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111.96

111.96 Definitions. In this subchapter:

111.96(1)

(1) "Academic staff" has the meaning given under s. 36.05 (1), but does not include any individual holding an appointment under s. 36.13 or 36.15 (2m) or who is appointed to a visiting faculty position.

111.96(2)

(2) "Board" means the Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin System.

111.96(3)

(3) "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 respect to the subjects of bargaining provided in s. 111.998 with the intention of reaching an agreement, or to resolve questions arising under such an agreement. The duty to bargain, however, does not compel either party to agree to a proposal or require the making of a concession. Collective bargaining includes the reduction of any agreement reached to a written and signed document.

111.96(4)

(4) "Collective bargaining unit" means a unit established under s. 111.98 (1).

111.96(5)

(5) "Commission" means the employment relations commission.

111.96(6)

(6) "Election" means a proceeding conducted by the commission in which the employees in a collective bargaining unit cast a secret ballot for collective bargaining representatives, or for any other purpose specified in this subchapter.

111.96(7)

(7) "Employee" includes:

111.96(7)(a)

(a) All faculty, including specifically faculty who are supervisors or management employees, but not including faculty holding a limited appointment under s. 36.17 or deans.

111.96(7)(b)

(b) All academic staff, except for supervisors, management employees, and individuals who are privy to confidential matters affecting the employer-employee relationship.

111.96(8)

(8) "Employer" means the state of Wisconsin.

111.96(9)

(9) "Faculty" has the meaning given in s. 36.05 (8), except for an individual holding an appointment under s. 36.15.

111.96(10)

(10) "Fair-share agreement" means an agreement between the employer and a labor organization representing employees under which all of the employees in a collective bargaining unit are required to pay their proportionate share of the cost of the collective bargaining process and contract administration measured by the amount of dues uniformly required of all members.

111.96(11)

(11) "Institution" has the meaning given in s. 36.05 (9).

111.96(12)

(12) "Labor dispute" means any controversy with respect to the subjects of bargaining provided in this subchapter.

111.96(13)

(13) "Labor organization" means any employee organization whose purpose is to represent employees in collective bargaining with the employer, or its agents, on matters pertaining to terms and conditions of employment, but does not include any organization that does any of the following:

111.96(13)(a)

(a) Advocates the overthrow of the constitutional form of government in the United States.

111.96(13)(b)

(b) Discriminates with regard to the terms or conditions of membership because of race, color, creed, sex, age, sexual orientation, or national origin.

111.96(14)

(14) "Maintenance of membership agreement" means an agreement between the employer and a labor organization representing employees that requires that all of the employees whose dues are being deducted from earnings under s. 20.921 (1) or 111.992 at or after the time the agreement takes effect shall continue to have dues deducted for the duration of the agreement and that dues shall be deducted from the earnings of all employees who are hired on or after the effective date of the agreement.

111.96(15)

(15) "Management employees" include those personnel engaged predominately in executive and managerial functions.

111.96(16)

(16) "Office" means the office of state employment relations in the department of administration.

111.96(17)

(17) "Referendum" means a proceeding conducted by the commission in which employees, or supervisors specified in s. 111.98 (5), in a collective bargaining unit may cast a secret ballot on the question of directing the labor organization and the employer to enter into a fair-share agreement or to terminate a fair-share agreement.

111.96(18)

(18) "Representative" includes any person chosen by an employee to represent the employee.

111.96(19)

(19) "Strike" includes any strike or other concerted stoppage of work by employees, any concerted slowdown or other concerted interruption of operations or services by employees, or any concerted refusal to work or perform their usual duties as employees of the state.

111.96(20)

(20) "Supervisor" means any individual whose principal work is different from that of the individual's subordinates and who has authority, in the interest of the employer, to hire, transfer, suspend, lay off, recall, promote, discharge, assign, reward, or discipline employees, or to adjust their grievances, or to authoritatively recommend such action, if the individual's exercise of such authority is not of a merely routine or clerical nature, but requires the use of independent judgment.

111.96(21)

(21) "Unfair labor practice" means any unfair labor practice specified in s. 111.991.

111.96 - ANNOT.

History: 2009 a. 28.

State Codes and Statutes

Statutes > Wisconsin > 111 > 111.96

111.96

111.96 Definitions. In this subchapter:

111.96(1)

(1) "Academic staff" has the meaning given under s. 36.05 (1), but does not include any individual holding an appointment under s. 36.13 or 36.15 (2m) or who is appointed to a visiting faculty position.

111.96(2)

(2) "Board" means the Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin System.

111.96(3)

(3) "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 respect to the subjects of bargaining provided in s. 111.998 with the intention of reaching an agreement, or to resolve questions arising under such an agreement. The duty to bargain, however, does not compel either party to agree to a proposal or require the making of a concession. Collective bargaining includes the reduction of any agreement reached to a written and signed document.

111.96(4)

(4) "Collective bargaining unit" means a unit established under s. 111.98 (1).

111.96(5)

(5) "Commission" means the employment relations commission.

111.96(6)

(6) "Election" means a proceeding conducted by the commission in which the employees in a collective bargaining unit cast a secret ballot for collective bargaining representatives, or for any other purpose specified in this subchapter.

111.96(7)

(7) "Employee" includes:

111.96(7)(a)

(a) All faculty, including specifically faculty who are supervisors or management employees, but not including faculty holding a limited appointment under s. 36.17 or deans.

111.96(7)(b)

(b) All academic staff, except for supervisors, management employees, and individuals who are privy to confidential matters affecting the employer-employee relationship.

111.96(8)

(8) "Employer" means the state of Wisconsin.

111.96(9)

(9) "Faculty" has the meaning given in s. 36.05 (8), except for an individual holding an appointment under s. 36.15.

111.96(10)

(10) "Fair-share agreement" means an agreement between the employer and a labor organization representing employees under which all of the employees in a collective bargaining unit are required to pay their proportionate share of the cost of the collective bargaining process and contract administration measured by the amount of dues uniformly required of all members.

111.96(11)

(11) "Institution" has the meaning given in s. 36.05 (9).

111.96(12)

(12) "Labor dispute" means any controversy with respect to the subjects of bargaining provided in this subchapter.

111.96(13)

(13) "Labor organization" means any employee organization whose purpose is to represent employees in collective bargaining with the employer, or its agents, on matters pertaining to terms and conditions of employment, but does not include any organization that does any of the following:

111.96(13)(a)

(a) Advocates the overthrow of the constitutional form of government in the United States.

111.96(13)(b)

(b) Discriminates with regard to the terms or conditions of membership because of race, color, creed, sex, age, sexual orientation, or national origin.

111.96(14)

(14) "Maintenance of membership agreement" means an agreement between the employer and a labor organization representing employees that requires that all of the employees whose dues are being deducted from earnings under s. 20.921 (1) or 111.992 at or after the time the agreement takes effect shall continue to have dues deducted for the duration of the agreement and that dues shall be deducted from the earnings of all employees who are hired on or after the effective date of the agreement.

111.96(15)

(15) "Management employees" include those personnel engaged predominately in executive and managerial functions.

111.96(16)

(16) "Office" means the office of state employment relations in the department of administration.

111.96(17)

(17) "Referendum" means a proceeding conducted by the commission in which employees, or supervisors specified in s. 111.98 (5), in a collective bargaining unit may cast a secret ballot on the question of directing the labor organization and the employer to enter into a fair-share agreement or to terminate a fair-share agreement.

111.96(18)

(18) "Representative" includes any person chosen by an employee to represent the employee.

111.96(19)

(19) "Strike" includes any strike or other concerted stoppage of work by employees, any concerted slowdown or other concerted interruption of operations or services by employees, or any concerted refusal to work or perform their usual duties as employees of the state.

111.96(20)

(20) "Supervisor" means any individual whose principal work is different from that of the individual's subordinates and who has authority, in the interest of the employer, to hire, transfer, suspend, lay off, recall, promote, discharge, assign, reward, or discipline employees, or to adjust their grievances, or to authoritatively recommend such action, if the individual's exercise of such authority is not of a merely routine or clerical nature, but requires the use of independent judgment.

111.96(21)

(21) "Unfair labor practice" means any unfair labor practice specified in s. 111.991.

111.96 - ANNOT.

History: 2009 a. 28.

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Statutes > Wisconsin > 111 > 111.96

111.96

111.96 Definitions. In this subchapter:

111.96(1)

(1) "Academic staff" has the meaning given under s. 36.05 (1), but does not include any individual holding an appointment under s. 36.13 or 36.15 (2m) or who is appointed to a visiting faculty position.

111.96(2)

(2) "Board" means the Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin System.

111.96(3)

(3) "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 respect to the subjects of bargaining provided in s. 111.998 with the intention of reaching an agreement, or to resolve questions arising under such an agreement. The duty to bargain, however, does not compel either party to agree to a proposal or require the making of a concession. Collective bargaining includes the reduction of any agreement reached to a written and signed document.

111.96(4)

(4) "Collective bargaining unit" means a unit established under s. 111.98 (1).

111.96(5)

(5) "Commission" means the employment relations commission.

111.96(6)

(6) "Election" means a proceeding conducted by the commission in which the employees in a collective bargaining unit cast a secret ballot for collective bargaining representatives, or for any other purpose specified in this subchapter.

111.96(7)

(7) "Employee" includes:

111.96(7)(a)

(a) All faculty, including specifically faculty who are supervisors or management employees, but not including faculty holding a limited appointment under s. 36.17 or deans.

111.96(7)(b)

(b) All academic staff, except for supervisors, management employees, and individuals who are privy to confidential matters affecting the employer-employee relationship.

111.96(8)

(8) "Employer" means the state of Wisconsin.

111.96(9)

(9) "Faculty" has the meaning given in s. 36.05 (8), except for an individual holding an appointment under s. 36.15.

111.96(10)

(10) "Fair-share agreement" means an agreement between the employer and a labor organization representing employees under which all of the employees in a collective bargaining unit are required to pay their proportionate share of the cost of the collective bargaining process and contract administration measured by the amount of dues uniformly required of all members.

111.96(11)

(11) "Institution" has the meaning given in s. 36.05 (9).

111.96(12)

(12) "Labor dispute" means any controversy with respect to the subjects of bargaining provided in this subchapter.

111.96(13)

(13) "Labor organization" means any employee organization whose purpose is to represent employees in collective bargaining with the employer, or its agents, on matters pertaining to terms and conditions of employment, but does not include any organization that does any of the following:

111.96(13)(a)

(a) Advocates the overthrow of the constitutional form of government in the United States.

111.96(13)(b)

(b) Discriminates with regard to the terms or conditions of membership because of race, color, creed, sex, age, sexual orientation, or national origin.

111.96(14)

(14) "Maintenance of membership agreement" means an agreement between the employer and a labor organization representing employees that requires that all of the employees whose dues are being deducted from earnings under s. 20.921 (1) or 111.992 at or after the time the agreement takes effect shall continue to have dues deducted for the duration of the agreement and that dues shall be deducted from the earnings of all employees who are hired on or after the effective date of the agreement.

111.96(15)

(15) "Management employees" include those personnel engaged predominately in executive and managerial functions.

111.96(16)

(16) "Office" means the office of state employment relations in the department of administration.

111.96(17)

(17) "Referendum" means a proceeding conducted by the commission in which employees, or supervisors specified in s. 111.98 (5), in a collective bargaining unit may cast a secret ballot on the question of directing the labor organization and the employer to enter into a fair-share agreement or to terminate a fair-share agreement.

111.96(18)

(18) "Representative" includes any person chosen by an employee to represent the employee.

111.96(19)

(19) "Strike" includes any strike or other concerted stoppage of work by employees, any concerted slowdown or other concerted interruption of operations or services by employees, or any concerted refusal to work or perform their usual duties as employees of the state.

111.96(20)

(20) "Supervisor" means any individual whose principal work is different from that of the individual's subordinates and who has authority, in the interest of the employer, to hire, transfer, suspend, lay off, recall, promote, discharge, assign, reward, or discipline employees, or to adjust their grievances, or to authoritatively recommend such action, if the individual's exercise of such authority is not of a merely routine or clerical nature, but requires the use of independent judgment.

111.96(21)

(21) "Unfair labor practice" means any unfair labor practice specified in s. 111.991.

111.96 - ANNOT.

History: 2009 a. 28.