House
File
527
-
Introduced
HOUSE
FILE
527
BY
COMMITTEE
ON
LABOR
(SUCCESSOR
TO
HF
312)
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
relating
to
public
employees,
by
requiring
a
survey
and
1
report
on
state
employee
salaries
and
benefits
and
relating
2
to
the
arbitration
of
public
employee
collective
bargaining
3
agreements.
4
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
Section
8.6,
Code
2011,
is
amended
by
adding
the
1
following
new
subsection:
2
NEW
SUBSECTION
.
5.
Report
on
employee
salaries
and
3
benefits.
To
prepare
a
report
containing
a
comprehensive
4
survey
of
employee
salaries
and
benefits
by
position,
to
5
include
within
this
report
a
survey
of
salaries
and
benefits
6
for
comparable
positions
within
the
private
sector,
and
to
make
7
the
report
available
to
the
general
assembly
and
the
governor
8
prior
to
the
convening
of
each
session
of
the
general
assembly
9
in
which
a
budget
may
be
passed
or
prior
to
negotiation
or
10
renegotiation
of
a
public
employee
collective
bargaining
11
agreement
pursuant
to
chapter
20.
The
report
shall
be
based
12
upon
regional
information
from
each
of
the
state’s
workforce
13
development
service
delivery
areas
designated
by
the
state
14
workforce
development
board
as
required
in
section
84B.2,
so
15
that
it
may
be
considered
in
relevant
arbitration.
16
Sec.
2.
Section
20.22,
subsection
7,
Code
2011,
is
amended
17
by
adding
the
following
new
paragraph:
18
NEW
PARAGRAPH
.
0c.
Comparison
of
wages,
hours,
benefits,
19
and
conditions
of
employment
of
the
involved
public
employees
20
with
those
of
other
private
sector
employees
doing
comparable
21
work,
giving
consideration
to
factors
peculiar
to
the
area
22
and
the
classifications
involved.
The
arbitrator
shall,
in
23
this
comparison,
consider
the
report
on
employee
salaries
and
24
benefits
developed
by
the
department
of
management,
as
required
25
in
section
8.6,
subsection
5.
26
EXPLANATION
27
This
bill
requires
that
the
department
of
management
provide
28
the
general
assembly
with
a
report
that
includes
a
survey
of
29
state
employee
wages
and
benefits
by
position,
along
with
30
a
survey
of
the
wages
and
benefits
of
comparable
positions
31
within
the
private
sector.
The
bill
further
requires
that
32
the
department
provide
this
report
to
the
general
assembly
33
and
the
governor
prior
to
the
convening
of
each
legislative
34
session
in
which
a
budget
may
be
passed
or
prior
to
negotiation
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or
renegotiation
of
a
public
employee
collective
bargaining
1
agreement.
The
report
and
survey
must
be
based
upon
the
2
state’s
workforce
development
service
delivery
areas.
3
The
bill
also
requires
that
an
arbitrator
of
public
employee
4
collective
bargaining
agreements
consider
the
comparison
of
5
public
and
private
sector
wages
and
benefits
peculiar
to
the
6
area.
The
bill
also
requires
an
arbitrator
to
consider
the
7
report
on
employee
salaries
and
benefits
within
that
context.
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