111.815 Duties of state. - Wisconsin Statutes

111.815

111.815 Duties of state.

111.815(1)

(1) In the furtherance of this subchapter, the state shall be considered as a single employer and employment relations policies and practices throughout the state service shall be as consistent as practicable. The office shall negotiate and administer collective bargaining agreements except that the department of health services, subject to the approval of the federal centers for medicare and medicaid services to use collective bargaining as the method of setting rates for reimbursement of home care providers, shall negotiate and administer collective bargaining agreements entered into with the collective bargaining unit specified in s. 111.825 (2g). To coordinate the employer position in the negotiation of agreements, the office, or the department of health services with regard to collective bargaining agreements entered into with the collective bargaining unit specified in s. 111.825 (2g), shall maintain close liaison with the legislature relative to the negotiation of agreements and the fiscal ramifications of those agreements. Except with respect to the collective bargaining units specified in s. 111.825 (1m), (2) (f), and (2g), the office is responsible for the employer functions of the executive branch under this subchapter, and shall coordinate its collective bargaining activities with operating state agencies on matters of agency concern. The legislative branch shall act upon those portions of tentative agreements negotiated by the office that require legislative action. With respect to the collective bargaining units specified in s. 111.825 (1m), the University of Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics Board is responsible for the employer functions under this subchapter. With respect to the collective bargaining unit specified in s. 111.825 (2) (f), the governing board of the charter school established by contract under s. 118.40 (2r) (cm) is responsible for the employer functions under this subchapter. With respect to the collective bargaining unit specified in s. 111.825 (2g), the department of health services is responsible for the employer functions of the executive branch under this subchapter.

111.815(2)

(2) In the furtherance of the policy under s. 111.80 (4), the director of the office shall, together with the appointing authorities or their representatives, represent the state in its responsibility as an employer under this subchapter except with respect to negotiations in the collective bargaining units specified in s. 111.825 (1m), (2) (f), and (2g). The director of the office shall establish and maintain, wherever practicable, consistent employment relations policies and practices throughout the state service.

111.815(3)

(3) With regard to collective bargaining activities involving employees who are assistant district attorneys, the director of the office shall maintain close liaison with the secretary of administration.

111.815 - ANNOT.

History: 1977 c. 196; 1983 a. 27 s. 2200 (15); 1985 a. 42; 1989 a. 31; 1995 a. 27; 2001 a. 16, 104; 2003 a. 33; 2009 a. 28.