(1) The authority shall employ such employees as it may require and shall determine the qualifications and duties of its employees. Appointments to and promotions in the authority shall be made according to merit and fitness.
(2) Subject to subs. (3), (3r) and (3t) and ch. 40, the authority shall establish any of the following:
(a) The compensation of the employees of the authority.
(b) The kinds of leave to which an employee of the authority is entitled, including paid annual leave of absence, paid sick leave, and unpaid leave of absence, except that unused sick leave accumulated prior to July 1, 1997, shall be carried over and made available for the employee’s use for appropriate sick leave purposes or for conversion as provided under s. 40.05 (4) (b), (be), (bm), or (bp).
(c) Any other employment benefits to which an employee of the authority is entitled.
(3)
(a) In this subsection and sub. (4), “carry-over employee” means an employee of the authority who satisfies all of the following:
1. The employee is offered employment by the authority on or before June 29, 1996.
2. Immediately prior to beginning employment with the authority, the employee was employed by the state other than in an academic staff appointment.
3. The position in which the employee was employed under subd. 2. was at the University of Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics.
(c) If an employee of the authority is a carry-over employee, the authority shall, when setting the terms of the carry-over employee’s employment during the period beginning on June 29, 1996, and ending on June 30, 1997, do all of the following:
1. Pay to the carry-over employee the same compensation that the employee would have received if he or she were employed by the state in the position at the University of Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics on June 29, 1996.
2. Grant to the carry-over employee, except when he or she is on an unpaid leave of absence, a paid holiday on each of the days specified in s. 230.35 (4) (a) as of the last day of the employee’s employment as a state employee and holiday compensatory time off as specified in s. 230.35 (4) (b) as of the last day of the employee’s employment as a state employee if the employee was entitled to those benefits on that day.
3. Grant to the carry-over employee the same paid annual leave of absence, paid sick leave and unpaid leave of absence that the employee received as of the last day of his or her employment as a state employee.
4. Grant to the carry-over employee military leave, treatment of military leave, jury service leave and voting leave in accordance with s. 230.35 (3) and (4) (e) and, to the extent applicable, rules of the division of personnel management in the department of administration governing such leaves for employees in the classified service as of the last day of the employee’s employment as a state employee if the employee was entitled to those benefits on that day.
5. Grant to the carry-over employee the same opportunity for employee training provided under s. 230.046 as of the last day of his or her employment as a state employee if the employee was entitled to those benefits on that day.
(d) If an employee of the authority is not a carry-over employee, the authority shall, from June 29, 1996, to June 30, 1997, provide that employee the same rights, benefits and compensation provided to a carry-over employee under par. (c) who holds a position at the authority with similar duties.
(3r)
(a) In this subsection and sub. (3t), “carry-over employee” means an employee of the authority who satisfies all of the following:
1. The employee is offered employment by the authority on or before June 29, 1996.
2. Immediately prior to beginning employment with the authority, the employee was employed in an academic staff appointment.
3. The position in which the employee was employed under subd. 2. was at the University of Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics.
(b) If an employee of the authority is a carry-over employee, the authority shall, when setting the terms of the carry-over employee’s employment for the period beginning on June 29, 1996, and ending on June 30, 1997, do all of the following:
1. Enter into an employment contract for such period with the carry-over employee. For such period, the contract shall provide the carry-over employee with the same procedural guarantees provided to persons having academic staff appointments under s. 36.15 on June 29, 1996.
2. Pay to the carry-over employee the same compensation that the employee would have received if he or she were employed by the state in his or her academic staff appointment at the University of Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics on June 29, 1996.
3. Grant to the carry-over employee, except when he or she is on an unpaid leave of absence, a paid holiday on each of the days specified as a holiday in policies and procedures established by the board of regents under s. 36.15 (2) as of the last day of the employee’s employment as a state employee and any holiday compensatory time off that may be specified in policies and procedures established by the board of regents under s. 36.15 (2) as of the last day of the employee’s employment in the academic staff appointment.
4. Grant to the carry-over employee the same paid annual leave of absence, paid sick leave and unpaid leave of absence that the employee received as of the last day of his or her employment in the academic staff appointment.
5. Grant to the carry-over employee military leave, treatment of military leave, jury service leave and voting leave in accordance with policies and procedures established by the board of regents under s. 36.15 (2) and, as of the last day of the employee’s employment in the academic staff appointment.
6. Grant to the carry-over employee the same opportunity for any employee training that may be provided under policies and procedures established by the board of regents under s. 36.15 (2) as of the last day of his or her employment in the academic staff appointment.
(3t) Unless expressly prohibited under ch. 40 or under federal law, the authority shall, from June 29, 1996, to June 30, 1997, not change to the detriment of a carry-over employee any employee benefit plan provided to the carry-over employee as of the last day of the employee’s employment in the academic staff appointment.
(4) Notwithstanding the requirement that an employee be a state employee, a carry-over employee of the authority who was employed in a position in the classified service immediately prior to beginning employment with the authority shall, from June 29, 1996, to June 30, 1997, have the same transfer rights under s. 230.29 and the rules of the division of personnel management in the department of administration governing transfers as a person who holds a position in the classified service.
