SB21,1383,75 230.12 (1) (a) 3. Provisions for administration of the compensation plan and
6salary transactions shall be provided, as determined by the director administrator,
7in either the rules of the director administrator or the compensation plan.
SB21,3689 8Section 3689. 230.12 (1) (c) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB21,1383,129 230.12 (1) (c) 2. The director administrator may establish a plan of extra
10compensation for work performed during selected hours at an hourly rate or rates
11subject to approval of the joint committee on employment relations. Eligibility for
12such extra compensation shall be as provided in the compensation plan.
SB21,3690 13Section 3690. 230.12 (1) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB21,1383,1714 230.12 (1) (d) Uniforms and safety equipment. The director administrator, with
15approval of the joint committee on employment relations, may establish a schedule
16of payments to employees for uniforms or protective clothing and equipment
17required to perform their duties.
SB21,3691 18Section 3691. 230.12 (3) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB21,1384,519 230.12 (3) (a) Submission to the joint committee on employment relations. The
20director administrator shall submit to the joint committee on employment relations
21a proposal for any required changes in the compensation plan. The proposal shall
22include the amounts and methods for within range pay progression, for pay
23transactions, and for performance awards. The proposal shall be based upon
24experience in recruiting for the service, the principle of providing pay equity
25regardless of gender or race, data collected as to rates of pay for comparable work in

1other public services and in commercial and industrial establishments,
2recommendations of agencies and any special studies carried on as to the need for
3any changes in the compensation plan to cover each year of the biennium. The
4proposal shall also take proper account of prevailing pay rates, costs and standards
5of living and the state's employment policies.
SB21,3692 6Section 3692. 230.12 (3) (ad) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB21,1384,127 230.12 (3) (ad) Timing of proposed changes. Notwithstanding any other
8statute, the director administrator may delay timing for announcement or
9implementation of any recommended changes in the compensation plan under this
10section until after some or all of the collective bargaining agreements under subch.
11V of ch. 111 for that biennium are negotiated. Any such action taken under this
12paragraph is not appealable under s. 230.44.
SB21,3693 13Section 3693. 230.12 (3) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB21,1384,2514 230.12 (3) (b) Public hearing on the proposal; adoption of plan. The director
15administrator shall submit the proposal for any required changes in the
16compensation plan to the joint committee on employment relations. The committee
17shall hold a public hearing on the proposal. The proposal, as may be modified by the
18joint committee on employment relations together with the unchanged provisions of
19the current compensation plan, shall, for the ensuing fiscal year or until a new or
20modified plan is adopted under this subsection, constitute the state's compensation
21plan. Any modification of the director's administrator's proposed changes in the
22compensation plan by the joint committee on employment relations may be
23disapproved by the governor within 10 calendar days. A vote of 6 members of the
24joint committee on employment relations is required to set aside any such
25disapproval of the governor.
SB21,3694
1Section 3694. 230.12 (3) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB21,1385,42 230.12 (3) (c) Interim adjustments. Subject to pars. (a) and (b), the director
3administrator may propose amendments to one or more parts of the compensation
4plan at such times as the needs of the service require.
SB21,3695 5Section 3695. 230.12 (3) (e) (title) of the statutes, as affected by 2011
6Wisconsin Act 32
, is amended to read:
SB21,1385,87 230.12 (3) (e) (title) University of Wisconsin System employees; Wisconsin
8Technical College System senior executives.
SB21,3696 9Section 3696. 230.12 (3) (e) 1. of the statutes, as affected by 2011 Wisconsin
10Act 32
, is amended to read:
SB21,1386,511 230.12 (3) (e) 1. The director administrator, after receiving recommendations
12from the board of regents and the chancellor of the University of Wisconsin-Madison,
13shall submit to the joint committee on employment relations a proposal for adjusting
14compensation and employee benefits for University of Wisconsin System employees.
15The proposal shall be based upon the competitive ability of the board of regents to
16recruit and retain qualified faculty and academic staff, data collected as to rates of
17pay for comparable work in other public services, universities and commercial and
18industrial establishments, recommendations of the board of regents and any special
19studies carried on as to the need for any changes in compensation and employee
20benefits to cover each year of the biennium. The proposal shall also take proper
21account of prevailing pay rates, costs and standards of living and the state's
22employment policies. The proposal for such pay adjustments may contain
23recommendations for across-the-board pay adjustments, merit or other
24adjustments and employee benefit improvements. Paragraph (b) and sub. (1) (bf)
25shall apply to the process for approval of all pay adjustments for University of

1Wisconsin System employees. The proposal as approved by the joint committee on
2employment relations and the governor shall be based upon a percentage of the
3budgeted salary base for University of Wisconsin System employees. The amount
4included in the proposal for merit and adjustments other than across-the-board pay
5adjustments is available for discretionary use by the board of regents.
SB21,3697 6Section 3697. 230.12 (3) (e) 1. of the statutes, as affected by 2015 Wisconsin
7Act .... (this act), is repealed.
SB21,3698 8Section 3698. 230.12 (3) (e) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB21,1386,189 230.12 (3) (e) 2. The director administrator, after receiving recommendations
10from the board of the Technical College System, shall submit to the joint committee
11on employment relations a proposal for adjusting compensation and employee
12benefits for employees under s. 20.923 (7). The proposal shall include the salary
13ranges and adjustments to the salary ranges for the general senior executive salary
14groups established under s. 20.923 (7). Paragraph (b) and sub. (1) (bf) shall apply
15to the process for approval of all pay adjustments for such employees. The proposal
16as approved by the joint committee on employment relations and the governor shall
17be based upon a percentage of the budgeted salary base for such employees under s.
1820.923 (7).
SB21,3699 19Section 3699. 230.12 (3) (e) 2. of the statutes, as affected by 2015 Wisconsin
20Act .... (this act), is renumbered 230.12 (3) (e).
SB21,3700 21Section 3700. 230.12 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB21,1386,2522 230.12 (4) Compensation plan implementation provisions. (a) When an
23approved compensation plan or an amendment thereto becomes effective, required
24individual pay adjustments shall be made in accordance with determinations made
25by the director administrator to implement the approved plan.
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1(b) The director administrator may, without prior approval of the joint
2committee on employment relations, determine the circumstances under which it is
3appropriate for an appointing authority to grant, and authorize an appointing
4authority to grant, a general wage or parity adjustment, or appropriate portion
5thereof, previously approved by the committee under this section to employees who
6did not receive the adjustment on the effective date of the adjustment set forth in the
7plan. No general wage or parity adjustment may become effective for any employee
8prior to the effective date of the individual employee transaction, but the director
9administrator may authorize an appointing authority to grant a lump sum payment
10to an employee to reflect any wage or parity adjustment that the employee did not
11receive during the period between the effective date of the adjustment set forth in the
12plan and the effective date of the individual employee transaction.
SB21,3701 13Section 3701. 230.12 (5) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB21,1387,1714 230.12 (5) (c) Increase limits. Unless otherwise defined in the pay schedule the
15total amount for all such within range increases shall not exceed the amount for such
16increases specified and approved by the joint committee on employment relations in
17its action on the director's administrator's proposal for such increases.
SB21,3702 18Section 3702. 230.12 (7m) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB21,1387,2419 230.12 (7m) Pay adjustment filing requirements. Except as provided in the
20rules of the director administrator and in the compensation plan, pay increases shall
21be made only on the dates prescribed under sub. (8). Appointing authorities shall at
22such times each year as specified by the secretary file with the director administrator
23and with the secretary of administration a list of employees showing their then
24existing pay rates and their proposed new pay rates.
SB21,3703 25Section 3703. 230.12 (9) of the statutes is amended to read:
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1230.12 (9) Health insurance premium credits. The director administrator may
2recommend to the joint committee on employment relations a program,
3administered by the department of employee trust funds, that provides health
4insurance premium credits to employees whose compensation is established under
5this section or s. 20.923 (2) or (3). The health insurance premium credits shall be
6used for the purchase of health insurance for a retired employee, or the retired
7employee's surviving insured dependents; for an eligible employee under s. 40.02
8(25) (b) 6e., or the eligible employee's surviving insured dependents; for an employee
9who is laid off, but who is not on a temporary, school year, seasonal, or sessional
10layoff, and his or her surviving insured dependents; and for the surviving insured
11dependents of an employee who dies while employed by the state, and shall be based
12on the employee's years of continuous service, accumulated unused sick leave and
13any other factor recommended by the director. Credits granted under the program
14to an employee who is laid off shall be available until the credits are exhausted, the
15employee is reemployed by the state, or 5 years have elapsed from the date of layoff,
16whichever occurs first. The approval process for the program is the same as that
17provided under sub. (3) (b) and the program shall be incorporated into the
18compensation plan under sub. (1).
SB21,3704 19Section 3704. 230.14 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB21,1388,2320 230.14 (4) The administrator director may charge an agency a fee to announce
21any vacancy to be filled in a classified or unclassified position in that agency. Funds
22received under this subsection shall be credited to the appropriation account under
23s. 20.545 (1) (ka) 20.505 (1) (kn).
SB21,3705 24Section 3705. 230.147 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB21,1389,5
1230.147 (3) Notwithstanding subs. (1) and (2), the state fair park board shall
2make every reasonable effort to employ in permanent full-time equivalent positions
3persons who, at the time determined under sub. (4), receive aid under s. 49.19 or
4benefits under s. 49.147 (3) to (5). The state fair park board shall consult with the
5office division to assure that its efforts under this subsection comply with ch. 230.
SB21,3706 6Section 3706. 230.15 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB21,1389,127 230.15 (1) Subject to the restriction under s. 230.143, appointments to, and
8promotions in, the classified service shall be made only according to merit and
9fitness, which shall be ascertained so far as practicable by competitive examination.
10The administrator director may waive competitive examination for appointments
11made under subs. (1m) and (2) and shall waive competitive examination for
12appointments made under sub. (2m).
SB21,3707 13Section 3707. 230.15 (1m) (b) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB21,1389,1514 230.15 (1m) (b) (intro.) Whenever a position is included in the classified service
15under par. (a), the director administrator shall determine all of the following:
SB21,3708 16Section 3708. 230.15 (1m) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB21,1389,2017 230.15 (1m) (c) 1. Whenever a position is included in the classified service
18under par. (a), the administrator director may waive the requirement for competitive
19examination under sub. (1) with respect to the position and certify the incumbent
20employee for appointment to the position in accordance with subd. 2.
SB21,1389,2421 2. The administrator director may certify an incumbent employee as eligible
22for appointment under subd. 1. if the administrator director determines on the basis
23of sound personnel management practices that the incumbent is qualified for the
24position included in the classified service.
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13. If an employee is appointed after being certified under subd. 2., the
2administrator director shall determine the employee's probationary status under s.
3230.28, except that the employee shall receive credit toward his or her probationary
4period for the time that the employee had been employed in the position immediately
5prior to appointment.
SB21,3709 6Section 3709. 230.15 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB21,1390,137 230.15 (2) If a vacancy occurs in a position in the classified service when
8peculiar and exceptional qualifications of a scientific, professional, or educational
9character are required, and if presented with satisfactory evidence that for specified
10reasons competition in such special cases is impracticable, and that the position can
11best be filled by the selection of some designated person of high and recognized
12attainments in such qualities, the administrator director may waive competition
13requirements unless the vacancy is to be filled by promotion.
SB21,3710 14Section 3710. 230.15 (2m) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB21,1390,1815 230.15 (2m) If a vacancy occurs in a position in the classified service and the
16administrator director is notified by an appointing authority that the position is to
17be filled by a disabled veteran under s. 230.275, the administrator director shall
18waive all competition requirements for filling the position.
SB21,3711 19Section 3711. 230.16 (1) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB21,1390,2320 230.16 (1) (a) The administrator director shall require persons applying for
21admission to any examination under this subchapter or under the rules of the
22administrator director to file an application with the division bureau a reasonable
23time prior to the proposed examination.
SB21,3712 24Section 3712. 230.16 (1) (am) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB21,1391,4
1230.16 (1) (am) The administrator director may require in connection with the
2application such supplementary work history, educational transcripts, statements
3of physicians or others having knowledge of the applicant, as needed for qualification
4evaluations.
SB21,3713 5Section 3713. 230.16 (1) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB21,1391,76 230.16 (1) (b) The division bureau shall furnish application forms without
7charge to all persons requesting them.
SB21,3714 8Section 3714. 230.16 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB21,1391,149 230.16 (2) Competitive examinations shall be free and open to all applicants
10who have fulfilled the preliminary requirements stated in the examination
11announcement. To assure that all applicants have a fair opportunity to compete,
12examinations shall be held at such times and places as, in the judgment of the
13administrator director, most nearly meet the convenience of applicants and needs of
14the service.
SB21,3715 15Section 3715. 230.16 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB21,1391,2116 230.16 (3) The administrator director may appoint boards of examiners of at
17least 2 persons for the purpose of conducting oral examinations as a part of the
18examination procedure for certain positions. All board members shall be
19well-qualified and impartial. All questions asked and answers made in any
20examination of applicants shall be recorded and made a part of the records of the
21applicants.
SB21,3716 22Section 3716. 230.16 (5) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB21,1392,523 230.16 (5) In the interest of sound personnel management, consideration of
24applicants and service to agencies, the administrator director may set a standard for
25proceeding to subsequent steps in an examination, provided that all applicants are

1fairly treated and due notice has been given. The standard may be at or above the
2passing point set by the administrator director for any portion of the examination.
3The administrator director shall utilize appropriate scientific techniques and
4procedures in administering the selection process, in rating the results of
5examinations and in determining the relative ratings of the competitors.
SB21,3717 6Section 3717. 230.16 (6) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB21,1392,107 230.16 (6) If any applicant is unable to complete the examination in the form
8presented to the applicant due to a disability, the division bureau shall provide a
9reader, an appropriate place to take the examination or other similar prerequisites
10to ensure equality of opportunity in the examination.
SB21,3718 11Section 3718. 230.16 (7m) (b) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB21,1392,1312 230.16 (7m) (b) (intro.) The office division shall accept an application after its
13due date from a veteran if all of the following apply:
SB21,3719 14Section 3719. 230.16 (7m) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB21,1392,1615 230.16 (7m) (c) Within 30 days after acceptance of an application under par.
16(b), the office division shall give the applicant an examination.
SB21,3720 17Section 3720. 230.16 (9) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB21,1392,2018 230.16 (9) The officials in control of state, municipal and county buildings,
19upon requisition by the administrator director, shall furnish without charge
20adequate rooms and building services for the administration of examinations.
SB21,3721 21Section 3721. 230.16 (11) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB21,1392,2522 230.16 (11) Records of examinations, including a transcript or recorded tape
23of oral examinations, given under this subchapter shall be retained for at least one
24year. Inspection of such records shall be regulated by rules of the administrator
25director.
SB21,3722
1Section 3722. 230.17 of the statutes is amended to read:
SB21,1393,8 2230.17 Applicants and eligibles may be barred; bonds may be required.
3(1) The administrator director shall provide by rule, the conditions, not otherwise
4provided by law, under which an applicant may be refused examination or
5reexamination, or an eligible refused certification. These conditions shall be based
6on sufficient reason and shall reflect sound technical personnel management
7practices and those standards of conduct, deportment and character necessary and
8demanded to the orderly, efficient and just operation of the state service.
SB21,1393,22 9(2) If the administrator director refuses to examine an applicant, or after an
10examination to certify an eligible, as provided in this section, the administrator
11director, if requested by the applicant so rejected within 10 days of the date of receipt
12of the notice of rejection, shall give the applicant a full and explicit statement of the
13exact cause of such refusal to examine or to certify. Applicants may appeal to the
14commission the decision of the administrator director to refuse to examine or certify
15under s. 230.44 (1) (a). Upon request of an applicant or an eligible for a civil service
16position who has a disability, the department of health services shall obtain from the
17administrator director a detailed description of all duties entailed by such position
18and shall determine and report its findings to the administrator director, as to the
19ability of the applicant, or eligible, to perform the duties of such position. Such
20findings shall be conclusive as to the qualifications of any applicant, or eligible, so
21examined. A notice of rejection shall notify an applicant or eligible of his or her rights
22under this subsection.
SB21,1394,4 23(3) When any position to be filled involves fiduciary responsibility, the
24appointing authority shall conduct a criminal history background check before
25offering employment to an applicant for the position. If otherwise permitted by law,

1the appointing authority may require the appointee to furnish bond or other security,
2and shall notify the administrator director of the amount and other details thereof.
3Any surety company authorized to do business in this state shall be a sufficient
4security on any such bond.
SB21,3723 5Section 3723. 230.18 of the statutes is amended to read:
SB21,1394,16 6230.18 Discrimination prohibited. No question in any form of application
7or in any examination may be so framed as to elicit information concerning the
8partisan political or religious opinions or affiliations of any applicant nor may any
9inquiry be made concerning such opinions or affiliations and all disclosures thereof
10shall be discountenanced except that the administrator director may evaluate the
11competence and impartiality of applicants for positions such as clinical chaplain in
12a state institutional program. No discriminations may be exercised in the
13recruitment, application, examination or hiring process against or in favor of any
14person because of the person's political or religious opinions or affiliations or because
15of age, sex, disability, race, color, sexual orientation, national origin or ancestry
16except as otherwise provided.
SB21,3724 17Section 3724. 230.19 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB21,1394,2118 230.19 (1) The administrator director shall provide employees with reasonable
19opportunities for career advancement, within a classified service structure designed
20to achieve and maintain a highly competent work force, with due consideration given
21to affirmative action.
SB21,3725 22Section 3725. 230.19 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB21,1395,823 230.19 (2) If, in the judgment of the administrator director, the group of
24applicants best able to meet the requirements for vacancies in positions in the
25classified service are available within the classified service, the vacancies shall be

1filled by competition limited to persons in the classified service who are not employed
2under s. 230.26 or 230.27 and persons with the right of restoration resulting from
3layoff under s. 230.34 (2), unless it is necessary to go outside the classified service to
4be consistent with an approved affirmative action plan or program. The
5administrator director may also limit competition for promotion to the employees of
6an agency or an employing unit within an agency if the resulting group of applicants
7would fairly represent the proportion of members of racial and ethnic, gender or
8disabled groups in the relevant labor pool for the state.
SB21,3726 9Section 3726. 230.21 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB21,1395,1210 230.21 (1) Subject to s. 230.275, the administrator director may, to meet the
11needs of the service, establish separate recruitment, examination and certification
12procedures for filling positions in unskilled labor and service classes.
SB21,3727 13Section 3727. 230.21 (1m) (a) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB21,1395,1714 230.21 (1m) (a) (intro.) If the administrator director uses the method of random
15certification to determine which applicants for an unskilled labor or service position
16will receive further consideration for the position, the administrator director shall
17do all of the following:
SB21,3728 18Section 3728. 230.21 (1m) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB21,1396,219 230.21 (1m) (b) If the administrator director uses the method of random
20certification to determine which applicants for an unskilled labor or service position
21will receive further consideration for the position and the appointing authority does
22not select a veteran or a person the hiring of whom would serve affirmative action
23purposes, the appointing authority shall make and retain a written record of the
24appointing authority's reasons for selecting the person who was appointed. The
25appointing authority shall make the written records available to the office division

1and annually submit a report to the office division summarizing the reasons
2contained in the written records.
SB21,3729 3Section 3729. 230.21 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB21,1396,84 230.21 (2) The administrator director may designate classifications in which
5applicants are in critically short supply and may develop such recruitment,
6examination and certification processes as will provide agencies with prompt
7certification when qualified applicants can be found, provided that due notice has
8been given and proper competitive standards have been maintained.
SB21,3730 9Section 3730. 230.21 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:
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