House File 2455 H-8220 Amend the amendment, H-8210, to House File 2455 as 1 follows: 2 1. By striking page 1, line 3, through page 6, line 3 2, and inserting: 4 < DIVISION ___ 5 MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS —— COLLECTIVE BARGAINING 6 ARBITRATION 7 Sec. ___. Section 20.22, subsections 3, 6, 7, 9, 8 10, and 11, Code 2016, are amended to read as follows: 9 3. The submission of the impasse items to the 10 arbitrator shall be limited to those items upon which 11 the parties have not reached agreement. With However, 12 with respect to each such item, the arbitrator’s 13 award shall not be restricted to the final offers on 14 each impasse item submitted by the parties to the 15 arbitrator. 16 6. From the time the board notifies the arbitrator 17 of the selection of the arbitrator until such time as 18 the arbitrator’s selection decision on each impasse 19 item is made, there shall be no discussion concerning 20 recommendations for settlement of the dispute by the 21 arbitrator with parties other than those who are direct 22 parties to the dispute. 23 7. The arbitrator shall consider, and may consider 24 additional information presented by either party, in 25 addition to any other relevant factors, the following 26 factors: 27 a. Past collective bargaining contracts between the 28 parties including the bargaining that led up to such 29 contracts. 30 b. a. Comparison of wages, benefits, hours , 31 and conditions of employment of the involved public 32 employees with those of other public employees , 33 including public employees not represented by an 34 employee organization, and with private sector 35 -1- H8210.3581 (2) 86 aw/tm 1/ 3 #1.
employees doing comparable work, giving consideration 1 to factors peculiar to the area and the classifications 2 involved. In considering this comparison, the 3 arbitrator shall strive to maintain parity in wages, 4 benefits, hours, and conditions of employment between 5 the public sector and the private sector for comparable 6 types of work, and shall give consideration to similar 7 and equitable economic conditions where applicable. 8 c. b. The interests and welfare of the public, 9 the ability of the public employer to finance economic 10 adjustments without raising any tax, and the effect of 11 such adjustments on the normal standard of services. 12 d. The power of the public employer to levy 13 taxes and appropriate funds for the conduct of its 14 operations. 15 c. Efficiency of the public employer in its ability 16 to carry out any of its functions. 17 9. The arbitrator shall select render a decision 18 within fifteen days after the hearing the most 19 reasonable offer, in the arbitrator’s judgment, of the 20 final offers on consisting of final terms for each 21 impasse item submitted by the parties. The arbitrator 22 may select one of the final offers on each impasse item 23 submitted by the parties or the arbitrator may make an 24 award which does not go beyond the terms of a final 25 offer for any impasse item submitted by the parties. 26 10. The selections decisions by the arbitrator 27 and items agreed upon by the public employer and 28 the employee organization, shall be deemed to be the 29 collective bargaining agreement between the parties. 30 11. The determination decisions of the arbitrator 31 shall be final and binding subject to the provisions of 32 section 20.17, subsection 6 . The arbitrator shall give 33 written explanation for the arbitrator’s selections 34 decision regarding the final terms for each impasse 35 -2- H8210.3581 (2) 86 aw/tm 2/ 3
item and inform the parties of the decision. 1 Sec. ___. APPLICABILITY. This division of this Act 2 applies to collective bargaining agreements entered 3 into on or after the effective date of this division 4 of this Act. > 5 2. By renumbering as necessary. 6 ______________________________ FORRISTALL of Pottawattamie -3- H8210.3581 (2) 86 aw/tm 3/ 3 #2.