Title I, STATE SOVEREIGNTY AND MANAGEMENT (Ch. 1 - 38D)

1. Board determination of an appropriate bargaining unit shall be upon petition filed by a public employer, public employee, or employee organization. 2. Within thirty days of receipt of a petition, the board shall conduct a public hearing, receive written or oral testimony, and …

1. Board certification of an employee organization as the exclusive bargaining representative of a bargaining unit shall be upon a petition filed with the board by a public employer, public employee, or an employee organization and an election conducted pursuant to section 20.15 …

1. Initial certification elections. a. Upon the filing of a petition for certification of an employee organization, the board shall submit a question to the public employees at an election in the bargaining unit found appropriate by the board. The question on the ballot shall per…

Upon the receipt by a public employer of a request from an employee organization to bargain on behalf of public employees, the duty to engage in collective bargaining shall arise if the employee organization has been certified by the board as the exclusive bargaining representati…

1. The employee organization certified as the bargaining representative shall be the exclusive representative of all public employees in the bargaining unit and shall represent all public employees fairly. However, any public employee may meet and adjust individual complaints wit…

1. An agreement with an employee organization which is the exclusive representative of public employees in an appropriate unit may provide procedures for the consideration of public employee and employee organization grievances over the interpretation and application of agreement…

1. As the first step in the performance of their duty to bargain, the public employer and the employee organization shall endeavor to agree upon impasse procedures. Such agreement shall provide for implementation of these impasse procedures not later than one hundred twenty days …

This chapter shall be known as the “Public Employment Relations Act” . [C75, 77, 79, 81, §20.2 ]

In the absence of an impasse agreement negotiated pursuant to section 20.19 or the failure of either party to utilize its procedures, one hundred twenty days prior to the certified budget submission date, or one hundred twenty days prior to May 31 of the year when the collective …

1. If an impasse persists ten days after the mediator has been appointed, the board shall have the power, upon request of either party, to arrange for arbitration, which shall be binding. The request for arbitration shall be in writing and a copy of the request shall be served up…

Any employee organization and public employer may sue or be sued as an entity under the provisions of this chapter . Service upon the public employer shall be in accordance with law or the rules of civil procedure. Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to make any individual…

The board shall by rule establish an electronic filing system for the filing or service of any notice or other document required or permitted by law to be filed with or served on or filed or served by the board. Unless otherwise provided by law, the board may by rule require the …

1. Every employee organization which is certified as a representative of public employees under the provisions of this chapter shall file with the board a registration report, signed by its president or other appropriate officer. The report shall be in a form prescribed by the bo…

1. An employee organization shall not make any direct or indirect contribution out of the funds of the employee organization to any political party or organization or in support of any candidate for elective public office. 2. Any employee organization which violates the provision…

If any provision of this chapter jeopardizes the receipt by the state or any of its political subdivisions of any federal grant-in-aid funds or other federal allotment of money, the provisions of this chapter shall, insofar as the fund is jeopardized, be deemed to be inoperative.…

A provision of the Code which is inconsistent with any term or condition of a collective bargaining agreement which is made final under this chapter shall supersede the term or condition of the collective bargaining agreement unless otherwise provided by the general assembly. A p…

1. Collective bargaining agreements shall be in writing and shall be signed by the parties. 2. A copy of a collective bargaining agreement entered into between a public employer and a certified employee organization and made final under this chapter shall be filed with the board …

When used in this chapter , unless the context otherwise requires: 1. “Arbitration” means the procedure whereby the parties involved in an impasse submit their differences to a third party for a final and binding decision or as provided in this chapter . 2. “Board” means the empl…

A supervisory member of any department or agency employed by the state of Iowa shall not be granted a voluntary reduction to a nonsupervisory rank or grade during the thirty-six months preceding retirement of the member. A member of any department or agency employed by the state …

1. As used in this section , unless the context otherwise requires: a. “Mediation” means a process in which an impartial person attempts to facilitate the resolution of a dispute by promoting voluntary agreement of the parties to the dispute. Mediation shall be deemed to commence…

All provisions of this chapter applicable to employees described in section 20.3, subsection 11 , shall be applicable on the same terms and to the same degree to any transit employee if it is determined by the director of the department of transportation, upon written confirmatio…

1. All moneys paid in advance by the board and subsequently taxed as a cost to a party or parties pursuant to section 20.6, subsection 6 , and section 20.11, subsection 3 , shall, when reimbursed by the party or parties taxed under those sections, be retained by the board as appr…

Notwithstanding chapter 17A , in a petition for judicial review of a decision of the board in a contested case under this chapter , the opposing party shall be named the respondent, and the board shall not be named as a respondent. Judicial review of agency action by the board un…

The following public employees shall be excluded from the provisions of this chapter : 1. Elected officials and persons appointed to fill vacancies in elective offices, and members of any board or commission. 2. Representatives of a public employer, including the administrative o…

The board shall: 1. Administer the provisions of this chapter and delegate the powers and duties of the board to persons employed by the board, as appropriate. 2. Collect, for public employers other than the state and its boards, commissions, departments, and agencies, data and c…

Public employers shall have, in addition to all powers, duties, and rights established by constitutional provision, statute, ordinance, charter, or special act, the exclusive power, duty, and the right to: 1. Direct the work of its public employees. 2. Hire, evaluate, promote, de…

Public employees shall have the right to: 1. Organize, or form, join, or assist any employee organization. 2. Negotiate collectively through representatives of their own choosing. 3. Engage in other concerted activities for the purpose of collective bargaining or other mutual aid…

1. For negotiations regarding a bargaining unit with at least thirty percent of members who are public safety employees, the public employer and the employee organization shall meet at reasonable times, including meetings reasonably in advance of the public employer’s budget-maki…