House File 54 - Introduced HOUSE FILE 54 BY HELLAND , WAGNER , RAECKER , UPMEYER , BALTIMORE , SODERBERG , BRANDENBURG , RAYHONS , DRAKE , J. SMITH , and DE BOEF A BILL FOR An Act relating to the comparison of public sector employment 1 with private sector employment in the arbitration of 2 collective bargaining agreements. 3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 4 TLSB 1081YH (5) 84 je/rj
H.F. 54 Section 1. Section 20.22, subsection 7, Code 2011, is 1 amended by adding the following new paragraph: 2 NEW PARAGRAPH . e. Comparison of wages, hours, and 3 conditions of employment of the involved public employees 4 with those of private sector employees doing comparable work, 5 giving consideration to factors peculiar to the area and the 6 classifications involved. 7 Sec. 2. Section 20.22, subsection 7, Code 2011, is amended 8 by adding the following new paragraph: 9 NEW PARAGRAPH . f. Recent data comparing changes in wages 10 and benefits in the public sector with those in the private 11 sector. 12 EXPLANATION 13 This bill requires arbitrators of collective bargaining 14 agreements to consider two additional factors. The arbitrators 15 are required to compare the wages, hours, and conditions of 16 employment of the involved public employees with private sector 17 employees doing comparable work, and to consider recent data 18 comparing changes in wages and benefits in the public sector 19 with similar changes in the private sector. 20 -1- LSB 1081YH (5) 84 je/rj 1/ 1