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MI Comp L § 423.209 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 423 - Labor Disputes and Employment Relations|Act 336 of 1947 - Public Employment Relations (423.201 - 423.217)|Section 423.209 - Public Employees; Rights; Prohibited Conduct; Violation; Civil Fine.

423.209 Public employees; rights; prohibited conduct; violation; civil fine.Sec. 9.  (1) Public employees may do any of the following:  (a) Organize together or form, join, or assist in labor organizations; engage in lawful concerted activities for the purpose of collective negotiation or bargaining or other mutual aid and protection; or negotiate or bargain collectively with their public employers through representatives of their own free choice.  (b) Refrain from any or all of the activities identified in subdivision (a).  (2) No person shall by force, intimidation, or unlawful threats compel or attempt to compel any public employee to do any of the following:  (a) Become or remain a member of a labor organization or bargaining representative or otherwise affiliate with or financially support a labor organization or bargaining representative.  (b) Refrain from engaging in employment or refrain from joining a labor organization or bargaining representative or otherwise affiliating with or financially supporting a labor organization or bargaining representative.  (c) Pay to any charitable organization or third party an amount that is in lieu of, equivalent to, or any portion of dues, fees, assessments, or other charges or expenses required of members of or public employees represented by a labor organization or bargaining representative.  (d) Pay the costs of an independent examiner verification as described in section 10(9).  (3) A person who violates subsection (2) is liable for a civil fine of not more than $500.00. A civil fine recovered under this section shall be submitted to the state treasurer for deposit in the general fund of this state. History: Add. 1965, Act 379, Imd. Eff. July 23, 1965 ;-- Am. 2012, Act 349, Eff. Mar. 28, 2013 ;-- Am. 2014, Act 414, Imd. Eff. Dec. 30, 2014 Compiler's Notes: Enacting section 1 of Act 349 of 2012 provides:"Enacting section 1. If any part or parts of this act are found to be in conflict with the state constitution of 1963, the United States constitution, or federal law, this act shall be implemented to the maximum extent that the state constitution of 1963, the United States constitution, and federal law permit. Any provision held invalid or inoperative shall be severable from the remaining portions of this act."Enacting section 1 of Act 414 of 2014 provides:"Enacting section 1. If any part or parts of this act are found to be in conflict with the state constitution of 1963, the United States constitution, or federal law, this act shall be implemented to the maximum extent that the state constitution of 1963, the United States constitution, and federal law permit. Any provision held invalid or inoperable shall be severable from the remaining portions of this act."Popular Name: Public Employment Relations
MI Comp L § 423.211 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 423 - Labor Disputes and Employment Relations|Act 336 of 1947 - Public Employment Relations (423.201 - 423.217)|Section 423.211 - Public Employees; Designation of Bargaining Representatives; Grievances of Individual Employees.

423.211 Public employees; designation of bargaining representatives; grievances of individual employees. Sec. 11.  Representatives designated or selected for purposes of collective bargaining by the majority of the public employees in a unit appropriate for such purposes, shall be the exclusive representatives of all the public employees in such unit for the purposes of collective bargaining in respect to rates of pay, wages, hours of employment or other conditions of employment, and shall be so recognized by the public employer: Provided, That any individual employee at any time may present grievances to his employer and have the grievances adjusted, without intervention of the bargaining representative, if the adjustment is not inconsistent with the terms of a collective bargaining contract or agreement then in effect, provided that the bargaining representative has been given opportunity to be present at such adjustment. History: Add. 1965, Act 379, Imd. Eff. July 23, 1965 Popular Name: Public Employment Relations
MI Comp L § 423.212 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 423 - Labor Disputes and Employment Relations|Act 336 of 1947 - Public Employment Relations (423.201 - 423.217)|Section 423.212 - Collective Bargaining Representative; Petition; Investigation; Notice; Hearing; Election by Secret Ballot; Certification of Results; Consent Election.

423.212 Collective bargaining representative; petition; investigation; notice; hearing; election by secret ballot; certification of results; consent election. Sec. 12.  When a petition is filed, in accordance with rules promulgated by the commission:  (a) By a public employee or group of public employees, or an individual or labor organization acting in their behalf, alleging that 30% or more of the public employees within a unit claimed to be appropriate for such purpose wish to be represented for collective bargaining and that their public employer declines to recognize their representative as the representative defined in section 11, or assert that the individual or labor organization, which is certified or is being currently recognized by their public employer as the bargaining representative, is no longer a representative as defined in section 11; or  (b) By a public employer or his representative alleging that 1 or more individuals or labor organizations have presented to him a claim to be recognized as the representative defined in section 11; The commission shall investigate the petition and, if it has reasonable cause to believe that a question of representation exists, shall provide an appropriate hearing after due notice. If the commission finds upon the record of the hearing that such a question of representation exists, it shall direct an election by secret ballot and shall certify the results thereof. Nothing in this section shall be construed to prohibit the waiving of hearings by stipulation for the purpose of a consent election in conformity with the rules of the commission. History: Add. 1965, Act 379, Imd. Eff. July 23, 1965 ;-- Am. 1976, Act 18, Imd. Eff. Feb. 20, 1976 Popular Name: Public Employment RelationsAdmin Rule: R 423.101 et seq. of the Michigan Administrative Code.
MI Comp L § 423.213 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 423 - Labor Disputes and Employment Relations|Act 336 of 1947 - Public Employment Relations (423.201 - 423.217)|Section 423.213 - Decision as to Appropriate Collective Bargaining Unit; Supervisor of Fire Fighting Personnel.

423.213 Decision as to appropriate collective bargaining unit; supervisor of fire fighting personnel. Sec. 13.  The commission shall decide in each case, to insure public employees the full benefit of their right to self-organization, to collective bargaining and otherwise to effectuate the policies of this act, the unit appropriate for the purposes of collective bargaining as provided in section 9e of Act No. 176 of the Public Acts of 1939, as amended, being section 423.9e of the Michigan Compiled Laws: Provided, That in any fire department, or any department in whole or part engaged in, or having the responsibility of, fire fighting, no person subordinate to a fire commission, fire commissioner, safety director, or other similar administrative agency or administrator, shall be deemed to be a supervisor. History: Add. 1965, Act 379, Imd. Eff. July 23, 1965 ;-- Am. 1976, Act 18, Imd. Eff. Feb. 20, 1976 Popular Name: Public Employment Relations
MI Comp L § 423.214 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 423 - Labor Disputes and Employment Relations|Act 336 of 1947 - Public Employment Relations (423.201 - 423.217)|Section 423.214 - Elections; Eligibility to Vote; Rules; Runoff Election; Effect of Collective Bargaining Agreement; Bargaining Unit of Public Employer Consisting of Individuals Not Public Employees as Invalid and Void.

423.214 Elections; eligibility to vote; rules; runoff election; effect of collective bargaining agreement; bargaining unit of public employer consisting of individuals not public employees as invalid and void.Sec. 14.  (1) An election shall not be directed in any bargaining unit or any subdivision within which, in the preceding 12-month period, a valid election was held. The commission shall determine who is eligible to vote in the election and shall promulgate rules governing the election. In an election involving more than 2 choices, if none of the choices on the ballot receives a majority vote, a runoff election shall be conducted between the 2 choices receiving the 2 largest numbers of valid votes cast in the election. An election shall not be directed in any bargaining unit or subdivision of any bargaining unit if there is in force and effect a valid collective bargaining agreement that was not prematurely extended and that is of fixed duration. A collective bargaining agreement does not bar an election upon the petition of persons not parties to the collective bargaining agreement if more than 3 years have elapsed since the agreement's execution or last timely renewal, whichever was later.  (2) An election shall not be directed for, and the commission or a public employer shall not recognize, a bargaining unit of a public employer consisting of individuals who are not public employees. A bargaining unit that is formed or recognized in violation of this subsection is invalid and void. History: Add. 1965, Act 379, Imd. Eff. July 23, 1965 ;-- Am. 1976, Act 18, Imd. Eff. Feb. 20, 1976 ;-- Am. 2012, Act 76, Imd. Eff. Apr. 10, 2012 ;-- Am. 2012, Act 349, Eff. Mar. 28, 2013 Compiler's Notes: Enacting section 1 of Act 349 of 2012 provides:"Enacting section 1. If any part or parts of this act are found to be in conflict with the state constitution of 1963, the United States constitution, or federal law, this act shall be implemented to the maximum extent that the state constitution of 1963, the United States constitution, and federal law permit. Any provision held invalid or inoperative shall be severable from the remaining portions of this act."Popular Name: Public Employment RelationsAdmin Rule: R 423.101 et seq. of the Michigan Administrative Code.
MI Comp L § 423.215a (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 423 - Labor Disputes and Employment Relations|Act 336 of 1947 - Public Employment Relations (423.201 - 423.217)|Section 423.215a - Right of Employee of Public Fire Department to Volunteer or Accept Employment With Another Fire Department.

423.215a Right of employee of public fire department to volunteer or accept employment with another fire department.Sec. 15a.  An employee of a public fire department may volunteer for or seek and accept part-time or paid on-call employment with another fire department if that employment does not conflict with his or her performance of the original employment as determined by the original employer. This section does not create a right for a full-time employee of a public fire department to accept full-time employment with another fire department. A local unit of government shall not adopt or apply an ordinance, rule, or policy in conflict with the right granted an employee under this section. Collective bargaining between a public employer and a bargaining representative of its employees shall not include the subject of a prohibition on an employee volunteering for or obtaining paid on-call employment with another fire department. History: Add. 2014, Act 323, Imd. Eff. Oct. 15, 2014 Popular Name: Public Employment Relations
MI Comp L § 423.217 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 423 - Labor Disputes and Employment Relations|Act 336 of 1947 - Public Employment Relations (423.201 - 423.217)|Section 423.217 - Bargaining Representative or Education Association; Prohibited Conduct; Violation of Section; “Education Association” Defined.

423.217 Bargaining representative or education association; prohibited conduct; violation of section; “education association” defined. Sec. 17.  (1) A bargaining representative or an education association shall not veto a collective bargaining agreement reached between a public school employer and a bargaining unit consisting of employees of the public school employer; shall not require the bargaining unit to obtain the ratification of an education association before or as a condition of entering into a collective bargaining agreement; and shall not in any other way prohibit or prevent the bargaining unit from entering into, ratifying, or executing a collective bargaining agreement. The power to decide whether or not to enter into, ratify, or execute a collective bargaining agreement with a public school employer rests solely with the members of the bargaining unit who are employees of the public school employer, and shall not be delegated to a bargaining representative or an education association or conditioned on approval by a bargaining representative or an education association.  (2) If an education association, a bargaining representative, or a bargaining unit violates this section, the board of a public school employer or any other person adversely affected by the violation of this section may bring an action to enjoin the violation of this section in the circuit court for the county in which the plaintiff resides or the circuit court for the county in which the affected public school employer is located. Failure to comply with an order of the court may be punished as contempt. In addition, the court shall award court costs and reasonable attorney fees to a plaintiff who prevails in an action brought under this section.  (3) As used in this section, "education association" means an organization, whether organized on a county, regional, area, or state basis, in which employees of 1 or more public school employers participate and that exists for the common purpose of protecting and advancing the wages, hours, and working conditions of the organization's members. History: Add. 1994, Act 112, Eff. Mar. 30, 1995
MI Comp L § 423.231 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 423 - Labor Disputes and Employment Relations|Act 312 of 1969 - Compulsory Arbitration of Labor Disputes in Police and Fire Departments (423.231 - 423.247)|Section 423.231 - Compulsory Arbitration in Police and Fire Departments; Policy.

423.231 Compulsory arbitration in police and fire departments; policy. Sec. 1.  It is the public policy of this state that in public police and fire departments, where the right of employees to strike is by law prohibited, it is requisite to the high morale of such employees and the efficient operation of such departments to afford an alternate, expeditious, effective and binding procedure for the resolution of disputes, and to that end the provisions of this act, providing for compulsory arbitration, shall be liberally construed. History: 1969, Act 312, Eff. Oct. 1, 1969 Constitutionality: This section does not unconstitutionally divest home-rule cities of their constitutional powers, nor does it surrender the power to tax to the arbitrators in violation of the Michigan Constitution. Dearborn Firefighters Union, Local No 412, IAFF v City of Dearborn, 394 Mich 229; 231 NW2d 226 (1975).Act No. 312 of the Public Acts of 1969, as amended by 1976 PA 84, which provides for compulsory arbitration of disputes concerning contract formation in police and fire departments, is a constitutional delegation of legislative power. City of Detroit v Detroit Police Officers Association, 408 Mich 410; 294 NW2d 68 (1980).This act, which provides for compulsory arbitration of labor disputes in municipal police and fire departments, is a constitutional delegation of legislative power, providing standards as reasonably precise as the subject matter requires or permits and adequate political accountability. Local 1277, Metropolitan Council No 23, American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, AFL-CIO v City of Center Line, 414 Mich 642; 327 NW2d 822 (1982).Popular Name: Act 312
MI Comp L § 423.233 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 423 - Labor Disputes and Employment Relations|Act 312 of 1969 - Compulsory Arbitration of Labor Disputes in Police and Fire Departments (423.231 - 423.247)|Section 423.233 - Initiation of Binding Arbitration Proceedings; Request.

423.233 Initiation of binding arbitration proceedings; request. Sec. 3.  Whenever in the course of mediation of a public police or fire department employee's dispute, except a dispute concerning the interpretation or application of an existing agreement (a "grievance" dispute), the dispute has not been resolved to the agreement of both parties within 30 days of the submission of the dispute to mediation, or within such further additional periods to which the parties may agree, the employees or employer may initiate binding arbitration proceedings by prompt request therefor, in writing, to the other, with copy to the employment relations commission. History: 1969, Act 312, Eff. Oct. 1, 1969 ;-- Am. 1977, Act 303, Imd. Eff. Jan. 3, 1978 Constitutionality: This act is clearly constitutional. Local 1277, Metropolitan Council No 23, American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, AFL-CIO v City of Center Line, 414 Mich 642; 327 NW2d 822 (1982).Popular Name: Act 312
MI Comp L § 423.234 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 423 - Labor Disputes and Employment Relations|Act 312 of 1969 - Compulsory Arbitration of Labor Disputes in Police and Fire Departments (423.231 - 423.247)|Section 423.234 - Delegates; Selection; Notice.

423.234 Delegates; selection; notice. Sec. 4.  Within 10 days thereafter, the employer shall choose a delegate and the employees' designated or selected exclusive collective bargaining representative, or if none, their previously designated representative in the prior mediation and fact-finding procedures, shall choose a delegate to a panel of arbitration as provided in this act. The employer and employees shall forthwith advise the other and the mediation board of their selections. History: 1969, Act 312, Eff. Oct. 1, 1969 Constitutionality: This act is clearly constitutional. Local 1277, Metropolitan Council No 23, American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, AFL-CIO v City of Center Line, 414 Mich 642; 327 NW2d 822 (1982).Popular Name: Act 312
MI Comp L § 423.235 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 423 - Labor Disputes and Employment Relations|Act 312 of 1969 - Compulsory Arbitration of Labor Disputes in Police and Fire Departments (423.231 - 423.247)|Section 423.235 - Selection and Designation of Impartial Arbitrator or Chairman of Arbitration Panel; Michigan Employment Relations Commission Panel of Arbitrators; Appointment, Terms, Qualifications, and Removal of Members; Qualifications and Training for Service as Chair of Arbitration Panel.

423.235 Selection and designation of impartial arbitrator or chairman of arbitration panel; Michigan employment relations commission panel of arbitrators; appointment, terms, qualifications, and removal of members; qualifications and training for service as chair of arbitration panel.Sec. 5.  (1) Within 7 days of a request from 1 or both parties, the employment relations commission shall select from its panel of arbitrators, as provided in subsection (2), 3 persons as nominees for impartial arbitrator or chairman of the arbitration panel. Within 5 days after the selection each party may peremptorily strike the name of 1 of the nominees. Within 7 days after this 5-day period, the commission shall designate 1 of the remaining nominees as the impartial arbitrator or chairman of the arbitration panel.  (2) The employment relations commission shall establish and appoint a panel of arbitrators, who shall be known as the Michigan employment relations commission panel of arbitrators. The commission shall appoint members for indefinite terms. Members shall be impartial, competent, and reputable citizens of the United States and residents of the state, and shall qualify by taking and subscribing the constitutional oath or affirmation of office. The commission may at any time appoint additional members to the panel of arbitrators, and may remove existing members without cause.  (3) The employment relations commission shall establish the qualifications and training that are necessary for an individual to serve as the chair of an arbitration panel under this act. The commission may waive the qualifications and training requirements for an individual who has served as a commission-appointed chair of an arbitration panel in an arbitration proceeding under this act before the effective date of the amendatory act that added this subsection. History: 1969, Act 312, Eff. Oct. 1, 1969 ;-- Am. 1976, Act 84, Imd. Eff. Apr. 17, 1976 ;-- Am. 2011, Act 116, Imd. Eff. July 20, 2011 Constitutionality: This act is clearly constitutional. Local 1277, Metropolitan Council No 23, American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, AFL-CIO v City of Center Line, 414 Mich 642; 327 NW2d 822 (1982).Popular Name: Act 312
MI Comp L § 423.236 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 423 - Labor Disputes and Employment Relations|Act 312 of 1969 - Compulsory Arbitration of Labor Disputes in Police and Fire Departments (423.231 - 423.247)|Section 423.236 - Arbitrator; Duties; Hearing; Intervenors; Evidence; Record; Expenses; Actions and Rulings.

423.236 Arbitrator; duties; hearing; intervenors; evidence; record; expenses; actions and rulings.Sec. 6.  The arbitrator shall act as chair of the panel of arbitration, call and begin a hearing within 15 days after appointment, and give reasonable notice of the time and place of the hearing. The chair shall preside over the hearing and shall take testimony. Upon application and for good cause shown, and upon terms and conditions that are just, the arbitration panel may grant leave to intervene to a person, labor organization, or governmental unit having a substantial interest in the matter. The arbitration panel may receive into evidence any oral or documentary evidence and other data it considers relevant. The proceedings shall be informal. Technical rules of evidence do not apply and do not impair the competency of the evidence. A verbatim record of the proceedings shall be made, and the arbitrator shall arrange for the necessary recording service. Transcripts may be ordered at the expense of the party ordering them but the transcripts are not necessary for a decision by the arbitration panel. The expense of the proceedings, including a fee to the chair, established in advance by the Michigan employment relations commission shall be borne equally by each of the parties to the dispute. The delegates, if public officers or employees, shall continue on the payroll of the public employer at their usual rate of pay. The hearing conducted by the arbitration panel may be adjourned from time to time, but shall be concluded and any posthearing briefs filed within 180 days after it commences. Its majority actions and rulings shall constitute the actions and rulings of the arbitration panel. History: 1969, Act 312, Eff. Oct. 1, 1969 ;-- Am. 2011, Act 116, Imd. Eff. July 20, 2011 Constitutionality: This act is clearly constitutional. Local 1277, Metropolitan Council No 23, American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, AFL-CIO v City of Center Line, 414 Mich 642; 327 NW2d 822 (1982).Popular Name: Act 312