20.1 Public policy. 1. The general assembly declares that it is the public policy of the state to promote harmonious and cooperative relationships between government and its employees by permitting public employees to organize and bargain collectively; to protect the citizens of this state by assuring effective and orderly operations of government in providing for […]
20.10 Prohibited practices. 1. It shall be a prohibited practice for any public employer, public employee, or employee organization to refuse to negotiate in good faith with respect to the scope of negotiations as defined in section 20.9. 2. It shall be a prohibited practice for a public employer or the employer’s designated representative to: […]
20.11 Prohibited practice violations. 1. Proceedings against a party alleging a violation of section 20.10 shall be commenced by filing a complaint with the board within ninety days of the alleged violation, causing a copy of the complaint to be served upon the accused party. The accused party shall have ten days within which to […]
20.12 Strikes prohibited — penalties. 1. It shall be unlawful for any public employee or any employee organization, directly or indirectly, to induce, instigate, encourage, authorize, ratify, or participate in a strike against any public employer. 2. It shall be unlawful for any public employer to authorize, consent to, or condone a strike; or to […]
20.13 Bargaining unit determination. 1. Board determination of an appropriate bargaining unit shall be upon petition filed by a public employer, public employee, or employee organization. 2. Within thirty days of receipt of a petition, the board shall conduct a public hearing, receive written or oral testimony, and promptly thereafter file an order defining the […]
20.14 Bargaining representative determination. 1. Board certification of an employee organization as the exclusive bargaining representative of a bargaining unit shall be upon a petition filed with the board by a public employer, public employee, or an employee organization and an election conducted pursuant to section 20.15. 2. The petition of an employee organization shall […]
20.15 Elections — agreements with the state. 1. Initial certification elections. a. Upon the filing of a petition for certification of an employee organization, the board shall submit a question to the public employees at an election in the bargaining unit found appropriate by the board. The question on the ballot shall permit the public […]
20.16 Duty to bargain. Upon the receipt by a public employer of a request from an employee organization to bargain on behalf of public employees, the duty to engage in collective bargaining shall arise if the employee organization has been certified by the board as the exclusive bargaining representative for the public employees in that […]
20.17 Procedures. 1. The employee organization certified as the bargaining representative shall be the exclusive representative of all public employees in the bargaining unit and shall represent all public employees fairly. However, any public employee may meet and adjust individual complaints with a public employer. To sustain a claim that a certified employee organization has […]
20.18 Grievance procedures. 1. An agreement with an employee organization which is the exclusive representative of public employees in an appropriate unit may provide procedures for the consideration of public employee and employee organization grievances over the interpretation and application of agreements. Negotiated procedures may provide for binding arbitration of public employee and employee organization […]
20.19 Impasse procedures — agreement of parties. 1. As the first step in the performance of their duty to bargain, the public employer and the employee organization shall endeavor to agree upon impasse procedures. Such agreement shall provide for implementation of these impasse procedures not later than one hundred twenty days prior to the certified […]
20.2 Title. This chapter shall be known as the “Public Employment Relations Act”. [C75, 77, 79, 81, §20.2]
20.20 Mediation. In the absence of an impasse agreement negotiated pursuant to section 20.19 or the failure of either party to utilize its procedures, one hundred twenty days prior to the certified budget submission date, or one hundred twenty days prior to May 31 of the year when the collective bargaining agreement is to become […]
20.21 Fact-finding. Repealed by 2010 Acts, ch 1165, §31.
20.22 Binding arbitration. 1. If an impasse persists ten days after the mediator has been appointed, the board shall have the power, upon request of either party, to arrange for arbitration, which shall be binding. The request for arbitration shall be in writing and a copy of the request shall be served upon the other […]
20.23 Legal actions. Any employee organization and public employer may sue or be sued as an entity under the provisions of this chapter. Service upon the public employer shall be in accordance with law or the rules of civil procedure. Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to make any individual or the individual’s assets […]
20.24 Notice and service — electronic filing system. The board shall by rule establish an electronic filing system for the filing or service of any notice or other document required or permitted by law to be filed with or served on or filed or served by the board. Unless otherwise provided by law, the board […]
20.25 Internal conduct of employee organizations. 1. Every employee organization which is certified as a representative of public employees under the provisions of this chapter shall file with the board a registration report, signed by its president or other appropriate officer. The report shall be in a form prescribed by the board and shall be […]
20.26 Employee organizations — political contributions — penalties. 1. An employee organization shall not make any direct or indirect contribution out of the funds of the employee organization to any political party or organization or in support of any candidate for elective public office. 2. Any employee organization which violates the provisions of this section […]
20.27 Conflict with federal aid. If any provision of this chapter jeopardizes the receipt by the state or any of its political subdivisions of any federal grant-in-aid funds or other federal allotment of money, the provisions of this chapter shall, insofar as the fund is jeopardized, be deemed to be inoperative. [C75, 77, 79, 81, […]
