SB70,,5363 111.84 (2) (c) To refuse to bargain collectively on matters set forth in s. 111.91 (1), (1w), or (3), whichever is appropriate, with the duly authorized officer or agent of the employer which is the recognized or certified exclusive collective bargaining representative of employees specified in s. 111.81 (7) (a) or (ag) in an appropriate collective bargaining unit or with the certified exclusive collective bargaining representative of employees specified in s. 111.81 (7) (ar) to (f) in an appropriate collective bargaining unit. Such refusal to bargain shall include, but not be limited to, the refusal to execute a collective bargaining agreement previously orally agreed upon.

SB70,2007 Section 2007. 111.85 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB70,,5365 111.85 (1) (a) No fair-share or maintenance of membership agreement covering public safety employees under this subchapter may become effective unless authorized by a referendum. The commission shall order a referendum whenever it receives a petition supported by proof that at least 30 percent of the public safety employees in a collective bargaining unit or at least 30 percent of the employees in a collective bargaining unit containing a frontline worker desire that a fair-share or maintenance of membership agreement be entered into between the employer and a labor organization. A petition may specify that a referendum is requested on a maintenance of membership agreement only, in which case the ballot shall be limited to that question.

SB70,,5366 (b) For a fair-share agreement to be authorized, at least two-thirds of the eligible public safety employees voting in a referendum shall vote in favor of the agreement or at least two-thirds of the employees in a collective bargaining unit containing a frontline worker shall vote in favor of the agreement. For a maintenance of membership agreement to be authorized, at least a majority of the eligible public safety employees voting in a referendum shall vote in favor of the agreement or at least a majority of the employees in a collective bargaining unit containing a frontline worker shall vote in favor of the agreement. In a referendum on a fair-share agreement, if less than two-thirds but more than one-half of the eligible public safety employees vote in favor of the agreement, a maintenance of membership agreement is authorized.

SB70,,5367 (c) If a fair-share or maintenance of membership agreement is authorized in a referendum ordered under par. (a), the employer shall enter into such an agreement with the labor organization named on the ballot in the referendum. Each fair-share or maintenance of membership agreement shall contain a provision requiring the employer to deduct the amount of dues as certified by the labor organization from the earnings of the public safety employees affected by the agreement and to pay the amount so deducted to the labor organization. Unless the parties agree to an earlier date, the agreement shall take effect 60 days after certification by the commission that the referendum vote authorized the agreement. The employer shall be held harmless against any claims, demands, suits and other forms of liability made by public safety the employees affected by the agreement or by local labor organizations which may arise for actions taken by the employer in compliance with this section. All such lawful claims, demands, suits, and other forms of liability are the responsibility of the labor organization entering into the agreement.

SB70,,5368 (d) Under each fair-share or maintenance of membership agreement, a public safety an employee affected by the agreement who has religious convictions against dues payments to a labor organization based on teachings or tenets of a church or religious body of which he or she is a member shall, on request to the labor organization, have his or her dues paid to a charity mutually agreed upon by the public safety employee and the labor organization. Any dispute concerning this paragraph may be submitted to the commission for adjudication.

SB70,2008 Section 2008. 111.85 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB70,,5370 111.85 (2) (a) Once authorized under sub. (1), a fair-share or maintenance of membership agreement covering public safety employees shall continue in effect, subject to the right of the employer or labor organization concerned to petition the commission to conduct a new referendum. Such petition must be supported by proof that at least 30 percent of the public safety employees in the collective bargaining unit or at least 30 percent of the employees in a collective bargaining unit containing a frontline worker desire that the fair-share or maintenance of membership agreement be discontinued. Upon so finding, the commission shall conduct a new referendum. If the continuance of the fair-share or maintenance of membership agreement is approved in the referendum by at least the percentage of eligible voting public safety employees required for its initial authorization, it shall be continued in effect, subject to the right of the employer or labor organization to later initiate a further vote following the procedure prescribed in this subsection. If the continuation of the agreement is not supported in any referendum, it is deemed terminated terminates at the termination of the collective bargaining agreement, or one year from the date of the certification of the result of the referendum, whichever is earlier.

SB70,,5371 (b) The commission shall declare any fair-share or maintenance of membership agreement suspended upon such conditions and for such time as the commission decides whenever it finds that the labor organization involved has refused on the basis of race, color, sexual orientation or creed to receive as a member any public safety employee in the collective bargaining unit involved, and the agreement shall be made subject to the findings and orders of the commission. Any of the parties to the agreement, or any public safety employee covered thereby, may come before the commission, as provided in s. 111.07, and petition the commission to make such a finding.

SB70,2009 Section 2009. 111.85 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB70,,5373 111.85 (4) The commission may, under rules adopted for that purpose, appoint as its agent an official of a state agency or authority whose public safety employees are entitled to vote in a referendum to conduct a referendum provided for herein under this section.

SB70,2010 Section 2010. 111.86 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB70,,5375 111.86 (2) The division shall charge a state department or, agency, or authority the employer’s share of the cost related to grievance arbitration under sub. (1) for any arbitration that involves one or more employees of the state department or, agency, or authority. Each state department or, agency, or authority so charged shall pay the amount that the division charges from the appropriation account or accounts used to pay the salary of the grievant. Funds received under this subsection shall be credited to the appropriation account under s. 20.505 (1) (ks).

SB70,2011 Section 2011. 111.88 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB70,,5377 111.88 (1) If a dispute has not been settled after a reasonable period of negotiation and after the settlement procedures, if any, established by the parties have been exhausted, the representative which has been certified by the commission after an election, or, in the case of a representative of employees specified in s. 111.81 (7) (a) or (ag), has been duly recognized by the employer, as the exclusive representative of employees in an appropriate collective bargaining unit, and the employer, its officers and agents, after a reasonable period of negotiation, are deadlocked with respect to any dispute between them arising in the collective bargaining process, the parties jointly, may petition the commission, in writing, to initiate fact-finding under this section, and to make recommendations to resolve the deadlock.

SB70,2012 Section 2012. 111.90 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB70,,5379 111.90 (1) Carry out the statutory mandate and goals assigned to a state agency or authority by the most appropriate and efficient methods and means and utilize personnel in the most appropriate and efficient manner possible.

SB70,2013 Section 2013. 111.90 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB70,,5381 111.90 (2) Manage the employees of a state agency or authority; hire, promote, transfer, assign or retain employees in positions within the agency or authority; and in that regard establish reasonable work rules.

SB70,2014 Section 2014. 111.91 (1w) of the statutes is created to read:

SB70,,5383 111.91 (1w) (a) Except as provided in pars. (b) and (c), with regard to a collective bargaining unit that contains at least one frontline worker, matters subject to collective bargaining to the point of impasse are wage rates, consistent with sub. (2), the assignment and reassignment of classifications to pay ranges, determination of an incumbent’s pay status resulting from position reallocation or reclassification, and pay adjustments upon temporary assignment of classified employees to duties of a higher classification or downward reallocations of a classified employee’s position; fringe benefits consistent with sub. (2); hours and conditions of employment.

SB70,,5384 (b) With regard to a collective bargaining unit that contains at least one frontline worker, the employer is not required to bargain on management rights under s. 111.90, except that procedures for the adjustment or settlement of grievances or disputes arising out of any type of disciplinary action referred to in s. 111.90 (3) shall be a subject of bargaining.

SB70,,5385 (c) The employer is prohibited from bargaining on matters contained in sub. (2) with a collective bargaining unit that contains at least one frontline worker.

SB70,2015 Section 2015. 111.91 (2) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB70,,5387 111.91 (2) (intro.) The employer is prohibited from bargaining with a collective bargaining unit under s. 111.825 (1) (g) or with a collective bargaining unit that contains a frontline worker with respect to all of the following:

SB70,2016 Section 2016. 111.91 (3) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB70,,5389 111.91 (3) (intro.) The employer is prohibited from bargaining with a collective bargaining unit containing a only general employee employees with respect to any of the following:

SB70,2017 Section 2017. 111.91 (3q) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB70,,5391 111.91 (3q) For purposes of determining compliance with sub. (3), the commission shall provide, upon request, to the employer or to any representative of a collective bargaining unit containing a only general employee employees, the consumer price index change during any 12-month period. The commission may get the information from the department of revenue.