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SB70-AA1,283,2315 (1k) General budget adjustments. In the schedule under s. 20.005 (3) for the
16appropriation to the employment relations commission under s. 20.425 (1) (a), the
17dollar amount for fiscal year 2023-24 is decreased by $4,800 to adjust for funding of
18continuing position salaries, fringe benefits, lease and directed moves costs, and
19transfers from permanent property to supplies and services. In the schedule under
20s. 20.005 (3) for the appropriation to the employment relations commission under s.
2120.425 (1) (a), the dollar amount for fiscal year 2024-25 is decreased by $3,000 to
22adjust for funding of continuing position salaries, fringe benefits, lease and directed
23moves costs, and transfers from permanent property to supplies and services.”.
SB70-AA1,283,24 24164. Page 374, line 11: after that line insert:
SB70-AA1,284,1
1 Section 584. 20.425 (1) (i) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB70-AA1,284,142 20.425 (1) (i) Fees, collective bargaining training, publications, and appeals.
3The amounts in the schedule for the performance of fact-finding, mediation,
4certification, and arbitration functions, for the provision of copies of transcripts, for
5the cost of operating training programs under ss. 111.09 (3), 111.71 (5m), and 111.94
6(3), for the preparation of publications, transcripts, reports, and other copied
7material, and for costs related to conducting appeals under s. 230.45. All moneys
8received under ss. 111.09 (1) and (2), 111.70 (4) (d) 3. b., 111.71 (1) and (2), 111.83 (3)
9(b),
111.94 (1) and (2), and 230.45 (3), all moneys received from arbitrators and
10arbitration panel members, and individuals who are interested in serving in such
11positions, and from individuals and organizations who participate in other collective
12bargaining training programs conducted by the commission, and all moneys received
13from the sale of publications, transcripts, reports, and other copied material shall be
14credited to this appropriation account.
SB70-AA1,585 15Section 585. 20.505 (1) (ks) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB70-AA1,284,2216 20.505 (1) (ks) Collective bargaining grievance arbitrations. The amounts in
17the schedule for the payment of the state's share of costs related to collective
18bargaining grievance arbitrations under s. 111.86. All moneys received from state
19agencies or authorities for the purpose of reimbursing the state's share of the costs
20related to grievance arbitrations under s. 111.86 and to reimburse the state's share
21of costs for training related to grievance arbitrations shall be credited to this
22appropriation account.
SB70-AA1,586 23Section 586. 20.921 (1) (a) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB70-AA1,285,3
120.921 (1) (a) 2. If the state employee is a public safety employee under s. 111.81
2(15r) or is in a collective bargaining unit containing a frontline worker under s. 111.81
3(9b)
, payment of dues to employee organizations.
SB70-AA1,587 4Section 587. 40.51 (7) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB70-AA1,285,165 40.51 (7) (a) Any employer, other than the state, including an employer that
6is not a participating employer, may offer to all of its employees a health care
7coverage plan through a program offered by the group insurance board.
8Notwithstanding sub. (2) and ss. 40.05 (4) and 40.52 (1), the department may by rule
9establish different eligibility standards or contribution requirements for such
10employees and employers. Beginning on January 1, 2012, except as otherwise
11provided in a collective bargaining agreement under subch. IV of ch. 111 that covers
12public safety employees or transit employees
and except as provided in par. (b), an
13employer may not offer a health care coverage plan to its employees under this
14subsection if the employer pays more than 88 percent of the average premium cost
15of plans offered in any tier with the lowest employee premium cost under this
16subsection.
SB70-AA1,588 17Section 588. 46.2895 (8) (a) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB70-AA1,286,518 46.2895 (8) (a) 1. If the long-term care district offers employment to any
19individual who was previously employed by a county, which participated in creating
20the district and at the time of the offer had not withdrawn or been removed from the
21district under sub. (14), and who while employed by the county performed duties
22relating to the same or a substantially similar function for which the individual is
23offered employment by the district and whose wages were established in who was
24covered by
a collective bargaining agreement with the county under subch. IV of ch.
25111 that is in effect on the date that the individual commences employment with the

1district, with respect to that individual, abide by the terms of the collective
2bargaining agreement concerning the individual's wages until the time of the
3expiration of that collective bargaining agreement or adoption of a collective
4bargaining agreement with the district under subch. IV of ch. 111 covering the
5individual as an employee of the district, whichever occurs first.
SB70-AA1,589 6Section 589. 109.03 (1) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB70-AA1,286,117 109.03 (1) (b) School district employees, cooperative educational service agency
8employees, and private school employees who voluntarily request payment over a
912-month period for personal services performed during the school year, unless, with
10respect to private school employees,
the employees are covered under a valid
11collective bargaining agreement which precludes this method of payment.
SB70-AA1,590 12Section 590. 111.70 (1) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB70-AA1,287,313 111.70 (1) (a) “Collective bargaining" means the performance of the mutual
14obligation of a municipal employer, through its officers and agents, and the
15representative of its municipal employees in a collective bargaining unit, to meet and
16confer at reasonable times, in good faith, with the intention of reaching an
17agreement, or to resolve questions arising under such an agreement, with respect to
18wages, hours, and conditions of employment for public safety employees or, for
19transit employees and, or for municipal employees in a collective bargaining unit
20that contains a frontline worker;
with respect to wages for general municipal
21employees, who are in a collective bargaining unit that does not contain a frontline
22worker;
and with respect to a requirement of the municipal employer for a municipal
23employee to perform law enforcement and fire fighting services under s. 60.553,
2461.66, or 62.13 (2e), except as provided in sub. (4) (mb) and (mc) and s. 40.81 (3) and
25except that a municipal employer shall not meet and confer with respect to any

1proposal to diminish or abridge the rights guaranteed to any public safety employees
2under ch. 164. Collective bargaining includes the reduction of any agreement
3reached to a written and signed document.
SB70-AA1,591 4Section 591. 111.70 (1) (f) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB70-AA1,287,125 111.70 (1) (f) “Fair-share agreement" means an agreement between a
6municipal employer and a labor organization that represents public safety
7employees or, transit employees , or a frontline worker under which all or any of the
8public safety employees or transit employees in the collective bargaining unit or all
9or any of the employees in a collective bargaining unit containing a frontline worker

10are required to pay their proportionate share of the cost of the collective bargaining
11process and contract administration measured by the amount of dues uniformly
12required of all members.
SB70-AA1,592 13Section 592. 111.70 (1) (fd) of the statutes is created to read:
SB70-AA1,287,1514 111.70 (1) (fd) “Frontline worker” means a municipal employee who is
15determined to be a frontline worker under sub. (4) (bm) 2.
SB70-AA1,593 16Section 593. 111.70 (1) (fm) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB70-AA1,287,1817 111.70 (1) (fm) “General municipal employee" means a municipal employee
18who is not a public safety employee or, a transit employee, or a frontline worker.
SB70-AA1,594 19Section 594. 111.70 (1) (n) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB70-AA1,287,2420 111.70 (1) (n) “Referendum" means a proceeding conducted by the commission
21in which public safety employees or transit employees in a collective bargaining unit
22or municipal employees in a collective bargaining unit containing a frontline worker
23may cast a secret ballot on the question of authorizing a labor organization and the
24employer to continue a fair-share agreement.
SB70-AA1,595 25Section 595. 111.70 (1) (p) of the statutes is amended to read:
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1111.70 (1) (p) “Transit employee" means a municipal employee who is
2determined to be a transit employee under sub. (4) (bm) 1.
SB70-AA1,596 3Section 596. 111.70 (2) of the statutes is renumbered 111.70 (2) (a) and
4amended to read:
SB70-AA1,289,115 111.70 (2) (a) Municipal employees have the right of self-organization, and the
6right to form, join, or assist labor organizations, to bargain collectively through
7representatives of their own choosing, and to engage in lawful, concerted activities
8for the purpose of collective bargaining or other mutual aid or protection. Municipal
9employees have the right to refrain from any and all such activities. A general
10municipal employee may not be covered by a fair-share agreement unless the
11general municipal employee is in a collective bargaining unit containing a frontline
12worker. Unless the general municipal employee is covered by a fair-share
13agreement, a general municipal employee
has the right to refrain from paying dues
14while remaining a member of a collective bargaining unit. A public safety employee
15or, a transit employee, however, or a municipal employee in a collective bargaining
16unit containing a frontline worker
may be covered by a fair-share agreement and be
17required to pay dues in the manner provided in a the fair-share agreement; a
18fair-share agreement covering a public safety employee or a transit employee must
19contain a provision requiring the municipal employer to deduct the amount of dues
20as certified by the labor organization from the earnings of the employee affected by
21the fair-share agreement and to pay the amount deducted to the labor organization.
22A fair-share agreement covering a public safety employee or transit employee is
23subject to the right of the municipal employer or a labor organization to petition the
24commission to conduct a referendum. Such petition must be supported by proof that
25at least 30 percent of the employees in the collective bargaining unit desire that the

1fair-share agreement be terminated. Upon so finding, the commission shall conduct
2a referendum. If the continuation of the agreement is not supported by at least the
3majority of the eligible employees, it shall terminate. The commission shall declare
4any fair-share agreement suspended upon such conditions and for such time as the
5commission decides whenever it finds that the labor organization involved has
6refused on the basis of race, color, sexual orientation, creed, or sex to receive as a
7member any public safety employee or transit eligible municipal employee of the
8municipal employer
in the bargaining unit involved, and such agreement is subject
9to this duty of the commission. Any of the parties to such agreement or any public
10safety employee or transit
municipal employee covered by the agreement may come
11before the commission, as provided in s. 111.07, and ask the performance of this duty.
SB70-AA1,597 12Section 597. 111.70 (2) (b) of the statutes is created to read:
SB70-AA1,289,1913 111.70 (2) (b) General municipal employees who are not in a collective
14bargaining unit containing a frontline worker have the right to have their municipal
15employer consult with them, through a representative of their own choosing, with no
16intention of reaching an agreement, with respect to wages, hours, and conditions of
17employment. The right may be exercised either when the municipal employer
18proposes or implements policy changes affecting wages, hours, or conditions of
19employment or, if no policy changes are proposed or implemented, at least quarterly.
SB70-AA1,598 20Section 598. 111.70 (3) (a) 3. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB70-AA1,289,2421 111.70 (3) (a) 3. To encourage or discourage a membership in any labor
22organization by discrimination in regard to hiring, tenure, or other terms or
23conditions of employment; but the prohibition shall not apply to a fair-share
24agreement that covers public safety employees or transit employees.
SB70-AA1,599 25Section 599. 111.70 (3) (a) 5. of the statutes is amended to read:
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1111.70 (3) (a) 5. To violate any collective bargaining agreement previously
2agreed upon by the parties with respect to wages, hours, and conditions of
3employment affecting public safety employees or, transit employees, or municipal
4employees in a collective bargaining unit containing a frontline worker,
including an
5agreement to arbitrate questions arising as to the meaning or application of the
6terms of a collective bargaining agreement or to accept the terms of such arbitration
7award, where previously the parties have agreed to accept such award as final and
8binding upon them or to violate any collective bargaining agreement affecting a
9collective bargaining unit containing only
general municipal employees, that was
10previously agreed upon by the parties with respect to wages.
SB70-AA1,600 11Section 600. 111.70 (3) (a) 6. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB70-AA1,290,1912 111.70 (3) (a) 6. To deduct labor organization dues from the earnings of a public
13safety employee or, a transit employee, or a municipal employee who is in a collective
14bargaining unit containing a frontline worker
unless the municipal employer has
15been presented with an individual order therefor, signed by the employee personally,
16and terminable by at least the end of any year of its life or earlier by the public safety
17employee or transit
municipal employee giving at least 30 days' written notice of such
18termination to the municipal employer and to the representative organization,
19except when a fair-share agreement is in effect.
SB70-AA1,601 20Section 601. 111.70 (3) (a) 9. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB70-AA1,290,2521 111.70 (3) (a) 9. If the collective bargaining unit contains a public safety
22employee or, transit employee, or frontline worker, after a collective bargaining
23agreement expires and before another collective bargaining agreement takes effect,
24to fail to follow any fair-share agreement in the expired collective bargaining
25agreement.
SB70-AA1,602
1Section 602. 111.70 (3g) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB70-AA1,291,52 111.70 (3g) Wage deduction prohibition. A municipal employer may not
3deduct labor organization dues from the earnings of a general municipal employee,
4unless the general municipal employee is in a collective bargaining unit that
5contains a frontline worker,
or from the earnings of a supervisor.
SB70-AA1,603 6Section 603. 111.70 (4) (bm) (title) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB70-AA1,291,77 111.70 (4) (bm) (title) Transit employee or frontline worker determination.
SB70-AA1,604 8Section 604. 111.70 (4) (bm) of the statutes is renumbered 111.70 (4) (bm) 1.
SB70-AA1,605 9Section 605. 111.70 (4) (bm) 2. of the statutes is created to read:
SB70-AA1,291,1510 111.70 (4) (bm) 2. The commission shall determine that a municipal employee
11is a frontline worker if the commission finds that the municipal employee has regular
12job duties that include interacting with members of the public or with large
13populations of people or that directly involve the maintenance of public works. The
14commission may not determine that a public safety employee or a transit employee
15is a frontline worker.
SB70-AA1,606 16Section 606. 111.70 (4) (cg) (title), 1., 2., 3., 4. and 5. of the statutes are
17amended to read:
SB70-AA1,292,518 111.70 (4) (cg) (title) Methods for peaceful settlement of disputes; transit
19employees
and municipal employees in a collective bargaining unit containing a
20frontline worker
. 1. `Notice of commencement of contract negotiations.' To advise the
21commission of the commencement of contract negotiations involving a collective
22bargaining unit containing transit employees or a collective bargaining unit
23containing a frontline worker
, whenever either party requests the other to reopen
24negotiations under a binding collective bargaining agreement, or the parties
25otherwise commence negotiations if no collective bargaining agreement exists, the

1party requesting negotiations shall immediately notify the commission in writing.
2Upon failure of the requesting party to provide notice, the other party may provide
3notice to the commission. The notice shall specify the expiration date of the existing
4collective bargaining agreement, if any, and shall provide any additional information
5the commission may require on a form provided by the commission.
SB70-AA1,292,136 2. `Presentation of initial proposals; open meetings.' The meetings between
7parties to a collective bargaining agreement or proposed collective bargaining
8agreement under this subchapter that involve a collective bargaining unit
9containing a transit employee or a frontline worker and that are held to present
10initial bargaining proposals, along with supporting rationale, are open to the public.
11Each party shall submit its initial bargaining proposals to the other party in writing.
12Failure to comply with this subdivision does not invalidate a collective bargaining
13agreement under this subchapter.
SB70-AA1,292,1914 3. `Mediation.' The commission or its designee shall function as mediator in
15labor disputes involving transit employees or municipal employees in a collective
16bargaining unit containing a frontline worker
upon request of one or both of the
17parties, or upon initiation of the commission. The function of the mediator is to
18encourage voluntary settlement by the parties. No mediator has the power of
19compulsion.
SB70-AA1,292,2520 4. `Grievance arbitration.' Parties to a dispute pertaining to the meaning or
21application of the terms of a written collective bargaining agreement involving a
22collective bargaining unit containing a transit employee or a frontline worker may
23agree in writing to have the commission or any other appropriate agency serve as
24arbitrator or may designate any other competent, impartial, and disinterested
25person to serve as an arbitrator.
SB70-AA1,293,10
15. `Voluntary impasse resolution procedures.' In addition to the other impasse
2resolution procedures provided in this paragraph, a municipal employer that
3employs a transit employee or a municipal employee in a collective bargaining unit
4containing a frontline worker
and a labor organization may at any time, as a
5permissive subject of bargaining, agree in writing to a dispute settlement procedure,
6including binding interest arbitration, which is acceptable to the parties for
7resolving an impasse over terms of any collective bargaining agreement under this
8subchapter. The parties shall file a copy of the agreement with the commission. If
9the parties agree to any form of binding interest arbitration, the arbitrator shall give
10weight to the factors enumerated under subds. 7. and 7g.
SB70-AA1,607 11Section 607. 111.70 (4) (cg) 6. a. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB70-AA1,294,212 111.70 (4) (cg) 6. a. If, in any collective bargaining unit containing transit
13employees or a frontline worker, a dispute has not been settled after a reasonable
14period of negotiation and after mediation by the commission under subd. 3. and other
15settlement procedures, if any, established by the parties have been exhausted, and
16the parties are deadlocked with respect to any dispute between them over wages,
17hours, or conditions of employment to be included in a new collective bargaining
18agreement, either party, or the parties jointly, may petition the commission, in
19writing, to initiate compulsory, final, and binding arbitration, as provided in this
20paragraph. At the time the petition is filed, the petitioning party shall submit in
21writing to the other party and the commission its preliminary final offer containing
22its latest proposals on all issues in dispute. Within 14 calendar days after the date
23of that submission, the other party shall submit in writing its preliminary final offer
24on all disputed issues to the petitioning party and the commission. If a petition is

1filed jointly, both parties shall exchange their preliminary final offers in writing and
2submit copies to the commission when the petition is filed.
SB70-AA1,608 3Section 608. 111.70 (4) (cg) 7r. d., e. and f. of the statutes are amended to read:
SB70-AA1,294,74 111.70 (4) (cg) 7r. d. Comparison of wages, hours , and conditions of employment
5of the transit municipal employees involved in the arbitration proceedings with the
6wages, hours, and conditions of employment of other employees performing similar
7services.
SB70-AA1,294,118 e. Comparison of the wages, hours, and conditions of employment of the transit
9municipal employees involved in the arbitration proceedings with the wages, hours,
10and conditions of employment of other employees generally in public employment in
11the same community and in comparable communities.
SB70-AA1,294,1512 f. Comparison of the wages, hours, and conditions of employment of the transit
13municipal employees involved in the arbitration proceedings with the wages, hours,
14and conditions of employment of other employees in private employment in the same
15community and in comparable communities.
SB70-AA1,609 16Section 609. 111.70 (4) (cg) 7r. h. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB70-AA1,294,2117 111.70 (4) (cg) 7r. h. The overall compensation presently received by the transit
18municipal employees involved in the arbitration proceedings, including direct wage
19compensation, vacation, holidays, and excused time, insurance and pensions,
20medical and hospitalization benefits, the continuity and stability of employment,
21and all other benefits received.
SB70-AA1,610 22Section 610. 111.70 (4) (cg) 8m. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB70-AA1,295,1023 111.70 (4) (cg) 8m. `Term of agreement; reopening of negotiations.' Except for
24the initial collective bargaining agreement between the parties and except as the
25parties otherwise agree, every collective bargaining agreement covering transit

1employees or a frontline worker shall be for a term of 2 years, but in no case may a
2collective bargaining agreement for any collective bargaining unit consisting of
3transit employees
subject to this paragraph be for a term exceeding 3 years. No
4arbitration award involving transit employees or a frontline worker may contain a
5provision for reopening of negotiations during the term of a collective bargaining
6agreement, unless both parties agree to such a provision. The requirement for
7agreement by both parties does not apply to a provision for reopening of negotiations
8with respect to any portion of an agreement that is declared invalid by a court or
9administrative agency or rendered invalid by the enactment of a law or promulgation
10of a federal regulation.
SB70-AA1,611 11Section 611. 111.70 (4) (d) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB70-AA1,296,212 111.70 (4) (d) 1. A representative chosen for the purposes of collective
13bargaining by a majority of the public safety employees or transit municipal
14employees voting in a collective bargaining unit shall be the exclusive representative
15of all employees in the unit for the purpose of collective bargaining. A representative
16chosen for the purposes of collective bargaining by at least 51 percent of the general
17municipal employees in a collective bargaining unit shall be the exclusive
18representative of all employees in the unit for the purpose of collective bargaining.

19Any individual employee, or any minority group of employees in any collective
20bargaining unit, shall have the right to present grievances to the municipal employer
21in person or through representatives of their own choosing, and the municipal
22employer shall confer with the employee in relation thereto, if the majority
23representative has been afforded the opportunity to be present at the conferences.
24Any adjustment resulting from these conferences may not be inconsistent with the

1conditions of employment established by the majority representative and the
2municipal employer.
SB70-AA1,612 3Section 612. 111.70 (4) (d) 2. a. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB70-AA1,297,164 111.70 (4) (d) 2. a. The commission shall determine the appropriate collective
5bargaining unit for the purpose of collective bargaining and shall whenever possible
6avoid fragmentation by maintaining as few collective bargaining units as practicable
7in keeping with the size of the total municipal workforce. The commission may
8decide whether, in a particular case, the municipal employees in the same or several
9departments, divisions, institutions, crafts, professions, or other occupational
10groupings constitute a collective bargaining unit. Before making its determination,
11the commission may provide an opportunity for the municipal employees concerned
12to determine, by secret ballot, whether they desire to be established as a separate
13collective bargaining unit. The commission may not decide, however, that any group
14of municipal employees constitutes an appropriate collective bargaining unit if the
15group includes both professional employees and nonprofessional employees, unless
16a majority of the professional employees vote for inclusion in the unit. The
17commission may not decide that any group of municipal employees constitutes an
18appropriate collective bargaining unit if the group includes both school district
19employees and general municipal employees who are not school district employees.
20The commission may not decide that any group of municipal employees constitutes
21an appropriate collective bargaining unit if the group includes both public safety
22employees and general municipal employees, if the group includes both transit
23employees and general municipal employees, or if the group includes both transit
24employees and public safety employees
place public safety employees in a collective
25bargaining unit with employees who are not public safety employees or place transit

1employees in a collective bargaining unit with employees who are not transit
2employees. The commission may place frontline workers in a collective bargaining
3unit with municipal employees who are not frontline workers if the commission
4determines it is appropriate; if the commission places in a collective bargaining unit
5frontline workers and municipal employees who are not frontline workers, the
6collective bargaining unit is treated as if all employees in the collective bargaining
7unit are frontline workers
. The commission may not decide that any group of
8municipal employees constitutes an appropriate collective bargaining unit if the
9group includes both craft employees and noncraft employees unless a majority of the
10craft employees vote for inclusion in the unit. The commission shall place the
11professional employees who are assigned to perform any services at a charter school,
12as defined in s. 115.001 (1), in a separate collective bargaining unit from a unit that
13includes any other professional employees whenever at least 30 percent of those
14professional employees request an election to be held to determine that issue and a
15majority of the professional employees at the charter school who cast votes in the
16election decide to be represented in a separate collective bargaining unit.
SB70-AA1,613 17Section 613. 111.70 (4) (d) 3. a. and c. of the statutes are consolidated and
18renumbered 111.70 (4) (d) 3.
SB70-AA1,614 19Section 614. 111.70 (4) (d) 3. b. of the statutes is repealed.
SB70-AA1,615 20Section 615. 111.70 (4) (mb) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB70-AA1,297,2421 111.70 (4) (mb) Prohibited subjects of bargaining; general municipal employees.
22(intro.) The municipal employer is prohibited from bargaining collectively with a
23collective bargaining unit containing a only general municipal employee employees
24with respect to any of the following:
SB70-AA1,616 25Section 616. 111.70 (4) (mbb) of the statutes is amended to read:
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1111.70 (4) (mbb) Consumer price index change. For purposes of determining
2compliance with par. (mb), the commission shall provide, upon request, to a
3municipal employer or to any representative of a collective bargaining unit
4containing a only general municipal employee employees, the consumer price index
5change during any 12-month period. The commission may get the information from
6the department of revenue.
SB70-AA1,617 7Section 617. 111.70 (4) (p) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB70-AA1,298,178 111.70 (4) (p) Permissive subjects of collective bargaining; public safety and
9employees, transit employees, and municipal employees in a collective bargaining
10unit containing a frontline worker
. A municipal employer is not required to bargain
11with public safety employees or, transit employees, or municipal employees in a
12collective bargaining unit containing a frontline worker
on subjects reserved to
13management and direction of the governmental unit except insofar as the manner
14of exercise of such functions affects the wages, hours, and conditions of employment
15of the public safety employees or in a collective bargaining unit, of the transit
16employees in a collective bargaining unit, or of the municipal employees in the
17collective bargaining unit containing a frontline worker, whichever is appropriate
.
SB70-AA1,618 18Section 618. 111.70 (7m) (c) 1. a. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB70-AA1,299,219 111.70 (7m) (c) 1. a. Any labor organization that represents public safety
20employees or, transit employees , or a frontline worker which violates sub. (4) (L) may
21not collect any dues under a collective bargaining agreement or under a fair-share
22agreement from any employee covered by either agreement for a period of one year.
23At the end of the period of suspension, any such agreement shall be reinstated unless
24the labor organization is no longer authorized to represent the public safety

1employees or transit
municipal employees covered by the collective bargaining
2agreement or fair-share agreement or the agreement is no longer in effect.
SB70-AA1,619 3Section 619. 111.81 (1) of the statutes is renumbered 111.81 (1s) and amended
4to read:
SB70-AA1,299,175 111.81 (1s) “Collective bargaining" means the performance of the mutual
6obligation of the state as an employer, by its officers and agents, and the
7representatives of its employees, to meet and confer at reasonable times, in good
8faith, with respect to the subjects of bargaining provided in s. 111.91 (1), with respect
9to
for public safety employees, with respect to the subjects of bargaining provided in
10s. 111.91 (1w) for employees in a collective bargaining unit containing a frontline
11worker,
and with respect to the subjects of bargaining provided in s. 111.91 (3), with
12respect to
for general employees who are in a collective bargaining unit that does not
13contain a frontline worker
, with the intention of reaching an agreement, or to resolve
14questions arising under such an agreement. The duty to bargain, however, does not
15compel either party to agree to a proposal or require the making of a concession.
16Collective bargaining includes the reduction of any agreement reached to a written
17and signed document.
SB70-AA1,620 18Section 620. 111.81 (1d) of the statutes is created to read:
SB70-AA1,299,2019 111.81 (1d) “Authority” means a body created under subch. II of ch. 114 or ch.
20231, 232, 233, 234, 237, 238, or 279.
SB70-AA1,621 21Section 621. 111.81 (7) (ag) of the statutes is created to read:
SB70-AA1,299,2222 111.81 (7) (ag) An employee of an authority.
SB70-AA1,622 23Section 622. 111.81 (8) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB70-AA1,299,2424 111.81 (8) “Employer" means the state of Wisconsin and includes an authority.
SB70-AA1,623 25Section 623. 111.81 (9) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB70-AA1,300,7
1111.81 (9) “Fair-share agreement" means an agreement between the employer
2and a labor organization representing public safety employees or a frontline worker
3under which all of the public safety employees in the collective bargaining unit or all
4of the employees
in a collective bargaining unit containing a frontline worker are
5required to pay their proportionate share of the cost of the collective bargaining
6process and contract administration measured by the amount of dues uniformly
7required of all members.
SB70-AA1,624 8Section 624. 111.81 (9b) of the statutes is created to read:
SB70-AA1,300,109 111.81 (9b) “Frontline worker” means an employee who is determined to be a
10frontline worker under s. 111.817.
SB70-AA1,625 11Section 625. 111.81 (9g) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB70-AA1,300,1312 111.81 (9g) “General employee" means an employee who is not a public safety
13employee or a frontline worker.
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