Section 16.05. Proceedings before commission-employed arbitrator.

  Proceedings before any commission-employed grievance arbitrator or grievance arbitration board chair, selected through the procedures described in this chapter, including subpoena practice, shall be as provided in ch. 788 , Stats. Except as otherwise required by commission rules, proceedings before the commission-employed grievance arbitrator shall also be conducted in accordance with the ethical standards and procedures set forth in the Code of Professional Responsibility for Arbitrators of Labor-Management Disputes as approved and amended from time to time by the National Academy of Arbitrators, American Arbitration Association and Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service. The Code, as amended, is available in electronic form on the commission website and in paper form on request from the commission. Hearings conducted by a commission-employed arbitrator shall not be open to the public unless the parties jointly agree otherwise.

History: CR 02-037 : cr. Register June 2006 No. 606 , eff. 7-1-06.