House
File
50
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Introduced
HOUSE
FILE
50
BY
BALTIMORE
,
HELLAND
,
GRASSLEY
,
BRANDENBURG
,
J.
SMITH
,
TJEPKES
,
KOESTER
,
KAUFMANN
,
HORBACH
,
DEYOE
,
and
BYRNES
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
requiring
arbitrators
of
public
employee
collective
1
bargaining
agreements
to
compare
public-sector
employment
2
with
private-sector
employment.
3
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
4
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Section
1.
Section
20.22,
subsection
7,
Code
2011,
is
1
amended
to
read
as
follows:
2
7.
The
arbitrator
shall
consider,
in
addition
to
any
other
3
relevant
factors,
the
following
factors:
4
a.
Past
collective
bargaining
contracts
between
the
parties
5
including
the
bargaining
that
led
up
to
such
contracts.
6
b.
Comparison
of
wages,
benefits,
hours
,
and
conditions
7
of
employment
of
the
involved
public
employees
with
those
of
8
other
public
private-sector
employees
doing
comparable
work,
9
giving
consideration
to
factors
peculiar
to
the
area
and
the
10
classifications
involved.
In
considering
this
comparison,
the
11
arbitrator
shall
strive
to
maintain
parity
in
wages,
benefits,
12
hours,
and
conditions
of
employment
between
the
public
sector
13
and
the
private
sector
for
comparable
types
of
work.
14
c.
The
interests
and
welfare
of
the
public
,
the
ability
of
15
the
public
employer
to
finance
economic
adjustments
and
the
16
effect
of
such
adjustments
on
the
normal
standard
of
services
.
17
d.
The
power
of
the
public
employer
to
levy
taxes
and
18
appropriate
funds
for
the
conduct
of
its
operations.
19
EXPLANATION
20
This
bill
requires
that
an
arbitrator
of
a
public
employee
21
collective
bargaining
agreement
consider,
among
other
factors,
22
a
comparison
of
wages,
benefits,
hours,
and
conditions
of
23
employment
of
the
involved
public
employees
with
those
of
24
private-sector
employees
doing
comparable
work.
The
bill
25
requires
an
arbitrator
making
that
comparison
to
strive
to
26
maintain
parity
in
wages,
benefits,
hours,
and
conditions
of
27
employment
between
the
public
sector
and
the
private
sector
for
28
comparable
types
of
work.
29
Current
law
requires
an
arbitrator
to
compare
wages,
hours,
30
and
conditions
of
employment
of
the
involved
public
employees
31
with
those
of
other
public
employees
doing
comparable
work.
32
The
bill
removes
the
requirement
that
an
arbitrator
consider
as
33
a
factor
the
ability
of
a
public
employer
to
finance
economic
34
adjustments
and
the
effect
of
such
adjustments
on
the
normal
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standard
of
services.
The
bill
removes
the
requirement
that
1
an
arbitrator
consider
the
power
of
a
public
employer
to
levy
2
taxes
and
appropriate
funds
for
the
conduct
of
its
operations.
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