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:
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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.
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