Senate Study Bill 1118

                                    SENATE FILE       
                                    BY  (PROPOSED COMMITTEE ON BUSINESS
                                         AND LABOR RELATIONS BILL BY
                                         CHAIRPERSON SCHUERER)


    Passed Senate, Date               Passed House,  Date             
    Vote:  Ayes        Nays           Vote:  Ayes        Nays         
                 Approved                            

                                      A BILL FOR

  1 An Act concerning public employee collective bargaining.
  2 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
  3 TLSB 2863XC 80
  4 ec/cf/24

PAG LIN

  1  1    Section 1.  Section 20.9, unnumbered paragraph 1, Code
  1  2 2003, is amended to read as follows:
  1  3    The public employer and the employee organization shall
  1  4 meet at reasonable times, including meetings reasonably in
  1  5 advance of the public employer's budget=making process, to
  1  6 negotiate in good faith with respect to wages, hours,
  1  7 vacations, insurance, holidays, leaves of absence, shift
  1  8 differentials, overtime compensation, supplemental pay,
  1  9 seniority, transfer procedures, job classifications, health
  1 10 and safety matters, evaluation procedures, procedures for
  1 11 staff reduction, and in=service training and other matters
  1 12 mutually agreed upon.  Negotiations shall also include terms
  1 13 authorizing dues checkoff for members of the employee
  1 14 organization and grievance procedures for resolving any
  1 15 questions arising under the agreement, which shall be embodied
  1 16 in a written agreement and signed by the parties.  If an
  1 17 agreement provides for dues checkoff, a member's dues may be
  1 18 checked off only upon the member's written request and the
  1 19 member may terminate the dues checkoff at any time by giving
  1 20 thirty days' written notice.  Such obligation to negotiate in
  1 21 good faith does not compel either party to agree to a proposal
  1 22 or make a concession.
  1 23    Sec. 2.  Section 20.22, subsection 4, Code 2003, is amended
  1 24 by adding the following new paragraph:
  1 25    NEW PARAGRAPH.  e.  Each arbitrator appointed shall be a
  1 26 resident of Iowa and shall have some private sector employment
  1 27 experience.
  1 28    Sec. 3.  Section 20.22, subsection 9, paragraph b, Code
  1 29 2003, is amended to read as follows:
  1 30    b.  Comparison of the total compensation, including wages,
  1 31 hours, benefits, and conditions of employment of the involved
  1 32 public employees with those of other private sector and public
  1 33 employees doing comparable work, giving consideration to
  1 34 factors peculiar to the area and the classifications involved.
  1 35    Sec. 4.  Section 20.22, subsection 9, paragraph d, Code
  2  1 2003, is amended by striking the paragraph.
  2  2                           EXPLANATION
  2  3    This bill makes changes to the provisions governing public
  2  4 employee collective bargaining.
  2  5    The bill limits the scope of negotiations concerning public
  2  6 employee collective bargaining to those items specifically
  2  7 listed in Code section 20.9 and eliminates the ability to
  2  8 negotiate on other items as mutually agreed upon by the public
  2  9 employer and the employee organization.
  2 10    The bill provides that all individuals appointed to
  2 11 arbitrate public employee collective bargaining disputes under
  2 12 Code section 20.22 be Iowa residents and have some previous
  2 13 private sector employment experience.
  2 14    The bill provides that an arbitrator shall compare the
  2 15 total compensation, including benefits, of the employees
  2 16 subject to the arbitration to those of both private sector and
  2 17 public employees.  The bill also eliminates, as an arbitrator
  2 18 consideration, the power of the public employer to levy taxes
  2 19 and appropriate funds for the conduct of its operations.
  2 20 LSB 2863XC 80
  2 21 ec/cf/24