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.
Personnel Appeals		For information about filing fees in personnel appeals cases [click here]

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