Wisconsin Administrative Code
Employment Relations Commission
ERC 10-19 - Municipal Employment Relations Act
Chapter ERC 10 - General municipal sector provisions
Section ERC 10.06 - Filing with the commission or with commission personnel

(1) COMPLETION OF FILING WITH THE COMMISSION. Except as otherwise specifically provided in the rules chapter applicable to the document involved, filing of a document with the commission is completed when the document and any associated filing fee is actually received by the commission at its Madison office during normal business hours by physical delivery, mail, fax or e-mail. The commission's normal business hours at all work locations are 7:45 AM to 4:30 PM, Monday through Friday, excluding legal holidays. E-mail communications to the commission shall be directed to the commission's central e-mail address.

Note: For the commission's Madison office, the mailing address is 2418 Crossroads Dr., Suite 1000, Madison, WI 53718-7896 and the central e-mail address is werc@werc.state.wi.us.

(2) COMPLETION OF FILING WITH COMMISSION PERSONNEL. Filing of documents with individual commission personnel is completed when the document is actually received, either at the commission's Madison office during normal business hours or at the individual commission employee's work location during normal business hours, by physical delivery, mail, fax or e-mail. The commission's normal business hours at all work locations are 7:45 AM to 4:30 PM, Monday through Friday, excluding legal holidays. E-mail communications to individual commission personnel may be directed either to the commission's central e-mail address or to the commission employee's e-mail address. The e-mail addresses of individual commission employees are available from the commission's Madison office and on the commission's website.

(3) UPON WHOM SERVED. Except as otherwise specifically provided in the rules chapter applicable to the document involved, all documents filed with the commission or with an individual commission employee shall be served on the attorney or other representative of each party and on all parties not represented by an attorney or other representative. Serving a party's attorney or representative shall constitute serving the party. Where specifically required by the rules chapter applicable to the document involved, a copy shall also be transmitted to the represented party.

(4) STATEMENT OF SERVICE. Documents filed with the commission or with an individual commission employee shall identify who has been or is being served with a copy.

(5) SIGNATURE FACSIMILE. Signature facsimile requirements of chs. ERC 10 to 19, 30 to 32, 40, and 50 are met by a photocopy of a handwritten signature for documents filed in paper form; by a faxed copy of a handwritten signature for documents filed via fax; and by either a graphic copy of a handwritten signature or a typed name preceded by "/s/" for documents filed via e-mail.