LABOR RELATIONS PROVISIONS OF
2009 STATE BUDGET ACT
The labor relations provisions of the executive budget act of the 2009 Legislature, 2009 Wisconsin Act 28, contain the following numbered sections concerning the following topics relating to labor relations (see the NOTE below):
Revisions of the Wisconsin Employment Peace Act as follows:
2216g - "collective bargaining unit" definition
2216j - "day care provider" definition
2216L and n - "employer" definition
2216p - "fair share agreement" definition
2216r and t - "maintenance of membership agreement" definition
2216v - "referendum" definition
2216w and y - bargaining unit determination regarding day care providers
Revisions of the Municipal Employment Relations Act as follows:
2220 - "collective bargaining" definition
2221 - "collective bargaining unit" definition
2222 - repeal of "economic issue" definition
2223 - repeal of "fringe benefit" definition
2223m - "municipal employer" definition re transit authority
2224 - repeal of "qualified economic offer" definition
2225 - "school district employee" definition and repeal of "school district professional" definition
2225f - term of agreement for school district employees units
2225p - term of agreement for child care provider services unit
2226 - voluntary impasse resolution procedure interest arbitration standards
2227 - repeal of "issues subject to arbitration"
2228 - scope of disputes subject to interest arbitration
2229 - processing of interest arbitration petition
2230 - applicability of greatest weight factor
2231 - applicability of greater weight factor
2232 - other factors considered
2233 and 2234 - term of agreement for school district employee units and other units
2235 - repeal of "professional school employee salaries"
2236 - repeal of "forms for determining costs"
2237 - repeal of "term of professional school employee agreements"
2238 - determination of appropriate bargaining unit
2239 - prohibited subjects of bargaining
Revisions of the State Employment Labor Relations Act as follows:
2240 - "consumer" definition
2241 - home care providers made state employees only for collective bargaining purposes
2242 - "home care provider" definition
2242s - "research assistant" definition
2243 - home care provider collective bargaining procedures
2243d and 2244 - additions to list of unclassified service bargaining units
2245 - assignment of employees to appropriate bargaining units
2246 - petition for recognition
2246 - exclusivity of representative status
2248 - representation election procedures for home health care providers
2249 - prohibited practices
2250 - consumer rights in relation to home care providers
2251 - scope of collective bargaining for home care providers
2251w, 2252 and 2253 - subjects of bargaining
2254 - approval process for collective bargaining agreements
2254g - earliest effective date for home health care providers coll. barg. agreement
2254L - card check recognition procedure regarding research assistants units
Creation of
Subchapter VI regarding UW Faculty and Academic Staff Labor Relations
2255
Implementation
Provisions
9316 - Initial applicability, Employment Relations Commission regarding QEO, MERA.
9416 - Effective Dates, Employment Relations Comm.regarding UW Research Assistants
NOTE: The listing above is offered as an unofficial listing of topics. It is not intended to be either a comprehensive summary of the contents of the statutory provisions or an interpretation of those provisions.
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