Greetings and welcome to the Iowa Public Employment Relations Board (PERB) web-site.

PERB is an executive branch agency created by the Iowa General Assembly in 1974 to administer the Public Employment Relations Act, Iowa Code chapter 20 which defines the collective bargaining rights and duties of public employers and public employees in Iowa. It is a neutral agency administered by a three-member Board. Currently there are more than 1,170 certified bargaining units in Iowa's public sector, encompassing employees of the state, cities, counties, area education agencies, community colleges, state universities, Iowa's school districts and special purpose districts.

We hope the information on this website is useful to you. Thanks for visiting.

James R. Riordan, Board Chair

NOTICE TO PARTIES REGARDING MEDIATIONS
Due to the budget cut for this fiscal year, all parties are limited to one mediation session which shall not exceed five hours. Thus, it is essential that parties are at impasse and prepared for mediation at the time of their scheduled session.

ACCESS BARGAINING UNIT DESCRIPTIONS AND EMPLOYEE ORGANIZATION CERTIFICATIONS
We are excited to inform you that all of the Represented Bargaining Units are now posted on our website. Click on the link, "Represented Bargaining Units," then select the appropriate employer type: Cities, Counties, K-12 Schools, AEAs and CCs. A listing of Represented Bargaining Units will be displayed by public employer and employee organization. By selecting "Download," you can view and print the documents containing the bargaining unit description and employee organization certification.

CONTRACTS
Please send all current contracts in Word format or PDF via email, preferably Word format, along with the number of employees covered under the agreement to barbara.marchant@iowa.gov. Should you discover that you have not previously sent contracts currently in effect we would like to have those, too.

IMPASSE HEARING SCHEDULE AND DECISIONS
The fact-finding and interest arbitration hearing schedule and text of recently issued fact-finding recommendations and interest arbitration decisions are available for viewing by clicking on the "Impasse Activity" link on this home page.