Board of Personnel Appeals

Current Members
Kerry Davant, Presiding Officer

Jenny Stringer, Management Board Member

Julie Smith, Management Board Member 

James Wonnacott, Labor Board Memeber

Alternate Members

William O'Connor, Presiding Officer 

BOPA Forms Portal

You may select the BOPA Forms Portal button to submit requests for the following:

• Mediation
• Arbitration
• Factfinding
• Interest Based Bargaining Training and Facilitation
• Affinity Training and Facilitation
• Labor Management Commitee Training and Facilitation
• Classification Appeal
• Non-Union Grievance

You will be prompted to create a user account. Once this account has been created, you will have the option to submit a request.

Other BOPA Forms

• Unfair Labor Practice
• Petition to Intervene
• New Unit Determination
• Decertification
• Unit Clarification
• Classification and Wage Appeal Form

These are common forms used in filing cases before the Board of Personnel Appeals. Parties to cases before the Board are encouraged to use this format, although a form of your own construction is acceptable provided the form contains the same substantive information as the forms found at this website. When submitting a case to the Board the original hard copy should be submitted along with three copies of the original. The completed form, necessary copies, and any attachments should be sent to the attention of the:

Board of Personnel Appeals
P.O. Box 201503
Helena, MT 59620-1503
(406) 444-6543
DLIERDBOPA@mt.gov

A complete text of Board rules can be found at BOPA Administrative Rules.

As part of its statutory obligation, the Board of Personnel Appeal maintains a roster of qualified arbitrators to hear disputes arising out of collective bargaining agreement interpretation in the public sector, State of Montana, political subdivisions of the State, and school districts.
To view the resumes of arbitrators currently on the roster, select the name of the arbitrator and a PDF version of their resume will be displayed. 
The parties to the arbitration as well as arbitrators wishing to be included on the roster or arbitrators currently on the roster should be aware of the disclosure of 27-5-116 Montana Code Annotated. See the Statute for more information.
Arbitrators who want to modify their resumes or who wish to be considered for inclusion on the roster can submit a PDF resume for consideration by the board by emailing DLIERDBOPA@mt.gov.
If you wish the Board to generate a panel of arbitrators for your dispute contact DLIERDBOPA@mt.gov or 406-444-6543.