Chapter 111, EMPLOYMENT RELATIONS
75 sections in this chapter.
Wis. Stat. § 111.62 Strikes, work stoppages, slowdowns, lockouts, unlawful; penalty
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111.62 Strikes, work stoppages, slowdowns, lockouts, unlawful; penalty. It shall be unlawful for any group of employees of a public utility employer acting in concert to call a strike or to go out on strike, or to cause any work stoppage or slowdown which would cause an interrupt…
Wis. Stat. § 111.63 Enforcement
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111.63 Enforcement. The commission shall enforce compliance with this subchapter and to that end may file an action in the circuit court of the county in which any violation of this subchapter occurs to restrain and enjoin the violation and to compel the performance of the duties…
Wis. Stat. § 111.64 Construction
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111.64 Construction. (1) Nothing in this subchapter shall be construed to require any individual employee to render labor or service without the employee’s consent, or to make illegal the quitting of the employee’s labor or service or the withdrawal from the employee’s place of e…
Wis. Stat. § 111.70 Municipal employment
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111.70 Municipal employment. (1) DEFINITIONS. As used in this subchapter: (a) “Collective bargaining” means the performance of the mutual obligation of a municipal employer, through its officers and agents, and the representative of its municipal employees in a collective bargain…
Wis. Stat. § 111.71 General provisions
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111.71 General provisions. (1) The commission may adopt reasonable rules relative to the exercise of its powers and authority and proper rules to govern its proceedings and to regulate the conduct of all elections and hearings. The commission shall, upon request, provide a transc…
Wis. Stat. § 111.77 Settlement of disputes
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111.77 Settlement of disputes. Municipal employers and public safety employees, as provided in sub. (8), have the duty to bargain collectively in good faith including the duty to refrain from strikes or lockouts and to comply with the following: (1) If a contract is in effect, th…
Wis. Stat. § 111.81 Definitions
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111.81 Definitions. In this subchapter: (1) “Collective bargaining” means the performance of the mutual obligation of the state as an employer, by its officers and agents, and the representatives of its employees, to meet and confer at reasonable times, in good faith, with respec…
Wis. Stat. § 111.815 Duties of state
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111.815 Duties of state. (1) In the furtherance of this subchapter, the state shall be considered as a single employer and employment relations policies and practices throughout the state service shall be as consistent as practicable. The division shall negotiate and administer c…
Wis. Stat. § 111.82 Rights of employees
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111.82 Rights of employees. Employees have the right of self-organization and the right to form, join, or assist labor organizations, to bargain collectively through representatives of their own choosing under this subchapter, and to engage in lawful, concerted activities for the…
Wis. Stat. § 111.825 Collective bargaining units
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111.825 Collective bargaining units. (1) It is the legislative intent that in order to foster meaningful collective bargaining, units must be structured in such a way as to avoid excessive fragmentation whenever possible. In accordance with this policy, collective bargaining unit…
Wis. Stat. § 111.83 Representatives and elections
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111.83 Representatives and elections. (1) Except as provided in sub. (5), a representative chosen for the purposes of collective bargaining by at least 51 percent of the general employees in a collective bargaining unit shall be the exclusive representative of all of the employee…
Wis. Stat. § 111.84 Unfair labor practices
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111.84 Unfair labor practices. (1) It is an unfair labor practice for an employer individually or in concert with others: (a) To interfere with, restrain or coerce employees in the exercise of their rights guaranteed in s. 111.82. (b) Except as otherwise provided in this paragrap…
Wis. Stat. § 111.845 Wage deduction prohibition
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111.845 Wage deduction prohibition. The employer may not deduct labor organization dues from a general employee’s earnings. History: 2011 a. 10. The creation of this section by 2011 Wis. Act 10 did not violate equal protection or free speech protections. Wisconsin Education Ass’n…
Wis. Stat. § 111.85 Fair-share and maintenance of membership agreements
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111.85 Fair-share and maintenance of membership agreements. (1) (a) No fair-share or maintenance of membership agreement covering public safety employees may become effective unless authorized by a referendum. The commission shall order a referendum whenever it receives a petitio…
Wis. Stat. § 111.86 Grievance arbitration
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111.86 Grievance arbitration. (1) Parties to the dispute pertaining to the interpretation of a collective bargaining agreement may agree in writing to have the commission or any other appointing state agency serve as arbitrator or may designate any other competent, impartial and …
Wis. Stat. § 111.87 Mediation
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111.87 Mediation. The commission may appoint any competent, impartial, disinterested person to act as mediator in any labor dispute either upon its own initiative or upon the request of one of the parties to the dispute. It is the function of such mediator to bring the parties to…
Wis. Stat. § 111.88 Fact-finding
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111.88 Fact-finding. (1) If a dispute has not been settled after a reasonable period of negotiation and after the settlement procedures, if any, established by the parties have been exhausted, the representative which has been certified by the commission after an election, or, in…
Wis. Stat. § 111.89 Strike prohibited
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111.89 Strike prohibited. (1) Upon establishing that a strike is in progress, the employer may either seek an injunction or file an unfair labor practice charge with the commission under s. 111.84 (2) (e) or both. It is the responsibility of the division to decide whether to seek…
Wis. Stat. § 111.90 Management rights
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111.90 Management rights. Nothing in this subchapter shall interfere with the right of the employer, in accordance with this subchapter to: (1) Carry out the statutory mandate and goals assigned to a state agency by the most appropriate and efficient methods and means and utilize…
Wis. Stat. § 111.91 Subjects of bargaining
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111.91 Subjects of bargaining. (1) (a) Except as provided in pars. (b) to (d), with regard to a collective bargaining unit under s. 111.825 (1) (g), matters subject to collective bargaining to the point of impasse are wage rates, consistent with sub. (2), the assignment and reass…
Wis. Stat. § 111.915 Labor proposals
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111.915 Labor proposals. The administrator of the division shall notify and consult with the joint committee on employment relations, in such form and detail as the committee requests, regarding substantial changes in wages, employee benefits, personnel management, and program po…
Wis. Stat. § 111.92 Agreements
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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 …
Wis. Stat. § 111.93 Effect of labor organization; status of existing benefits and rights
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111.93 Effect of labor organization; status of existing benefits and rights. (1) If no collective bargaining agreement exists between the employer and a labor organization representing classified employees in a collective bargaining unit for which a representative is recognized o…
Wis. Stat. § 111.935 Representatives and elections for research assistants
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111.935 Representatives and elections for research assistants. (1) In this section, “authorization card” means a signed card that employees complete to indicate their preferences regarding collective bargaining. (2) Notwithstanding s. 111.83 (2), the commission shall establish a …
Wis. Stat. § 111.94 Rules, transcripts, training programs, fees
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111.94 Rules, transcripts, training programs, fees. (1) The commission may adopt reasonable and proper rules relative to the exercise of its powers and authority and proper rules to govern its proceedings and to regulate the conduct of all elections and hearings. The commission s…