Section 16.08. Proceedings before ad hoc arbitrator.

  Proceedings before any ad hoc 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 ad hoc grievance arbitrator or arbitration board chair 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 an ad hoc arbitrator or grievance arbitration board chair shall be 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.