Decatur County v. Public Employment Relations Board

HARRIS, Justice.

This case presents a novel challenge to a routine administrative determination by the public employment relations board (PERB). The suit concerns whether a proposal for employee benefits is a mandatory subject of bargaining under Iowa Code section 20.9 (1995). We think PERB was correct in holding it is.

Decatur County is a public employer. The intervenor, Public, Professional and Maintenance Employees, Local 2003 (the union), is an employee organization certified as the exclusive bargaining representative for the public employees of the Decatur County secondary road department.…