The Wisconsin Personnel Commission was abolished in 2003.However, the rulings of the Personnel Commission continue to be cited in decisions that are issued by successor agencies. The Commission’s on-line Digest of Decisions is maintained solely as a research tool.
Highlighted numbers are linked to the next level of the subject matter index.
NOTE: Matters filed with the Wisconsin Personnel Commission are designated as either appeals or complaints. The Commission's statutory bases for review of appeals do not provide for an investigation by the Commission. In contrast, the statutory bases for review of complaints provide for an investigation. In this digest, decisions relating to complaints are found in chapters 701 through 796, while decisions relating to appeals are located in chapters 101 through 690. Especially for anyone researching a procedural issue, it is adviasable to look under the appropriate headings for both appeals and complaints.
100
Jurisdiction [Appeals]
200 Disciplinary Actions: Discharges, Suspensions,
Reductions in Base Pay and Demotions
300 Layoffs/Job Abandonments
400 Decisions of the Administrator/Secretary
500 Procedure and Related Topics [Appeals]
600 Non-Disciplinary Actions of the Appointing
Authority
700 Fair Employment Act & Related Satutory Bases
for Filing Complaints
100
Jurisdiction [Appeals]
101
General
102 Timeliness of
an appeal
103 Subject
matter and parties involved
104 Jurisdiction
to determine jurisdiction
107 Effect of
prior settlement agreement reached in another proceeding
110 Declaratory
rulings (see also 523)
130 Authority to
award relief/impose remedy (see also 521)
200
Disciplinary Actions: Discharges, Suspensions, Reductions in Base Pay and Demotions
201
Written notice of disciplinary actions
201.50
Standard of judgment [see 501.02(2)]
202 Was some
discipline warranted§
205 Specific
defenses
210 Was
discipline imposed excessive§
240 Demotion
250 Suspension
270 Relief
awarded
300
Layoffs/Job Abandonments
301
Standard of judgment
302 Particular
issues
303 Just cause
standard applied, generally
310 Relief
awarded
400
Decisions of the Administrator/Secretary
401
Notice
402 Standard of
judgment (see 501.03)
403 Particular
actions
420 Relief
awarded (see also 130)
500
Procedure and Related Topics [Appeals]
500.50
Filing fee
501 Standard of
judgment
502 Burden of
proof/proceeding
502.75 Issue
for hearing
503 Mootness
503.50
Standing
504 Amendment
(see also 712.5)
504.50
Bifurcated hearing
505 Consolidation
of appeals
505.50 Open
records law
506 Discovery
506.50 Proper
parties
507 Prior notice
of witnesses and exhibits
508 Witnesses and
exhibits (see also 510)
510 Evidence
511 Motions
512 Procedural
rules
513 Timing
(including postponement/acceleration of proceedings)
514 Location of
hearing
515 Dismissal
516 Stay of order
517 Objections to
proposed decision, request for oral argument, rehearing, reconsideration or reopening a
hearing
518
Disqualification/commission votes
519 Findings,
conclusions and order
520 Failure to
reach all issues
521 Fees and
costs -- Equal Access to Justice Act
522 Other issues
523 Declaratory
rulings
600
Non-disciplinary Actions of the Appointing Authority
605
Generally
610 Designation
of status of positions
615 Selection
process decisions (see also 667)
622 Transfers
625 Promotions
630 Probationary
period issues
635 Medical leave
of absence
637 Merit
increase decisions
640 Flex-time
645 Work
assignment
650 Hazardous
duty (§230.36)
655 Code of
ethics
660 §230.37:
Employee infirmities
667
Reinstatement/resotration
670 Voluntary
demotion
675 Relief
awarded (see also 130)
680 Processing of
non-contractual grievances
683 Rate of pay
686 Career
executive actions
690 Overtime
700 Fair
Employment Act and Related Statutory Bases for Filing Complaints
702
Subject matter jurisdiction
704 Effect of
bargaining agreement (§111.93(3), Stats.) and additional complaint procedures
706 Timeliness
710 Parties
712 Complaint
713 Interlocutory
relief
714 Investigation
715 Initial
determination
717 Relationship
with other proceedings/matters
719 Mootness
720 Standing
721 Standard of
judgment and analysis
722 Burden of
proof
724 Discovery
(also see 506)
726 Issue for
hearing
728 Hearing and
post-hearing procedure
730
Evidence/witnesses
732 Motions
734
Postponement/delays
735 Settlement
efforts and agreements (also see 717.5 and 738.4)
736 Dismissal
(includes failure to respond to 20 day letter)
738
Reopen/rehearing
740 Findings,
conclusions, order
742
Remedy/sanctions
760 Specific
applications of principles
766 Age
768 Arrest
record/conviction record
770 Color
772 Creed
773 Family
leave/medical leave
774 Disability
(formerly listed as handicap)
776 Honesty
testing device
778 Marital
status
780 National
origin/ancestry
782 Occupational
safety and health
784 Race
786 Retaliation
(i.e., retaliation under FEA)
788 Sex
790 Sexual
orientation
792 Whistleblower
(subch. III, ch. 230, Stats.)
796 Employment
action involved in the claim
While this digest has been prepared by Personnel Commission staff for the convenience of interested persons, it should be remembered that the decisions themselves are the ultimate source of Commission precedent.