WI Stat § 36.115 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 36 - University of Wisconsin system.|36.115 - Personnel systems.

36.115  Personnel systems. (1) In this section:(a) “Chancellor” means the chancellor of the University of Wisconsin-Madison.(b) “State specialists” means faculty or academic staff at the University of Wisconsin-Platteville, University of Wisconsin-River Falls, University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point, or University of Wisconsin-Madison College of Agricultural and Life Sciences with appointments partially or fully funded through the division of extension at the University of Wisconsin-Madison in the field of applied agricultural research. (2) Except as provided in sub. (8), the board shall develop a personnel system that is separate and distinct from the personnel system under ch. 230 for all system employees except system employees assigned to the University of Wisconsin-Madison. (3) Except as provided in sub. (8), the chancellor shall develop a personnel system that is separate and distinct from the personnel system under ch. 230 for all system employees assigned to the University of Wisconsin-Madison. (3m) The board shall set the salary ranges for all of the following positions:(ae) Each of the vice chancellors who is serving as deputy at the University of Wisconsin System campuses at Eau Claire, Green Bay, La Crosse, Oshkosh, Parkside, Platteville, River Falls, Stevens Point, Stout, Superior, and Whitewater and each of the vice chancellors who is serving as deputy at the University of Wisconsin Colleges and the University of Wisconsin-Extension.(am) The vice presidents of the University of Wisconsin System.(ar) The chancellors at the University of Wisconsin System campuses at Eau Claire, Green Bay, La Crosse, Oshkosh, Parkside, Platteville, River Falls, Stevens Point, Stout, Superior, and Whitewater and the chancellors of the University of Wisconsin Colleges and the University of Wisconsin-Extension.(b) The vice chancellor who is serving as deputy at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee.(bm) The senior vice presidents of the University of Wisconsin System.(c) The vice chancellor who is serving as deputy at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.(d) The chancellor at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee.(e) The chancellor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.(f) The president of the University of Wisconsin System.(g) The associate and assistant vice presidents, vice chancellors not identified in pars. (ae), (b), or (c), assistant chancellors, associate and assistant vice chancellors, and administrative directors and associate directors of physical plant, general operations and services, and auxiliary enterprises activities or their equivalent, of each University of Wisconsin institution, the University of Wisconsin-Extension, and the University of Wisconsin System administration. (4) The personnel systems developed under subs. (2) and (3) shall include a civil service system, a grievance procedure that addresses employee terminations, and provisions that address employee discipline and workplace safety. The grievance procedure shall include all of the following elements:(a) A written document specifying the process that a grievant and an employer must follow.(b) A hearing before an impartial hearing officer.(c) An appeal process in which the highest level of appeal is the board. (5) (a) The personnel systems developed under subs. (2) and (3) shall be implemented on July 1, 2015.(b) The board may not implement the personnel system developed under sub. (2) unless it has been approved by the joint committee on employment relations. This paragraph does not apply to revisions made under sub. (8) (b) or (d).(c) The chancellor may not implement the personnel system developed under sub. (3) unless it has been approved by the joint committee on employment relations. This paragraph does not apply to revisions made under sub. (8) (b) or (d). (6) All system employees holding positions in the classified or unclassified service of the civil service system under ch. 230 on June 30, 2015, shall be included in the personnel systems developed under subs. (2) and (3). System employees holding positions in the classified service on June 30, 2015, who have achieved permanent status in class on that date, shall retain, while serving in the positions in the system, those protections afforded employees in the classified service under ss. 230.34 (1) (a) and 230.44 (1) (c) relating to demotion, suspension, discharge, layoff, or reduction in base pay. Such employees shall also have reinstatement privileges to the classified service as provided under s. 230.31 (1). System employees holding positions in the classified service on June 30, 2015, who have not achieved permanent status in class on that date are eligible to receive the protections, privileges, and rights preserved under this subsection if they successfully complete service equivalent to the probationary period required in the classified service for the positions which they hold on that date.  (7) Except as provided in sub. (8), the board shall establish and maintain consistent employment relations policies and practices for all system employees except system employees assigned to the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and the chancellor shall establish and maintain consistent employment relations policies and practices for all system employees assigned to the University of Wisconsin-Madison. (8) (a) No later than January 1, 2018, the board shall develop and implement a plan that includes all of the following for each institution within the system, including the University of Wisconsin-Madison:1. Policies for monitoring teaching workloads of faculty and instructional academic staff, including requirements for individual faculty and instructional academic staff members to report the number of hours spent teaching to the system administration.2. Policies for rewarding faculty and instructional academic staff who teach more than a standard academic load.(b) The board and the chancellor shall revise the personnel systems developed under subs. (2) and (3) and the employment relations policies and practices established under sub. (7) as necessary to ensure that the systems, policies, and practices are consistent with the plan required under par. (a).(c) No later than September 1, 2021, the board shall develop and implement a plan that includes policies for monitoring extension and outreach workloads of state specialists, including requirements for individual state specialists to report their extension and outreach hours to the system administration.(d) The board and the chancellor shall revise the personnel systems developed under subs. (2) and (3) and the employment relations policies and practices established under sub. (7) as necessary to ensure that the systems, policies, and practices are consistent with the plan required under par. (c).History:  2011 a. 32; 2013 a. 20; 2015 a. 55; 2017 a. 59; 2021 a. 11.