Bills · 2013-2014 Regular Session
Relating to: resolution process for a dispute between a first class city and the representative of police officers employed by the first class city.
Employment relations commission Milwaukee — City Milwaukee — Police Public employee
- Introduced, stopped here
- Passes Senate, not reached
- Passes Assembly, not reached
- Governor signs, not reached
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Unfamiliar terms? Glossary
What this bill does
Plain-language analysis by the nonpartisan Legislative Reference Bureau
The Municipal Employment Relations Act (MERA) provides a process to
resolve a dispute when a city of the first class (currently only Milwaukee) and the
representative of the police officers employed by the city reach an impasse on the
terms of a collective bargaining agreement. In this process, the arbitrator may
determine many factors including all compensation, which includes base wages,
insurance programs, pension programs, and overtime compensation; regular hours
of work, which includes what constitutes overtime; the seniority system and its
effects on wages, hours, and working conditions; criteria for merit increases; work
rules; and systems of dispute resolution.
MERA also provides a process to resolve a dispute when a municipality that is
not a city of the first class and the representative of its employees that are police
officers reach an impasse on the terms of a collective bargaining agreement.
Generally, unless both the employer and the representative of the employees agree
to give the arbitrator power to determine all issues, an arbitrator must select the
final offer of one of the parties without modification.
This bill eliminates the process to resolve a dispute between a city of the first
class and the representative of the police officers employed by the city. Under the bill,
a dispute between the city of the first class and the representative will follow the
process for dispute resolutions followed by other municipalities and the
representatives of police officers employed by them.