Section 30.14. Arbitration hearing.

 

(1)   Notice of hearing. Following the receipt of notification of appointment, the chairperson of the board of arbitration, or the single arbitrator shall serve, as set forth in s. ERC 10.07 , each of the parties and the other members of the board of arbitration, if any, with a notice of hearing, establishing the date, time and place for the arbitration hearing.

(2)   Amendment or withdrawal. The notice of hearing may be amended or withdrawn at any time before the close of the arbitration hearing.

(3)   Scope of hearing. The hearing shall be public and for the purpose of gathering information on the basis of which the arbitrator or board of arbitration shall issue a compulsory final and binding arbitration award on the issue or issues in dispute. The arbitrator or board of arbitration shall give weight to the factors set forth in s. 111.77 (6) , Stats., and the parties shall be prepared to present evidence and argument relating to the factors involved. Except as otherwise required by commission rules, proceedings before the arbitrator shall 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.

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