230.45 Powers and duties of commission and division of equal rights.

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(1)The commission shall:

(a)Conduct hearings on appeals under s. 230.44 .

(am)Serve as an arbitrator, or designate an attorney employed by the commission to serve as an arbitrator, in arbitrations under s. 230.44

(bm).

(c)Serve as final step arbiter in the state employee grievance procedure established under s. 230.04

(14).

(d)Hear appeals under ss. 230.36

(4)and 321.68

(4).

(h)Keep minutes of its own proceedings and other official actions. All such records shall, subject to reasonable rules, be open to public inspection. Records of the director or the administrator which are confidential shall be kept confidential by the commission.

(i)Adopt rules necessary to carry out this section. Notice of the contents of such rules and amendments thereto shall be given promptly to the director, the administrator and appointing authorities affected thereby.

(1e)The division of equal rights shall:

(a)Receive and process complaints of discrimination of state employees under s. 111.375 . In the course of investigating or otherwise processing such a complaint, the division of equal rights may require that an interview with any state employee, except a management or supervisory employee who is a party to or immediately involved in the subject matter of the complaint, be conducted outside the presence of the appointing authority or any representative or agent thereof unless the employee voluntarily requests that presence. An appointing authority shall permit an employee to be interviewed without loss of pay and to have an employee representative present at the interview. An appointing authority of an employee to be interviewed may require the division of equal rights to give the appointing authority reasonable notice prior to the interview.

(b)Receive and process complaints of retaliatory disciplinary action under s. 230.85 .

(c)Keep minutes of its own proceedings and other official actions relating to this chapter. All such records shall, subject to reasonable rules, be open to public inspection. Records of the director or the administrator which are confidential shall be kept confidential by the division of equal rights.