Filing Fees and Related Policies

Type of Case	Filing Fee	Related Policies
Representation Elections, Unit Clarifications	$0	none
Declaratory Rulings	$0	none
Request for list of grievance arbitrators not employed by WERC	$0	none
Complaint	$100	Payable by party filing complaint at time complaint is filed.
Mediation	$800	By law, filing fee is to be split evenly between the parties. Case materials must be accompanied by $400. Upon receipt of case materials and $400, the Commission will invoice the other party $400 for their share of the filing fee. Filing fees must be paid by both parties even if a case is settled.
Interest Arbitration   and Fact-Finding	$800	By law, filing fee is to be split evenly between the parties. Case materials must be accompanied by $400. Upon receipt of case materials and $400, the Commission will invoice the other party $400 for their share of the filing fee. Filing fees must be paid by both parties even if a case is settled. No fee applies if the dispute was previously the subject of a mediation case for which a filing fee was paid.
Grievance Arbitration	$800	By law, filing fee is to be split evenly between the parties. Case materials must be accompanied by $400. Upon receipt of case materials and $400, the Commission will invoice the other party $400 for their share of the filing fee. Filing fees must be paid by both parties even if a case is settled. A separate fee is required for each unrelated event or occurrence for which arbitration is requested. This fee applies to disputes previously the subject of a grievance mediation case for which a filing fee was paid. However, there is no separate fee for mediation services provided by the arbitrator in the course of processing the request for grievance arbitration services.

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