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 grievances over the interpretation and application of existing agreements. An arbitrator’s decision on a grievance may not change or amend the terms, conditions, or applications of the collective bargaining agreement. Such procedures shall provide for the invoking of arbitration only with the approval of the employee organization in all instances, and in the case of an employee grievance, only with the additional approval of the public employee. The costs of arbitration shall be shared equally by the parties.
2. Public employees of the state or public employees covered by civil service shall follow either the grievance procedures provided in a collective bargaining agreement, or in the event that grievance procedures are not provided, shall follow grievance procedures established pursuant to chapter 8A, subchapter IV, or chapter 400, as applicable. [C75, 77, 79, 81, §20.18] 86 Acts, ch 1118, §1; 2003 Acts, ch 145, §145; 2010 Acts, ch 1165, §23 Referred to in §235A.15 \n
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3 in the last 5 years), 1979–2026 · leading case:
Kucera v. Baldazo, 745 N.W.2d 481 (Iowa 2008).
Kucera v. Baldazo, 745 N.W.2d 481 (Iowa 2008).
· cites it 20× “Iowa Code § 20.18 (1985). 9 . Prior to the 1986 amendment the first paragraph of section 400.”
Charles City Cmty. Sch. Dist. v. Pub. Emp. Relations Bd., 275 N.W.2d 766 (Iowa 1979).
· cites it 18× “9 provides negotiations shall also include "grievance procedures for resolving any questions arising under the agreement"; section 20.18 subsequently states the collective bargaining agreement may provide for grievance procedures for consideration of public employee grievances…”
Iowa City Cmty. Sch. Dist. v. Iowa City Educ. Ass'n, 343 N.W.2d 139 (Iowa 1983).
· cites it 10× “" This provision mirrors *142 the statutory provision in Code section 20.18. The statutory provision also states: "Negotiated procedures may provide for binding arbitration of public employee grievances and of disputes over the interpretation and application of existing…”
Sergeant Bluff-Luton Educ. Ass'n v. Sergeant Bluff-Luton Cmty. Sch. Dist., 282 N.W.2d 144 (Iowa 1979).
· cites it 2× “This provision is consistent with the statutory authorization for grievance procedures, section 20.18, which provides in part: Negotiated procedures may provide for binding arbitration of public employee grievances and of disputes over the interpretation and application of…”
City of Des Moines v. Civil Serv. Comm'n, 540 N.W.2d 52 (Iowa 1995).
· cites it 2× “" The 1986 amendment to Iowa Code section 20.18 provided that public employees covered by civil service, as well as other employees, shall follow grievance procedures provided in any applicable collective bargaining agreements.”
Allen v. Hennepin Cnty., 680 N.W.2d 560 (Minn. Ct. App. 2004).
· cites it 2× “Iowa Code § 20.18 (2001); Mass. Gen. Laws ch.”
State v. State Police Officers Council, 525 N.W.2d 834 (Iowa 1994).
· cites it 2× “2d at 142 ; Iowa Code § 20.18 . IV. Attorney Fees. Each party is generally responsible for its own attorney fees in the absence of a statute or enforceable contractual provision allowing for fee-shifting.”
Troy Kleppe v. Fort Dodge Police Dep't & City of Fort Dodge, Iowa (Iowa Ct. App. 2020).
· cites it 16× “at *3 (citing Iowa Code § 20.18 ). Because Harrison could not show he exhausted his contractual remedies (or that the union breached its duty of fair representation in refusing to arbitrate), he could not bring a separate contract claim.”
— Iowa Code § 20.18(1) — 2 cases
Troy Kleppe v. Fort Dodge Police Dep't & City of Fort Dodge, Iowa (Iowa Ct. App. 2020).
“at *3 (citing Iowa Code § 20.18 ). Because Harrison could not show he exhausted his contractual remedies (or that the union breached its duty of fair representation in refusing to arbitrate), he could not bring a separate contract claim.”
— Iowa Code § 20.18(2) — 3 cases
Troy Kleppe v. Fort Dodge Police Dep't & City of Fort Dodge, Iowa (Iowa Ct. App. 2020).
“at *3 (citing Iowa Code § 20.18 ). Because Harrison could not show he exhausted his contractual remedies (or that the union breached its duty of fair representation in refusing to arbitrate), he could not bring a separate contract claim.”
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