Wisconsin Administrative Code
Employment Relations Commission
ERC 30-39 - Municipal Sector Interest Dispute Resolution Processes
Chapter ERC 30 - Municipal interest arbitration involving fire fighting and law enforcement personnel under s. 111.77, Stats
Section ERC 30.12 - Certification of results of investigation or hearing, or certification based on stipulation

(1) WHEN ISSUED. After consideration of either the report of the informal investigation, or the record adduced in the formal hearing, or the parties' stipulation to waive the investigation, the commission shall issue a certification of the result of the investigation or hearing, or on the basis of the stipulation, with respect to a determination as to whether compulsory final and binding arbitration should be initiated, and serve copies on the parties as set forth in s. ERC 10.07.

(2) CONTENTS. The certification shall contain findings of fact and conclusions of law material in the matter, and an order either initiating compulsory final and binding arbitration and designating the form of arbitration, or dismissing the petition or stipulation, consistent with the purposes and policy of s. 111.77, Stats. The commission shall designate Form 2 final offer package arbitration as defined in s. 111.77(4) (b), Stats., as the form of arbitration unless the parties have previously agreed either to non-final offer non-package Form 1 arbitration as defined in s. 111.77(4) (a), Stats., or to their own procedures for resolving the impasse.

(3) SUBMISSION OF PANEL. If the certification requires arbitration and the parties have not previously agreed to their own procedures for resolving the impasse, the parties shall be directed to select an arbitrator within 10 days after the issuance of the certification, or within a different time period agreed upon between the parties, from a panel of 5 arbitrators designated by the commission. Selection of arbitrators for inclusion on the panel shall be as provided in s. ERC 40.06(3), with arbitrators randomly selected from among the roster members available for service at the time the request is processed. The commission shall supply the parties with copies of the biographical and fee information on file with the commission regarding each arbitrator whose name is supplied to the parties by the commission. In the absence of an agreement to another method of selection, the parties shall select the arbitrator by alternately striking names from the panel until a single name remains, who shall be the arbitrator. The order of proceeding in the selection process shall be determined by lot.

(4) SERVICE OF CERTIFICATION AND PANEL. Copies of the certification and the names of the panel members shall be served on the parties as set forth in s. ERC 10.07.

(5) ARBITRATOR IMPARTIALITY. The commission shall designate only competent, impartial and disinterested persons to act as arbitrators or to be included in a panel of arbitrators.