SUPREME COURT CLEARS WAY FOR COLLECTIVE BARGAINING LAW
Wednesday, June 15th, 2011 -- 1:33 PM
The Wisconsin State Supreme Court says a Dane County Judge overstepped her authority in halting the Governor's controversial collective bargaining law.Local municipalities are still waiting to figure out what the ruling means for them.
Specifically: does the ruling mean the law was in place in March, or will it now take effect when it's published? Republicans have maintained the law was published on March 25th, when it was posted to a state website.
'Wisconsin's' Secretary of State said Wednesday he?ll publish the law and it will take effect on June 29th.
Meanwhile, Gov. Walker's Administration said state workers won't begin making increased contributions until late August.
Neillsville Deputy City Clerk Ellen Clark and Clark County Personnel Director Kathryn Roellick say they haven?t been taking increased pension and health insurance payments from their employees.
They?re waiting to learn if the workers will have to pay back the city, retroactive to March 25th.
Roellick had a webinar scheduled for Wednesday afternoon she hoped would offer some clarity.
The law will have an immediate impact on about 100 Clark County non-union and elected employees. The county?s unions are under contract through December 31st, 2012, so the changes won?t impact them until January, 2013.
Neillsville has about 21 union and non-union workers.
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