specifically permits a collective bargaining agreement under this subchapter to govern the eligibility for or the application, cost, or terms of a fringe benefit under ch. 40, or provides that the eligibility for or the application, cost, or terms of a fringe benefit under ch. 40 is governed by a collective bargaining agreement under this subchapter, such a provision in a collective bargaining agreement supersedes any provision of ch. 40 with respect to the employees to whom the agreement applies. The employer is prohibited from engaging in collective bargaining concerning any matter governed exclusively by ch. 40 under this subsection.

AB900,101 Section 101. 111.70 (1) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB900,45,10 111.70 (1) (a) "Collective bargaining" means the performance of the mutual obligation of a municipal employer, through its officers and agents, and the representative of its municipal employees in a collective bargaining unit, to meet and confer at reasonable times, in good faith, with the intention of reaching an agreement, or to resolve questions arising under such an agreement, with respect to wages, hours, and conditions of employment for public safety employees or transit employees and with respect to wages for general municipal employees, and with respect to a requirement of the municipal employer for a municipal employee to perform law enforcement and fire fighting services under s. 60.553, 61.66, or 62.13 (2e) and for a school district with respect to any matter under sub. (4) (n), except as provided in sub. subs. (3m), (3p), and (4) (mb) (m) and (mc) and s. 40.81 (3) and except that a municipal employer shall not meet and confer with respect to any proposal to diminish or abridge the rights guaranteed to any public safety municipal employees under ch. 164. Collective bargaining includes the reduction of any agreement reached to a written and signed document.

AB900,102 Section 102. 111.70 (1) (cm) of the statutes is repealed.

AB900,103 Section 103. 111.70 (1) (f) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB900,45,18 111.70 (1) (f) "Fair-share agreement" means an agreement between a municipal employer and a labor organization that represents public safety employees or transit employees under which all or any of the public safety municipal employees or transit employees in the 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.

AB900,104 Section 104. 111.70 (1) (fm) of the statutes is repealed.

AB900,105 Section 105. 111.70 (1) (j) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB900,46,2 111.70 (1) (j) "Municipal employer" means any city, county, village, town, metropolitan sewerage district, school district, long-term care district, local cultural arts district created under subch. V of ch. 229, or any other political subdivision of the state, or instrumentality of one or more political subdivisions of the state, that engages the services of an employee and includes any person acting on behalf of a municipal employer within the scope of the person's authority, express or implied, but does not include a local cultural arts district created under subch. V of ch. 229.

AB900,106 Section 106. 111.70 (1) (n) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB900,46,7 111.70 (1) (n) "Referendum" means a proceeding conducted by the commission in which public safety employees or transit municipal employees in a collective bargaining unit may cast a secret ballot on the question of authorizing a labor organization and the employer to continue a fair-share agreement.

AB900,107 Section 107. 111.70 (1g) of the statutes is created to read:

AB900,46,16 111.70 (1g) Declaration of policy. (a) The public policy of the state as to labor disputes arising in municipal employment is to encourage voluntary settlement through the procedures of collective bargaining. Accordingly, it is in the public interest that municipal employees be given an opportunity to bargain collectively with the municipal employer through a labor organization or other representative of the employees' own choice. If such procedures fail, the parties should have available to them a fair, speedy, effective and, above all, peaceful procedure for settlement as provided in this subchapter.

AB900,46,22 (b) In creating this subchapter the legislature recognizes that the municipal employer must exercise its powers and responsibilities to act for the government and good order of the jurisdiction which it serves, its commercial benefit and the health, safety, and welfare of the public to assure orderly operations and functions within its jurisdiction, subject to those rights secured to municipal employees by the constitutions of this state and of the United States and by this subchapter.

AB900,108 Section 108. 111.70 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB900,48,2 111.70 (2) Rights of municipal employees. Municipal employees have the right of self-organization, and the right to form, join, or assist labor organizations, to bargain collectively through representatives of their own choosing, and to engage in lawful, concerted activities for the purpose of collective bargaining or other mutual aid or protection. Municipal employees have the right to refrain from any and all such activities. A general municipal employee has the right to refrain from paying dues while remaining a member of a collective bargaining unit. A public safety employee or a transit employee, however, except that an employee may be required to pay dues in the manner provided in a fair-share agreement; a fair-share agreement covering a public safety employee or a transit employee must contain a provision requiring require the municipal employer to deduct the amount of dues as certified by the labor organization from the earnings of the employee affected by the fair-share agreement and to pay the amount deducted to the labor organization. A fair-share agreement covering a public safety employee or transit employee is subject to the right of the municipal employer or a labor organization to petition the commission to conduct a referendum. Such petition must be supported by proof that at least 30% of the employees in the collective bargaining unit desire that the fair-share agreement be terminated. Upon so finding, the commission shall conduct a referendum. If the continuation of the agreement is not supported by at least the majority of the eligible employees, it shall terminate. The commission shall declare suspend any fair-share agreement suspended upon such conditions and for such time as the commission decides whenever it finds that the labor organization involved has refused on the basis of race, color, sexual orientation, creed, or sex to receive as a member any public safety employee or transit employee of the municipal employer in the bargaining unit involved, and such agreement is subject to this duty of the commission. Any of the parties to such agreement or any public safety employee or transit municipal employee covered by the agreement may come before the commission, as provided in s. 111.07, and ask the performance of this duty.

AB900,109 Section 109. 111.70 (3) (a) 3. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB900,48,7 111.70 (3) (a) 3. To encourage or discourage a membership in any labor organization by discrimination in regard to hiring, tenure, or other terms or conditions of employment; but the prohibition shall not apply to a fair-share agreement that covers public safety employees or transit employees.