Senate File 2053 - Introduced



                                       SENATE FILE       
                                       BY  DANIELSON


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

                                      A BILL FOR

  1 An Act concerning the scope of negotiations in public employment
  2    collective bargaining.
  3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
  4 TLSB 5884SS 82
  5 ec/rj/14

PAG LIN



  1  1    Section 1.  Section 20.9, unnumbered paragraph 1, Code
  1  2 2007, 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, staffing levels due to vacation leave utilization,
  1  8 insurance, holidays, leaves of absence, shift differentials,
  1  9 overtime compensation, supplemental pay, seniority, transfer
  1 10 procedures, job classifications, health and safety matters,
  1 11 evaluation procedures, procedures for staff reduction,
  1 12 in=service training and other matters mutually agreed upon.
  1 13 Negotiations shall also include terms authorizing dues
  1 14 checkoff for members of the employee organization and
  1 15 grievance procedures for resolving any questions arising under
  1 16 the agreement, which shall be embodied in a written agreement
  1 17 and signed by the parties.  If an agreement provides for dues
  1 18 checkoff, a member's dues may be checked off only upon the
  1 19 member's written request and the member may terminate the dues
  1 20 checkoff at any time by giving thirty days' written notice.
  1 21 Such obligation to negotiate in good faith does not compel
  1 22 either party to agree to a proposal or make a concession.
  1 23                           EXPLANATION
  1 24    This bill provides that staffing levels due to vacation
  1 25 leave utilization is a mandatory subject of bargaining for
  1 26 public employment subject to the requirements of Code chapter
  1 27 20 governing collective bargaining.
  1 28 LSB 5884SS 82
  1 29 ec/rj/14