Section 31.07. Final offers.  


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  • (1) Contents generally. Final offers shall contain proposals relating only to wages, hours and conditions of employment or other matters subject to arbitration under s. 111.70 (4) (jm) 4. , Stats., except either final offer may contain proposals relating to permissive subjects of bargaining if there is no timely objection under s. ERC 31.08 or 31.09 by the other party to the inclusion of the proposals in a final offer. Absent a timely objection, the proposals shall be treated as mandatory subjects of bargaining for the duration of the s. 111.70 (4) (jm) , Stats., impasse resolution process, including any exchanges of final offers which may follow declaratory ruling proceedings under s. ERC 31.09 .
    (2) Modification of final offers following close of investigation. Following the close of the investigation, a party may modify its proposal on any of the subjects in dispute when the investigation was closed without the consent of the other party, unless and until the arbitrator appointed under s. ERC 31.11 declares otherwise. However, following the close of the investigation, a party shall not submit to the arbitrator a proposal on a subject not in dispute when the investigation was closed without the written consent of the other party.
History: CR 02-037 : cr. Register June 2006 No. 606 , eff. 7-1-06.