AB150, s. 3800 23Section 3800. 111.70 (4) (d) 2. a. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB150,1338,2024 111.70 (4) (d) 2. a. The commission shall determine the appropriate bargaining
25unit for the purpose of collective bargaining and shall whenever possible, unless

1otherwise required under this subchapter,
avoid fragmentation by maintaining as
2few units as practicable in keeping with the size of the total municipal work force.
3In making such a determination, the commission may decide whether, in a particular
4case, the employes in the same or several departments, divisions, institutions, crafts,
5professions or other occupational groupings constitute a unit. Before making its
6determination, the commission may provide an opportunity for the employes
7concerned to determine, by secret ballot, whether or not they desire to be established
8as a separate collective bargaining unit. The commission shall not decide, however,
9that any unit is appropriate if the unit includes both professional employes and
10nonprofessional employes, unless a majority of the professional employes vote for
11inclusion in the unit. The commission shall not decide that any unit is appropriate
12if the unit includes both craft and noncraft employes unless a majority of the craft
13employes vote for inclusion in the unit. The commission shall place the professional
14employes who are assigned to perform any services at a charter school, as defined in
15s. 115.001 (1), in a separate collective bargaining unit from a unit that includes any
16other professional employes whenever at least 30% of those professional employes
17request an election to be held to determine that issue and a majority of the
18professional employes at the charter school who cast votes in the election decide to
19be represented in a separate collective bargaining unit.
Any vote taken under this
20subsection shall be by secret ballot.
AB150, s. 3801 21Section 3801. 111.70 (4) (m) of the statutes is created to read:
AB150,1338,2322 111.70 (4) (m) Prohibited subjects of bargaining. In a school district, the
23municipal employer is prohibited from bargaining collectively with respect to:
AB150,1339,424 1. Reassignment of municipal employes who perform services for the school
25district, with or without regard to seniority, as a result of a decision of the school

1board or board of school directors to contract with an individual or group to operate
2a school as a charter school, as defined in s. 115.001 (1), or to convert a school to a
3charter school, or the impact of any such reassignment on the wages, hours or
4conditions of employment of the municipal employes who perform those services.
AB150,1339,95 2. Reassignment of municipal employes who perform services for a board of
6school directors, with or without regard to seniority, as a result of the decision of the
7board to close or reopen a school under s. 119.18 (23), or the impact of any such
8reassignment on the wages, hours or conditions of employment of the municipal
9employes who perform those services.
AB150,1339,1310 3. Any decision of a board of school directors to contract for the management
11or operation of any school under s. 119.18 (24), or the impact of any such decision on
12the wages, hours or conditions of employment of the municipal employes who
13perform services for the board.
AB150,1339,1714 4. Any decision of a board of school directors to contract with a school or agency
15to provide educational programs under s. 119.235, or the impact of any such decision
16on the wages, hours or conditions of employment of the municipal employes who
17perform services for the board.
AB150, s. 3802 18Section 3802. 111.70 (10) of the statutes is created to read:
AB150,1339,2119 111.70 (10) Mediation. (a) No officer or employe of the commission may engage
20in mediation of any labor dispute or facilitate mediation of a labor dispute by any
21other person.
AB150,1339,2422 (b) The parties to a labor dispute may retain any person other than an officer
23or employe of the commission to engage in mediation of the dispute. The cost of
24mediation services shall be divided equally between the parties.
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1(c) Whenever the parties to a labor dispute retain any person to provide
2mediation services, each party or the parties jointly shall notify the commission in
3writing of the name and address of the person so retained as promptly as possible
4following the retention.
AB150, s. 3803 5Section 3803. 111.71 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB150,1340,146 111.71 (1) The commission may adopt reasonable rules relative to the exercise
7of its powers and authority and proper rules to govern its proceedings and to regulate
8the conduct of all elections and hearings. The commission shall, upon request,
9provide a transcript of a proceeding to any party to the proceeding for a fee prescribed
10by the commission at a uniform rate of not less than 60 cents per page. All transcript
11fees shall be deposited into the general fund, except that fees collected in excess of
1260 cents per page for any transcript produced by a reporter who is not employed by
13the commission shall be deposited under the appropriation in s. 20.425 (1) (g) 20.547
14(1) (h)
.
AB150, s. 3804 15Section 3804. 111.77 (1) (e) of the statutes is repealed.
AB150, s. 3805 16Section 3805. 111.77 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB150,1340,2017 111.77 (2) If there has never been a contract in effect, the union shall notify the
18commission within 30 days after the first demand upon the employer of the existence
19of a dispute provided no agreement is reached by that time, and in such case sub. (1)
20(b), (e) and (f) shall apply.
AB150, s. 3806 21Section 3806. 111.80 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB150,1341,222 111.80 (1) It recognizes that there are 3 major interests involved: that of the
23public, that of the state employe and that of the state as an employer. These 3
24interests are to a considerable extent interrelated. It is the policy of this state to

1protect and promote each of these interests with due regard to the situation and to
2the rights of the others.
AB150, s. 3807 3Section 3807. 111.80 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB150,1341,134 111.80 (2) Orderly and constructive employment relations for state employes
5and the efficient administration of state government are promotive of all these
6interests. They are largely dependent upon the maintenance of fair, friendly and
7mutually satisfactory employe management relations in state employment, and the
8availability of suitable machinery for fair and peaceful adjustment of whatever
9controversies may arise. It is recognized that whatever may be the rights of
10disputants with respect to each other in any controversy regarding state
11employment relations, neither party has any right to engage in acts or practices
12which jeopardize the public safety and interest and interfere with the effective
13conduct of public business.
AB150, s. 3808 14Section 3808. 111.80 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB150,1341,2015 111.80 (3) Where permitted under this subchapter, negotiations of terms and
16conditions of state employment should result from voluntary agreement between the
17state and its agents as an employer, and its employes. For that purpose a state an
18employe may, if the employe desires, associate with others in organizing and in
19bargaining collectively through representatives of the employe's own choosing
20without intimidations or coercion from any source.
AB150, s. 3809 21Section 3809. 111.80 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB150,1342,322 111.80 (4) It is the policy of this state, in order to preserve and promote the
23interests of the public, the state employe and the state as an employer alike, to
24encourage the practices and procedures of collective bargaining in state employment
25subject to the requirements of the public service and related laws, rules and policies

1governing state employment, by establishing standards of fair conduct in state
2employment relations and by providing a convenient, expeditious and impartial
3tribunal in which these interests may have their respective rights determined.
AB150, s. 3810 4Section 3810. 111.81 (7) (d) of the statutes is created to read:
AB150,1342,95 111.81 (7) (d) Individuals employed by the University of Wisconsin Hospitals
6and Clinics Authority who hold positions that would be included in the classified
7service if the individuals were employed by the state, except supervisors,
8management employes and individuals who are privy to confidential matters
9affecting the employer-employe relationship.
AB150, s. 3811 10Section 3811. 111.81 (7) (d) of the statutes, as created by 1995 Wisconsin Act
11.... (this act), is repealed.
AB150, s. 3812 12Section 3812. 111.81 (12) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB150,1342,1613 111.81 (12) (intro.) "Labor organization" means any employe organization
14whose purpose is to represent state employes in collective bargaining with the state
15employer, or its agents, on matters pertaining to terms and conditions of
16employment; but the term shall not include any organization:
AB150, s. 3813 17Section 3813. 111.81 (13) of the statutes is renumbered 111.81 (13) (intro.) and
18amended to read:
AB150,1342,1919 111.81 (13) (intro.) "Management" includes those personnel:
AB150,1342,23 20(a) Those individuals who are engaged predominately in executive and
21managerial functions, including such officials as division administrators, bureau
22directors, institutional heads and employes individuals exercising similar functions
23and responsibilities as determined by the commission.
AB150, s. 3814 24Section 3814. 111.81 (13) (b) of the statutes is created to read:
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1111.81 (13) (b) Any individual who is designated by his or her appointing
2authority as a chief legal counsel or deputy chief legal counsel and who serves in the
3office of a constitutional officer specified in s. 15.02 (1) or in a department as defined
4in s. 15.01 (5) or an independent agency as defined in s. 15.01 (9), or any individual
5who exercises functions and responsibilities similar to such an individual, as
6determined by the commission.
AB150, s. 3815 7Section 3815. 111.81 (15) (a) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB150,1343,98 111.81 (15) (a) (intro.) Any employe in the classified service or any employe of
9the University of Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics Authority
who is engaged in work:
AB150, s. 3816 10Section 3816. 111.81 (15) (a) (intro.) of the statutes, as affected by 1995
11Wisconsin Act .... (this act), is repealed and recreated to read:
AB150,1343,1312 111.81 (15) (a) (intro.) Any employe in the classified service who is engaged in
13work:
AB150, s. 3817 14Section 3817. 111.81 (15) (b) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB150,1343,1615 111.81 (15) (b) (intro.) Any employe in the classified service or any employe of
16the University of Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics Authority
who:
AB150, s. 3818 17Section 3818. 111.81 (15) (b) (intro.) of the statutes, as affected by 1995
18Wisconsin Act .... (this act), is repealed and recreated to read:
AB150,1343,1919 111.81 (15) (b) (intro.) Any employe in the classified service who:
AB150, s. 3819 20Section 3819. 111.815 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB150,1344,721 111.815 (1) In the furtherance of this subchapter, the state shall be considered
22as a single employer and employment relations policies and practices throughout the
23state service shall be as consistent as practicable. The department shall negotiate
24and administer collective bargaining agreements. To coordinate the employer
25position in the negotiation of agreements, the executive branch shall maintain close

1liaison with the legislature relative to the negotiation of agreements and the fiscal
2ramifications thereof. The department is responsible for the employer functions of
3the executive branch under this subchapter, and shall coordinate its collective
4bargaining activities with operating state agencies and the University of Wisconsin
5Hospitals and Clinics Authority
on matters of agency concern to the agencies or the
6authority
. The legislative branch shall act upon those portions of tentative
7agreements negotiated by the executive branch which require legislative action.
AB150, s. 3820 8Section 3820. 111.815 (1) of the statutes, as affected by 1995 Wisconsin Act ....
9(this act), is repealed and recreated to read:
AB150,1344,2010 111.815 (1) In the furtherance of this subchapter, the state shall be considered
11as a single employer and employment relations policies and practices throughout the
12state service shall be as consistent as practicable. The department shall negotiate
13and administer collective bargaining agreements. To coordinate the employer
14position in the negotiation of agreements, the executive branch shall maintain close
15liaison with the legislature relative to the negotiation of agreements and the fiscal
16ramifications thereof. The department is responsible for the employer functions of
17the executive branch under this subchapter, and shall coordinate its collective
18bargaining activities with operating state agencies on matters of agency concern.
19The legislative branch shall act upon those portions of tentative agreements
20negotiated by the executive branch which require legislative action.
AB150, s. 3821 21Section 3821. 111.82 of the statutes is amended to read:
AB150,1345,2 22111.82 (title) Rights of state employes. State employes Employes shall have
23the right of self-organization and the right to form, join or assist labor organizations,
24to bargain collectively through representatives of their own choosing under this
25subchapter, and to engage in lawful, concerted activities for the purpose of collective

1bargaining or other mutual aid or protection. Such employes Employes shall also
2have the right to refrain from any or all of such activities.
AB150, s. 3822 3Section 3822. 111.825 (1) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB150,1345,104 111.825 (1) (intro.) It is the legislative intent that in order to foster meaningful
5collective bargaining, units must be structured in such a way as to avoid excessive
6fragmentation whenever possible. In accordance with this policy, collective
7bargaining units for employes in the classified service of the state and for employes
8of the University of Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics Authority
are structured on a
9statewide basis with one collective bargaining unit for each of the following
10occupational groups:
AB150, s. 3823 11Section 3823. 111.825 (1) (intro.) of the statutes, as affected by 1995 Wisconsin
12Act .... (this act), is repealed and recreated to read:
AB150,1345,1813 111.825 (1) (intro.) It is the legislative intent that in order to foster meaningful
14collective bargaining, units must be structured in such a way as to avoid excessive
15fragmentation whenever possible. In accordance with this policy, collective
16bargaining units for employes in the classified service of the state are structured on
17a statewide basis with one collective bargaining unit for each of the following
18occupational groups:
AB150, s. 3824 19Section 3824. 111.825 (5) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB150,1346,320 111.825 (5) Although supervisors are not considered employes for purposes of
21this subchapter, the commission may consider a petition for a statewide collective
22bargaining unit of professional supervisors or a statewide unit of nonprofessional
23supervisors in the classified service, but the representative of supervisors may not
24be affiliated with any labor organization representing employes. For purposes of this
25subsection, affiliation does not include membership in a national, state, county or

1municipal federation of national or international labor organizations.
The certified
2representative of supervisors may not bargain collectively with respect to any matter
3other than wages and fringe benefits as provided in s. 111.91 (1).
AB150, s. 3825 4Section 3825. 111.84 (1) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB150,1346,65 111.84 (1) (a) To interfere with, restrain or coerce state employes in the exercise
6of their rights guaranteed in s. 111.82.
AB150, s. 3826 7Section 3826. 111.84 (1) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB150,1346,248 111.84 (1) (b) Except as otherwise provided in this paragraph, to initiate,
9create, dominate or interfere with the formation or administration of any labor or
10employe organization or contribute financial support to it. Except as provided in ss.
1140.02 (22) (e) and 40.23 (1) (f) 4., no change in any law affecting the Wisconsin
12retirement system under ch. 40 and no action by the employer that is authorized by
13such a law constitutes a violation of this paragraph unless an applicable collective
14bargaining agreement specifically prohibits the change or action. No such change
15or action affects the continuing duty to bargain collectively regarding the Wisconsin
16retirement system under ch. 40 to the extent required by s. 111.91. It is not an unfair
17labor practice for the employer to reimburse state employes at their an employe at
18his or her
prevailing wage rate for the time spent during the employe's regularly
19scheduled hours conferring with the employer's officers or agents and for attendance
20at commission or court hearings necessary for the administration of this subchapter.
21Professional supervisory or craft personnel may maintain membership in
22professional or craft organizations; however, as members of such organizations they
23shall be prohibited from those activities related to collective bargaining in which the
24organizations may engage.
AB150, s. 3827 25Section 3827. 111.84 (1) (e) of the statutes is amended to read:
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1111.84 (1) (e) To violate any collective bargaining agreement previously agreed
2upon by the parties with respect to wages, hours and conditions of employment
3affecting state employes, including an agreement to arbitrate or to accept the terms
4of an arbitration award, where previously the parties have agreed to accept such
5award as final and binding upon them.
AB150, s. 3828 6Section 3828. 111.85 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB150,1347,107 111.85 (4) The commission may, under rules adopted for that purpose, appoint
8as its agent an official of the a state department or agency involved or the University
9of Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics Authority whose employes are entitled to vote in
10a referendum
to conduct the referenda a referendum provided for herein.
AB150, s. 3829 11Section 3829. 111.85 (4) of the statutes, as affected by 1995 Wisconsin Act ....
12(this act), is repealed and recreated to read:
AB150,1347,1513 111.85 (4) The commission may, under rules adopted for that purpose, appoint
14as its agent an official of a state agency whose employes are entitled to vote in a
15referendum to conduct a referendum provided for herein.
AB150, s. 3830 16Section 3830. 111.86 of the statutes is renumbered 111.86 (1) and amended to
17read:
AB150,1347,2318 111.86 (1) Parties to the dispute pertaining to the interpretation of a collective
19bargaining agreement may agree in writing to have the commission or any other
20appointing state agency or the University of Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics
21Authority
serve as arbitrator or may designate any other competent, impartial and
22disinterested persons to so serve. Such arbitration proceedings shall be governed by
23ch. 788.
****Note: This is reconciled s. 111.86. This Section has been affected by drafts with the
following LRB numbers: LRB-1715 and LRB-2017.
AB150, s. 3831
1Section 3831. 111.86 (1) of the statutes, as affected by 1995 Wisconsin Act ....
2(this act), is repealed and recreated to read:
AB150,1348,73 111.86 (1) Parties to the dispute pertaining to the interpretation of a collective
4bargaining agreement may agree in writing to have the commission or any other
5appointing state agency serve as arbitrator or may designate any other competent,
6impartial and disinterested persons to so serve. Such arbitration proceedings shall
7be governed by ch. 788.
AB150, s. 3832 8Section 3832. 111.86 (2) of the statutes is created to read:
AB150,1348,159 111.86 (2) The department shall charge a state department or agency the
10employer's share of the cost related to grievance arbitration under sub. (1) for any
11arbitration that involves one or more employes of the state department or agency.
12Each state department or agency so charged shall pay the amount that the
13department charges from the appropriation account or accounts used to pay the
14salary of the grievant. Funds received under this subsection shall be credited to the
15appropriation account under s. 20.512 (1) (km).
AB150, s. 3833 16Section 3833. 111.87 of the statutes is repealed and recreated to read:
AB150,1348,19 17111.87 Mediation. (1) No officer or employe of the commission may engage
18in mediation of any labor dispute or facilitate mediation of a labor dispute by any
19other person.
AB150,1348,22 20(2) The parties to a labor dispute may retain any person other than an officer
21or employe of the commission to engage in mediation of the dispute. The cost of
22mediation services shall be divided equally between the parties.
AB150,1349,2 23(3) Whenever the parties to a labor dispute retain any person to provide
24mediation services, each party or the parties jointly shall notify the commission in

1writing of the name and address of the person so retained as promptly as possible
2following the retention.
AB150, s. 3834 3Section 3834. 111.88 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB150,1349,64 111.88 (4) Nothing herein shall be construed as prohibiting any fact finder who
5is not employed by the commission
from endeavoring to mediate the dispute at any
6time prior to the issuance of the fact finder's recommendations.
AB150, s. 3835 7Section 3835. 111.89 (2) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB150,1349,108 111.89 (2) (intro.) The occurrence of a strike and the participation therein by
9a state an employe do not affect the rights of the employer, in law or in equity, to deal
10with the strike, including:
AB150, s. 3836 11Section 3836. 111.90 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB150,1349,1512 111.90 (1) Carry out the statutory mandate and goals assigned to the a state
13agency utilizing personnel, or the University of Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics
14Authority by the most appropriate and efficient
methods and means and utilize
15personnel
in the most appropriate and efficient manner possible.
AB150, s. 3837 16Section 3837. 111.90 (1) of the statutes, as affected by 1995 Wisconsin Act ....
17(this act), is repealed and recreated to read:
AB150,1349,2018 111.90 (1) Carry out the statutory mandate and goals assigned to a state agency
19by the most appropriate and efficient methods and means and utilize personnel in
20the most appropriate and efficient manner possible.
AB150, s. 3838 21Section 3838. 111.90 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB150,1349,2522 111.90 (2) Manage the employes of the a state agency or the University of
23Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics Authority
; hire, promote, transfer, assign or retain
24employes in positions within the agency or authority; and in that regard establish
25reasonable work rules.
AB150, s. 3839
1Section 3839. 111.90 (2) of the statutes, as affected by 1995 Wisconsin Act ....
2(this act), is repealed and recreated to read:
AB150,1350,53 111.90 (2) Manage the employes of a state agency; hire, promote, transfer,
4assign or retain employes in positions within the agency; and in that regard establish
5reasonable work rules.
AB150, s. 3840 6Section 3840. 111.91 (2) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
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