111.92 Agreements.
(1)
(a)
1. Any tentative agreement reached between the division and any labor organization representing a collective bargaining unit specified in s. 111.825 (1) or (2) (d) or (e) shall, after official ratification by the labor organization, be submitted by the division to the joint committee on employment relations, which shall hold a public hearing before determining its approval or disapproval.
2. Any tentative agreement reached between the Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin System, acting for the state, and any labor organization representing a collective bargaining unit specified in s. 111.825 (1r) shall, after official ratification by the labor organization, be submitted by the Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin System to the joint committee on employment relations, which shall hold a public hearing before determining its approval or disapproval.
3. Any tentative agreement reached between the University of Wisconsin-Madison, acting for the state, and any labor organization representing a collective bargaining unit specified in s. 111.825 (1t) shall, after official ratification by the labor organization, be submitted by the University of Wisconsin-Madison to the joint committee on employment relations, which shall hold a public hearing before determining its approval or disapproval.
4. If the committee approves a tentative agreement under subd. 1., 2., or 3., it shall introduce in a bill or companion bills, to be put on the calendar or referred to the appropriate scheduling committee of each house, that portion of the tentative agreement which requires legislative action for implementation, such as salary and wage adjustments, changes in fringe benefits, and any proposed amendments, deletions or additions to existing law. Such bill or companion bills are not subject to ss. 13.093 (1), 13.50 (6) (a) and (b) and 16.47 (2). The committee may, however, submit suitable portions of the tentative agreement to appropriate legislative committees for advisory recommendations on the proposed terms. The committee shall accompany the introduction of such proposed legislation with a message that informs the legislature of the committee's concurrence with the matters under consideration and which recommends the passage of such legislation without change. If the joint committee on employment relations does not approve the tentative agreement, it shall be returned to the parties for renegotiation. If the legislature does not adopt without change that portion of the tentative agreement introduced by the joint committee on employment relations, the tentative agreement shall be returned to the parties for renegotiation.
(c) Any tentative agreement reached between the governing board of the charter school established by contract under s. 118.40 (2r) (cm), 2013 stats., acting for the state, and any labor organization representing a collective bargaining unit specified in s. 111.825 (1r) (ef) shall, after official ratification by the labor organization and approval by the chancellor of the University of Wisconsin-Parkside, be executed by the parties.
(2) No portion of any tentative agreement shall become effective separately.
(3)
(a) Agreements covering a collective bargaining unit specified under s. 111.825 (1) (g) shall coincide with the fiscal year or biennium.
(b) No agreements covering a collective bargaining unit containing a general employee may be for a period that exceeds one year, and each agreement must coincide with the fiscal year. Agreements covering a collective bargaining unit containing a general employee may not be extended.
(4) It is the declared intention under this subchapter that the negotiation of collective bargaining agreements and their approval by the parties should coincide with the overall fiscal planning and processes of the state.
(5) Notwithstanding any other provision of the statutes, all compensation adjustments for employees shall be effective on the beginning date of the pay period nearest the statutory or administrative date.
History: 1971 c. 270; 1977 c. 196 s. 130 (9); 1981 c. 20 s. 2202 (33) (b); 1981 c. 126, 391; 1985 a. 42 s. 29; 1989 a. 336; 1995 a. 27; 2001 a. 16; 2003 a. 33; 2009 a. 28; 2011 a. 10, 32; 2013 a. 20 ss. 2365m, 9448; 2013 a. 166; 2015 a. 55.
Courts have no jurisdiction to review legislative rules of proceeding, which are those rules having “to do with the process the legislature uses to propose or pass legislation or how it determines the qualifications of its members." Sub. (1) (a) does not set forth a legislative rule of proceeding. Milwaukee Journal Sentinel v. DOA, 2009 WI 79, 319 Wis. 2d 439, 768 N.W.2d 700, 07-1160.
Matters within the scope of bargaining under s. 111.91, agreed to by the Department of Administration and a state employee union, are not effective until submitted as tentative agreements to and approved by the joint committee on employment relations. 67 Atty. Gen 38.
Structure Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations
Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations
Chapter 111 - Employment relations.
111.05 - Representatives and elections.
111.06 - What are unfair labor practices.
111.07 - Prevention of unfair labor practices.
111.08 - Financial reports to employees.
111.09 - Rules, orders, transcripts, training programs and fees.
111.115 - Notice of certain proposed strikes.
111.12 - Duties of the attorney general and district attorneys.
111.15 - Construction of subchapter I.
111.17 - Conflict of provisions; effect.
111.18 - Limit on payment to health care institutions.
111.19 - Title of subchapter I.
111.31 - Declaration of policy.
111.3205 - Franchisors excluded.
111.321 - Prohibited bases of discrimination.
111.322 - Discriminatory actions prohibited.
111.325 - Unlawful to discriminate.
111.33 - Age; exceptions and special cases.
111.335 - Arrest or conviction record; exceptions and special cases.
111.337 - Creed; exceptions and special cases.
111.34 - Disability; exceptions and special cases.
111.345 - Marital status; exceptions and special cases.
111.35 - Use or nonuse of lawful products; exceptions and special cases.
111.355 - Military service; exceptions and special cases.
111.36 - Sex, sexual orientation; exceptions and special cases.
111.365 - Communication of opinions; exceptions and special cases.
111.37 - Use of honesty testing devices in employment situations.
111.371 - Local ordinance; collective bargaining agreements.
111.372 - Use of genetic testing in employment situations.
111.375 - Department to administer.
111.38 - Investigation and study of discrimination.
111.39 - Powers and duties of department.
111.50 - Declaration of policy.
111.52 - Settlement of labor disputes through collective bargaining and arbitration.
111.53 - Appointment of conciliators and arbitrators.
111.55 - Conciliator unable to effect settlement; appointment of arbitrators.
111.56 - Existing state of affairs to be maintained.
111.57 - Arbitrator to hold hearings.
111.58 - Standards for arbitration.
111.59 - Filing order with clerk of circuit court; period effective; retroactivity.
111.60 - Judicial review of order of arbitrator.
111.61 - Commission to establish rules.
111.62 - Strikes, work stoppages, slowdowns, lockouts, unlawful; penalty.
111.70 - Municipal employment.
111.77 - Settlement of disputes.
111.825 - Collective bargaining units.
111.83 - Representatives and elections.
111.84 - Unfair labor practices.
111.845 - Wage deduction prohibition.
111.85 - Fair-share and maintenance of membership agreements.
111.86 - Grievance arbitration.
111.91 - Subjects of bargaining.
111.93 - Effect of labor organization; status of existing benefits and rights.
111.935 - Representatives and elections for research assistants.