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Wis. Stat. § 111.86 (2026)

Grievance arbitration

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111.86111.86 Grievance arbitration.
111.86(1)(1) Parties to the dispute pertaining to the interpretation of a collective bargaining agreement may agree in writing to have the commission or any other appointing state agency serve as arbitrator or may designate any other competent, impartial and disinterested persons to so serve. Such arbitration proceedings shall be governed by ch. 788.
111.86(2)(2) The division shall charge a state department or agency the employer’s share of the cost related to grievance arbitration under sub. (1) for any arbitration that involves one or more employees of the state department or agency. Each state department or agency so charged shall pay the amount that the division charges from the appropriation account or accounts used to pay the salary of the grievant. Funds received under this subsection shall be credited to the appropriation account under s. 20.505 (1) (ks).
111.86 HistoryHistory: 1971 c. 270; 1979 c. 32 s. 92 (15); 1985 a. 42; 1995 a. 27; 2003 a. 33; 2015 a. 55.
111.86 Cross-referenceCross-reference: See also ch. ERC 23, Wis. adm. code.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 6 cases, 1980–1993 · leading case: Bd. of Regents of the Univ. of Wisconsin Sys. v. Wisconsin Pers. Comm'n, 309 N.W.2d 366 (Wis. Ct. App. 1981).
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Bd. of Regents of the Univ. of Wisconsin Sys. v. Wisconsin Pers. Comm'n, 309 N.W.2d 366 (Wis. Ct. App. 1981). · cites it 2× “[13] A contention by Miller that the Personnel Board or the successor Personnel Commission has subject-matter jurisdiction by virtue of its appointment as an arbitrator under sec. 111.86, Stats., is also ineffectual for failure to amend the pertinent civil service statutes…”
State ex rel. Teaching Assistants Ass'n v. Univ. of Wisconsin-Madison, 292 N.W.2d 657 (Wis. Ct. App. 1980). · cites it 5× “SELRA, of which sec. 111.86, Stats., is a part, applies only to classified state employees as defined in sec.”
Bd. of Educ. of Cmty. Sch. Dist. No. 1 v. Compton, 526 N.E.2d 149 (Ill. 1988). “1987) (binding arbitration enforceable under arbitration act granting court jurisdiction); N.Y. Civ. Serv. Law §205 (5)(d) (McKinney 1983) (specifically removing jurisdiction of employee contract disputes from public employment relations board); Wis.”
State v. P. G. Miron Constr. Co., 498 N.W.2d 889 (Wis. Ct. App. 1993). · cites it 2× “Section 111.86. Because the legislature has not plainly expressed its will that the State of Wisconsin be subjected to the arbitration provisions of ch.”
Milwaukee Dist. Council 48 v. Milwaukee Sewerage Comm'n, 321 N.W.2d 309 (Wis. Ct. App. 1982). · cites it 5× “The court concluded that unclassified state employes were excluded from operation of sec. 111.86, Stats., because sec. 111.81(16) provides that SELRA is applicable to classified state employes only: “Employe” includes any state employe in the classified service of the state, as…”
St. Ex Rel. Teach. Assts. v. Wis.-Madison Univ., 292 N.W.2d 657 (Wis. Ct. App. 1980). · cites it 5× “Parties to the dispute pertaining to the interpretation of a collective bargaining agreement may agree in writing to have the commission or any other appointing agency serve as arbitrator or may designate any other competent, impartial and disinterested persons to so serve.”
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