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AB68-ASA2-AA6,78,1715 111.322 (2m) (c) The individual files a complaint or attempts to enforce a right
16under s. 66.0903, 103.49, or 229.8275 or testifies or assists in any action or
17proceeding under s. 66.0903, 103.49, or 229.8275.”.
AB68-ASA2-AA6,78,18 1872. Page 335, line 15: after that line insert:
AB68-ASA2-AA6,78,19 19 Section 341aa. 109.03 (1) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68-ASA2-AA6,78,2420 109.03 (1) (b) School district and private school employees who voluntarily
21request payment over a 12-month period for personal services performed during the
22school year, unless, with respect to private school employees, the employees are
23covered under a valid collective bargaining agreement which precludes this method
24of payment.
AB68-ASA2-AA6,341aL
1Section 341aL. 111.70 (1) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68-ASA2-AA6,79,172 111.70 (1) (a) “Collective bargaining" means the performance of the mutual
3obligation of a municipal employer, through its officers and agents, and the
4representative of its municipal employees in a collective bargaining unit, to meet and
5confer at reasonable times, in good faith, with the intention of reaching an
6agreement, or to resolve questions arising under such an agreement, with respect to
7wages, hours, and conditions of employment for public safety employees or, for
8transit employees and, or for municipal employees in a collective bargaining unit
9that contains a frontline worker;
with respect to wages for general municipal
10employees, who are in a collective bargaining unit that does not contain a frontline
11worker;
and with respect to a requirement of the municipal employer for a municipal
12employee to perform law enforcement and fire fighting services under s. 60.553,
1361.66, or 62.13 (2e), except as provided in sub. (4) (mb) and (mc) and s. 40.81 (3) and
14except that a municipal employer shall not meet and confer with respect to any
15proposal to diminish or abridge the rights guaranteed to any public safety employees
16under ch. 164. Collective bargaining includes the reduction of any agreement
17reached to a written and signed document.
AB68-ASA2-AA6,341am 18Section 341am. 111.70 (1) (f) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68-ASA2-AA6,80,219 111.70 (1) (f) “Fair-share agreement" means an agreement between a
20municipal employer and a labor organization that represents public safety
21employees or, transit employees , or a frontline worker under which all or any of the
22public safety employees or transit employees in the collective bargaining unit or all
23or any of the employees in a collective bargaining unit containing a frontline worker

24are required to pay their proportionate share of the cost of the collective bargaining

1process and contract administration measured by the amount of dues uniformly
2required of all members.
AB68-ASA2-AA6,341an 3Section 341an. 111.70 (1) (fd) of the statutes is created to read:
AB68-ASA2-AA6,80,54 111.70 (1) (fd) “Frontline worker” means a municipal employee who is
5determined to be a frontline worker under sub. (4) (bm) 2.
AB68-ASA2-AA6,341ao 6Section 341ao. 111.70 (1) (fm) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68-ASA2-AA6,80,87 111.70 (1) (fm) “General municipal employee" means a municipal employee
8who is not a public safety employee or, a transit employee, or a frontline worker.
AB68-ASA2-AA6,341ap 9Section 341ap. 111.70 (1) (n) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68-ASA2-AA6,80,1410 111.70 (1) (n) “Referendum" means a proceeding conducted by the commission
11in which public safety employees or transit employees in a collective bargaining unit
12or municipal employees in a collective bargaining unit containing a frontline worker
13may cast a secret ballot on the question of authorizing a labor organization and the
14employer to continue a fair-share agreement.
AB68-ASA2-AA6,341aq 15Section 341aq. 111.70 (1) (p) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68-ASA2-AA6,80,1716 111.70 (1) (p) “Transit employee" means a municipal employee who is
17determined to be a transit employee under sub. (4) (bm) 1.
AB68-ASA2-AA6,341ar 18Section 341ar. 111.70 (2) of the statutes is renumbered 111.70 (2) (a) and
19amended to read:
AB68-ASA2-AA6,82,220 111.70 (2) (a) Municipal employees have the right of self-organization, and the
21right to form, join, or assist labor organizations, to bargain collectively through
22representatives of their own choosing, and to engage in lawful, concerted activities
23for the purpose of collective bargaining or other mutual aid or protection. Municipal
24employees have the right to refrain from any and all such activities. A general
25municipal employee may not be covered by a fair-share agreement unless the

1general municipal employee is in a collective bargaining unit containing a frontline
2worker. Unless the general municipal employee is covered by a fair-share
3agreement, a general municipal employee
has the right to refrain from paying dues
4while remaining a member of a collective bargaining unit. A public safety employee
5or, a transit employee, however, or a municipal employee in a collective bargaining
6unit containing a frontline worker
may be covered by a fair-share agreement and be
7required to pay dues in the manner provided in a the fair-share agreement; a
8fair-share agreement covering a public safety employee or a transit employee must
9contain a provision requiring the municipal employer to deduct the amount of dues
10as certified by the labor organization from the earnings of the employee affected by
11the fair-share agreement and to pay the amount deducted to the labor organization.
12A fair-share agreement covering a public safety employee or transit employee is
13subject to the right of the municipal employer or a labor organization to petition the
14commission to conduct a referendum. Such petition must be supported by proof that
15at least 30 percent of the employees in the collective bargaining unit desire that the
16fair-share agreement be terminated. Upon so finding, the commission shall conduct
17a referendum. If the continuation of the agreement is not supported by at least the
18majority of the eligible employees, it shall terminate. The commission shall declare
19any fair-share agreement suspended upon such conditions and for such time as the
20commission decides whenever it finds that the labor organization involved has
21refused on the basis of race, color, sexual orientation, creed, or sex to receive as a
22member any public safety employee or transit eligible municipal employee of the
23municipal employer
in the bargaining unit involved, and such agreement is subject
24to this duty of the commission. Any of the parties to such agreement or any public

1safety employee or transit
municipal employee covered by the agreement may come
2before the commission, as provided in s. 111.07, and ask the performance of this duty.
AB68-ASA2-AA6,341as 3Section 341as. 111.70 (2) (b) of the statutes is created to read:
AB68-ASA2-AA6,82,104 111.70 (2) (b) General municipal employees who are not in a collective
5bargaining unit containing a frontline worker have the right to have their municipal
6employer consult with them, through a representative of their own choosing, with no
7intention of reaching an agreement, with respect to wages, hours, and conditions of
8employment. The right may be exercised when the municipal employer proposes or
9implements policy changes affecting wages, hours, or conditions of employment or,
10if no policy changes are proposed or implemented, at least quarterly.
AB68-ASA2-AA6,341at 11Section 341at. 111.70 (3) (a) 3. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68-ASA2-AA6,82,1512 111.70 (3) (a) 3. To encourage or discourage a membership in any labor
13organization by discrimination in regard to hiring, tenure, or other terms or
14conditions of employment; but the prohibition shall not apply to a fair-share
15agreement that covers public safety employees or transit employees.
AB68-ASA2-AA6,341au 16Section 341au. 111.70 (3) (a) 5. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68-ASA2-AA6,83,217 111.70 (3) (a) 5. To violate any collective bargaining agreement previously
18agreed upon by the parties with respect to wages, hours, and conditions of
19employment affecting public safety employees or, transit employees, or municipal
20employees in a collective bargaining unit containing a frontline worker,
including an
21agreement to arbitrate questions arising as to the meaning or application of the
22terms of a collective bargaining agreement or to accept the terms of such arbitration
23award, where previously the parties have agreed to accept such award as final and
24binding upon them or to violate any collective bargaining agreement affecting a

1collective bargaining unit containing only
general municipal employees, that was
2previously agreed upon by the parties with respect to wages.
AB68-ASA2-AA6,341av 3Section 341av. 111.70 (3) (a) 6. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68-ASA2-AA6,83,114 111.70 (3) (a) 6. To deduct labor organization dues from the earnings of a public
5safety employee or, a transit employee, or a municipal employee who is in a collective
6bargaining unit containing a frontline worker
unless the municipal employer has
7been presented with an individual order therefor, signed by the employee personally,
8and terminable by at least the end of any year of its life or earlier by the public safety
9employee or transit
municipal employee giving at least 30 days' written notice of such
10termination to the municipal employer and to the representative organization,
11except when a fair-share agreement is in effect.
AB68-ASA2-AA6,341aw 12Section 341aw. 111.70 (3) (a) 9. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68-ASA2-AA6,83,1713 111.70 (3) (a) 9. If the collective bargaining unit contains a public safety
14employee or, transit employee, or frontline worker, after a collective bargaining
15agreement expires and before another collective bargaining agreement takes effect,
16to fail to follow any fair-share agreement in the expired collective bargaining
17agreement.
AB68-ASA2-AA6,341ax 18Section 341ax. 111.70 (3g) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68-ASA2-AA6,83,2219 111.70 (3g) Wage deduction prohibition. A municipal employer may not
20deduct labor organization dues from the earnings of a general municipal employee,
21unless the general municipal employee is in a collective bargaining unit that
22contains a frontline worker,
or from the earnings of a supervisor.
AB68-ASA2-AA6,341ay 23Section 341ay. 111.70 (4) (bm) (title) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68-ASA2-AA6,83,2424 111.70 (4) (bm) (title) Transit employee or frontline worker determination.
AB68-ASA2-AA6,341az
1Section 341az. 111.70 (4) (bm) of the statutes is renumbered 111.70 (4) (bm)
21.
AB68-ASA2-AA6,341bb 3Section 341bb. 111.70 (4) (bm) 2. of the statutes is created to read:
AB68-ASA2-AA6,84,94 111.70 (4) (bm) 2. The commission shall determine that a municipal employee
5is a frontline worker if the commission finds that the municipal employee has regular
6job duties that include interacting with members of the public or with large
7populations of people or that directly involve the maintenance of public works. The
8commission may not determine that a public safety employee or a transit employee
9is a frontline worker.
AB68-ASA2-AA6,341bc 10Section 341bc. 111.70 (4) (cg) (title), 1., 2., 3., 4. and 5. of the statutes are
11amended to read:
AB68-ASA2-AA6,84,2412 111.70 (4) (cg) (title) Methods for peaceful settlement of disputes; transit
13employees
and municipal employees in a collective bargaining unit containing a
14frontline worker
. 1. `Notice of commencement of contract negotiations.' To advise the
15commission of the commencement of contract negotiations involving a collective
16bargaining unit containing transit employees or a collective bargaining unit
17containing a frontline worker
, whenever either party requests the other to reopen
18negotiations under a binding collective bargaining agreement, or the parties
19otherwise commence negotiations if no collective bargaining agreement exists, the
20party requesting negotiations shall immediately notify the commission in writing.
21Upon failure of the requesting party to provide notice, the other party may provide
22notice to the commission. The notice shall specify the expiration date of the existing
23collective bargaining agreement, if any, and shall provide any additional information
24the commission may require on a form provided by the commission.
AB68-ASA2-AA6,85,8
12. `Presentation of initial proposals; open meetings.' The meetings between
2parties to a collective bargaining agreement or proposed collective bargaining
3agreement under this subchapter that involve a collective bargaining unit
4containing a transit employee or a frontline worker and that are held to present
5initial bargaining proposals, along with supporting rationale, are open to the public.
6Each party shall submit its initial bargaining proposals to the other party in writing.
7Failure to comply with this subdivision does not invalidate a collective bargaining
8agreement under this subchapter.
AB68-ASA2-AA6,85,149 3. `Mediation.' The commission or its designee shall function as mediator in
10labor disputes involving transit employees or municipal employees in a collective
11bargaining unit containing a frontline worker
upon request of one or both of the
12parties, or upon initiation of the commission. The function of the mediator is to
13encourage voluntary settlement by the parties. No mediator has the power of
14compulsion.
AB68-ASA2-AA6,85,2015 4. `Grievance arbitration.' Parties to a dispute pertaining to the meaning or
16application of the terms of a written collective bargaining agreement involving a
17collective bargaining unit containing a transit employee or a frontline worker may
18agree in writing to have the commission or any other appropriate agency serve as
19arbitrator or may designate any other competent, impartial, and disinterested
20person to serve as an arbitrator.
AB68-ASA2-AA6,86,521 5. `Voluntary impasse resolution procedures.' In addition to the other impasse
22resolution procedures provided in this paragraph, a municipal employer that
23employs a transit employee or a municipal employee in a collective bargaining unit
24containing a frontline worker
and a labor organization may at any time, as a
25permissive subject of bargaining, agree in writing to a dispute settlement procedure,

1including binding interest arbitration, which is acceptable to the parties for
2resolving an impasse over terms of any collective bargaining agreement under this
3subchapter. The parties shall file a copy of the agreement with the commission. If
4the parties agree to any form of binding interest arbitration, the arbitrator shall give
5weight to the factors enumerated under subds. 7. and 7g.
AB68-ASA2-AA6,341bd 6Section 341bd. 111.70 (4) (cg) 6. a. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68-ASA2-AA6,86,217 111.70 (4) (cg) 6. a. If, in any collective bargaining unit containing transit
8employees or a frontline worker, a dispute has not been settled after a reasonable
9period of negotiation and after mediation by the commission under subd. 3. and other
10settlement procedures, if any, established by the parties have been exhausted, and
11the parties are deadlocked with respect to any dispute between them over wages,
12hours, or conditions of employment to be included in a new collective bargaining
13agreement, either party, or the parties jointly, may petition the commission, in
14writing, to initiate compulsory, final, and binding arbitration, as provided in this
15paragraph. At the time the petition is filed, the petitioning party shall submit in
16writing to the other party and the commission its preliminary final offer containing
17its latest proposals on all issues in dispute. Within 14 calendar days after the date
18of that submission, the other party shall submit in writing its preliminary final offer
19on all disputed issues to the petitioning party and the commission. If a petition is
20filed jointly, both parties shall exchange their preliminary final offers in writing and
21submit copies to the commission when the petition is filed.
AB68-ASA2-AA6,341be 22Section 341be. 111.70 (4) (cg) 7r. d., e. and f. of the statutes are amended to
23read:
AB68-ASA2-AA6,87,224 111.70 (4) (cg) 7r. d. Comparison of wages, hours , and conditions of employment
25of the transit municipal employees involved in the arbitration proceedings with the

1wages, hours, and conditions of employment of other employees performing similar
2services.
AB68-ASA2-AA6,87,63 e. Comparison of the wages, hours, and conditions of employment of the transit
4municipal employees involved in the arbitration proceedings with the wages, hours,
5and conditions of employment of other employees generally in public employment in
6the same community and in comparable communities.
AB68-ASA2-AA6,87,107 f. Comparison of the wages, hours, and conditions of employment of the transit
8municipal employees involved in the arbitration proceedings with the wages, hours,
9and conditions of employment of other employees in private employment in the same
10community and in comparable communities.
AB68-ASA2-AA6,341bf 11Section 341bf. 111.70 (4) (cg) 7r. h. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68-ASA2-AA6,87,1612 111.70 (4) (cg) 7r. h. The overall compensation presently received by the transit
13municipal employees involved in the arbitration proceedings, including direct wage
14compensation, vacation, holidays, and excused time, insurance and pensions,
15medical and hospitalization benefits, the continuity and stability of employment,
16and all other benefits received.
AB68-ASA2-AA6,341bg 17Section 341bg. 111.70 (4) (cg) 8m. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68-ASA2-AA6,88,518 111.70 (4) (cg) 8m. `Term of agreement; reopening of negotiations.' Except for
19the initial collective bargaining agreement between the parties and except as the
20parties otherwise agree, every collective bargaining agreement covering transit
21employees or a frontline worker shall be for a term of 2 years, but in no case may a
22collective bargaining agreement for any collective bargaining unit consisting of
23transit employees
subject to this paragraph be for a term exceeding 3 years. No
24arbitration award involving transit employees or a frontline worker may contain a
25provision for reopening of negotiations during the term of a collective bargaining

1agreement, unless both parties agree to such a provision. The requirement for
2agreement by both parties does not apply to a provision for reopening of negotiations
3with respect to any portion of an agreement that is declared invalid by a court or
4administrative agency or rendered invalid by the enactment of a law or promulgation
5of a federal regulation.
AB68-ASA2-AA6,341bh 6Section 341bh. 111.70 (4) (d) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68-ASA2-AA6,88,217 111.70 (4) (d) 1. A representative chosen for the purposes of collective
8bargaining by a majority of the public safety employees or transit municipal
9employees voting in a collective bargaining unit shall be the exclusive representative
10of all employees in the unit for the purpose of collective bargaining. A representative
11chosen for the purposes of collective bargaining by at least 51 percent of the general
12municipal employees in a collective bargaining unit shall be the exclusive
13representative of all employees in the unit for the purpose of collective bargaining.

14Any individual employee, or any minority group of employees in any collective
15bargaining unit, shall have the right to present grievances to the municipal employer
16in person or through representatives of their own choosing, and the municipal
17employer shall confer with the employee in relation thereto, if the majority
18representative has been afforded the opportunity to be present at the conferences.
19Any adjustment resulting from these conferences may not be inconsistent with the
20conditions of employment established by the majority representative and the
21municipal employer.
AB68-ASA2-AA6,341bi 22Section 341bi. 111.70 (4) (d) 2. a. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68-ASA2-AA6,90,1023 111.70 (4) (d) 2. a. The commission shall determine the appropriate collective
24bargaining unit for the purpose of collective bargaining and shall whenever possible
25avoid fragmentation by maintaining as few collective bargaining units as practicable

1in keeping with the size of the total municipal workforce. The commission may
2decide whether, in a particular case, the municipal employees in the same or several
3departments, divisions, institutions, crafts, professions, or other occupational
4groupings constitute a collective bargaining unit. Before making its determination,
5the commission may provide an opportunity for the municipal employees concerned
6to determine, by secret ballot, whether they desire to be established as a separate
7collective bargaining unit. The commission may not decide, however, that any group
8of municipal employees constitutes an appropriate collective bargaining unit if the
9group includes both professional employees and nonprofessional employees, unless
10a majority of the professional employees vote for inclusion in the unit. The
11commission may not decide that any group of municipal employees constitutes an
12appropriate collective bargaining unit if the group includes both school district
13employees and general municipal employees who are not school district employees.
14The commission may not decide that any group of municipal employees constitutes
15an appropriate collective bargaining unit if the group includes both public safety
16employees and general municipal employees, if the group includes both transit
17employees and general municipal employees, or if the group includes both transit
18employees and public safety employees
place public safety employees in a collective
19bargaining unit with employees who are not public safety employees or place transit
20employees in a collective bargaining unit with employees who are not transit
21employees. The commission may place frontline workers in a collective bargaining
22unit with municipal employees who are not frontline workers if the commission
23determines it is appropriate; if the commission places in a collective bargaining unit
24frontline workers and municipal employees who are not frontline workers, the
25collective bargaining unit is treated as if all employees in the collective bargaining

1unit are frontline workers
. The commission may not decide that any group of
2municipal employees constitutes an appropriate collective bargaining unit if the
3group includes both craft employees and noncraft employees unless a majority of the
4craft employees vote for inclusion in the unit. The commission shall place the
5professional employees who are assigned to perform any services at a charter school,
6as defined in s. 115.001 (1), in a separate collective bargaining unit from a unit that
7includes any other professional employees whenever at least 30 percent of those
8professional employees request an election to be held to determine that issue and a
9majority of the professional employees at the charter school who cast votes in the
10election decide to be represented in a separate collective bargaining unit.
AB68-ASA2-AA6,341bj 11Section 341bj. 111.70 (4) (d) 3. a. and c. of the statutes are consolidated and
12renumbered 111.70 (4) (d) 3.
AB68-ASA2-AA6,341bk 13Section 341bk. 111.70 (4) (d) 3. b. of the statutes is repealed.
AB68-ASA2-AA6,341bL 14Section 341bL. 111.70 (4) (mb) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68-ASA2-AA6,90,1815 111.70 (4) (mb) Prohibited subjects of bargaining; general municipal employees.
16(intro.) The municipal employer is prohibited from bargaining collectively with a
17collective bargaining unit containing a only general municipal employee employees
18with respect to any of the following:
AB68-ASA2-AA6,341bm 19Section 341bm. 111.70 (4) (mbb) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68-ASA2-AA6,90,2520 111.70 (4) (mbb) Consumer price index change. For purposes of determining
21compliance with par. (mb), the commission shall provide, upon request, to a
22municipal employer or to any representative of a collective bargaining unit
23containing a only general municipal employee employees, the consumer price index
24change during any 12-month period. The commission may get the information from
25the department of revenue.
AB68-ASA2-AA6,341bn
1Section 341bn. 111.70 (4) (p) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68-ASA2-AA6,91,112 111.70 (4) (p) Permissive subjects of collective bargaining; public safety and
3employees, transit employees, and municipal employees in a collective bargaining
4unit containing a frontline worker
. A municipal employer is not required to bargain
5with public safety employees or, transit employees, or municipal employees in a
6collective bargaining unit containing a frontline worker
on subjects reserved to
7management and direction of the governmental unit except insofar as the manner
8of exercise of such functions affects the wages, hours, and conditions of employment
9of the public safety employees or in a collective bargaining unit, of the transit
10employees in a collective bargaining unit, or of the municipal employees in the
11collective bargaining unit containing a frontline worker, whichever is appropriate
.
AB68-ASA2-AA6,341bo 12Section 341bo. 111.70 (7m) (c) 1. a. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68-ASA2-AA6,91,2013 111.70 (7m) (c) 1. a. Any labor organization that represents public safety
14employees or, transit employees , or a frontline worker which violates sub. (4) (L) may
15not collect any dues under a collective bargaining agreement or under a fair-share
16agreement from any employee covered by either agreement for a period of one year.
17At the end of the period of suspension, any such agreement shall be reinstated unless
18the labor organization is no longer authorized to represent the public safety
19employees or transit
municipal employees covered by the collective bargaining
20agreement or fair-share agreement or the agreement is no longer in effect.
AB68-ASA2-AA6,341bp 21Section 341bp. 111.81 (1) of the statutes is renumbered 111.81 (1s) and
22amended to read:
AB68-ASA2-AA6,92,1023 111.81 (1s) “Collective bargaining" means the performance of the mutual
24obligation of the state as an employer, by its officers and agents, and the
25representatives of its employees, to meet and confer at reasonable times, in good

1faith, with respect to the subjects of bargaining provided in s. 111.91 (1), with respect
2to
for public safety employees, with respect to the subjects of bargaining provided in
3s. 111.91 (1w) for employees in a collective bargaining unit containing a frontline
4worker,
and with respect to the subjects of bargaining provided in s. 111.91 (3), with
5respect to
for general employees who are in a collective bargaining unit that does not
6contain a frontline worker
, with the intention of reaching an agreement, or to resolve
7questions arising under such an agreement. The duty to bargain, however, does not
8compel either party to agree to a proposal or require the making of a concession.
9Collective bargaining includes the reduction of any agreement reached to a written
10and signed document.
AB68-ASA2-AA6,341bq 11Section 341bq. 111.81 (1d) of the statutes is created to read:
AB68-ASA2-AA6,92,1312 111.81 (1d) “Authority” means a body created under subch. II of ch. 114 or ch.
13231, 232, 233, 234, 237, 238, or 279.
AB68-ASA2-AA6,341br 14Section 341br. 111.81 (7) (ag) of the statutes is created to read:
AB68-ASA2-AA6,92,1515 111.81 (7) (ag) An employee of an authority.
AB68-ASA2-AA6,341bs 16Section 341bs. 111.81 (8) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68-ASA2-AA6,92,1717 111.81 (8) “Employer" means the state of Wisconsin and includes an authority.
AB68-ASA2-AA6,341bt 18Section 341bt. 111.81 (9) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68-ASA2-AA6,92,2519 111.81 (9) “Fair-share agreement" means an agreement between the employer
20and a labor organization representing public safety employees or a frontline worker
21under which all of the public safety employees in the collective bargaining unit or all
22of the employees
in a collective bargaining unit containing a frontline worker are
23required to pay their proportionate share of the cost of the collective bargaining
24process and contract administration measured by the amount of dues uniformly
25required of all members.
AB68-ASA2-AA6,341bu
1Section 341bu. 111.81 (9b) of the statutes is created to read:
AB68-ASA2-AA6,93,32 111.81 (9b) “Frontline worker” means an employee who is determined to be a
3frontline worker under s. 111.817.
AB68-ASA2-AA6,341bv 4Section 341bv. 111.81 (9g) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68-ASA2-AA6,93,65 111.81 (9g) “General employee" means an employee who is not a public safety
6employee or a frontline worker.
AB68-ASA2-AA6,341bw 7Section 341bw. 111.81 (12) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68-ASA2-AA6,93,118 111.81 (12) (intro.) “Labor organization" means any employee organization
9whose purpose is to represent employees in collective bargaining with the employer,
10or its agents, on matters that are subject to collective bargaining under s. 111.91 (1),
11(1w),
or (3), whichever is applicable; but the term shall not include any organization:
AB68-ASA2-AA6,341bx 12Section 341bx. 111.81 (12m) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68-ASA2-AA6,93,2113 111.81 (12m) “Maintenance of membership agreement" means an agreement
14between the employer and a labor organization representing public safety employees
15or a frontline worker which requires that all of the public safety employees or
16employees who are in a collective bargaining unit containing a frontline worker

17whose dues are being deducted from earnings under s. 20.921 (1) or 111.84 (1) (f) at
18the time the agreement takes effect shall continue to have dues deducted for the
19duration of the agreement, and that dues shall be deducted from the earnings of all
20public safety such employees who are hired on or after the effective date of the
21agreement.
AB68-ASA2-AA6,341by 22Section 341by. 111.81 (16) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68-ASA2-AA6,94,323 111.81 (16) “Referendum" means a proceeding conducted by the commission in
24which public safety employees in a collective bargaining unit or all employees in a
25collective bargaining unit containing a frontline worker
may cast a secret ballot on

1the question of directing the labor organization and the employer to enter into a
2fair-share or maintenance of membership agreement or to terminate such an
3agreement.
AB68-ASA2-AA6,341bz 4Section 341bz. 111.815 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68-ASA2-AA6,94,255 111.815 (1) In the furtherance of this subchapter, the state shall be considered
6as a single employer and employment relations policies and practices throughout the
7state service shall be as consistent as practicable. The division shall negotiate and
8administer collective bargaining agreements. To coordinate the employer position
9in the negotiation of agreements, the division shall maintain close liaison with the
10legislature relative to the negotiation of agreements and the fiscal ramifications of
11those agreements. Except with respect to the collective bargaining units specified
12in s. 111.825 (1r) and (1t), the division is responsible for the employer functions of the
13executive branch under this subchapter, and shall coordinate its collective
14bargaining activities with operating state agencies on matters of agency concern and
15with operating authorities on matters of authority concern
. The legislative branch
16shall act upon those portions of tentative agreements negotiated by the division that
17require legislative action. With respect to the collective bargaining units specified
18in s. 111.825 (1r), the Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin System is
19responsible for the employer functions under this subchapter. With respect to the
20collective bargaining units specified in s. 111.825 (1t), the chancellor of the
21University of Wisconsin-Madison is responsible for the employer functions under
22this subchapter. With respect to the collective bargaining unit specified in s. 111.825
23(1r) (ef), the governing board of the charter school established by contract under s.
24118.40 (2r) (cm), 2013 stats., is responsible for the employer functions under this
25subchapter.
AB68-ASA2-AA6,341cb
1Section 341cb. 111.817 of the statutes is created to read:
AB68-ASA2-AA6,95,7 2111.817 Duty of commission; determination of frontline workers. The
3commission shall determine that an employee is a frontline worker if the commission
4finds that the employee has regular job duties that include interacting with members
5of the public or with large populations of people or that directly involve the
6maintenance of public works. The commission may not determine that a public
7safety employee is a frontline worker.
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