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2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 421 - Employment Security › Act 1 of 1936 (Ex. Sess.) - Michigan Employment Security Act (421.1 - 421.75) › Section 421.70 - Effective Date of Act 358 of 1980; Recomputation of Weekly Benefit Rate and Maximum Amount of Benefits; Supplemental Benefits.

421.70 Effective date of Act 358 of 1980; recomputation of weekly benefit rate and maximum amount of benefits; supplemental benefits.
Sec. 70.
(1) Except as provided in section 35(4), the effective date of the 1980 amendatory act which added this section 70 shall be March 1, 1981.
(2) An individual who has a current and unexhausted benefit year on March 1, 1981, shall have his or her weekly benefit rate and the maximum amount of benefits recomputed in accordance with the 1980 amendatory act which added this section 70 with respect to any week of unemployment beginning March 1, 1981, on that portion of his or her benefit rights not exhausted before March 1, 1981, but his or her weekly benefit rate and maximum amount of benefits established and not exhausted before March 1, 1981, shall not be subject to reduction or elimination by the recomputation.
(3) An individual who is eligible for 1 or more weeks of extended benefits under section 64 on or after March 1, 1981, shall receive the increase in benefits provided in section 68 with respect to each such week. Any increase in benefits over those provided in section 64 shall be deemed supplemental benefits and shall be payable at an individual's weekly supplemental benefit rate. This rate shall be the difference between a weekly extended benefit rate that could have been established if the increase in benefits provided in section 68 had been in effect during the individual's entire benefit year and his or her weekly extended benefit rate established under section 64. Supplemental benefits paid under this subsection based on services performed for employers liable for contributions on a contributory basis shall be charged to the nonchargeable benefits account. Supplemental benefits paid under this subsection based on services performed for reimbursing employers shall be reimbursed to the commission by those reimbursing employers.
History:
Add. 1980, Act 358, Eff. Mar. 1, 1981
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 421 - Employment Security › Act 1 of 1936 (Ex. Sess.) - Michigan Employment Security Act (421.1 - 421.75) › Section 421.71 - Effective Dates of Act 535 of 1982.

421.71 Effective dates of Act 535 of 1982.
Sec. 71.
(1) Except as otherwise provided in this section, the 1982 amendatory act which added this section shall take effect January 2, 1983.
(2) The amendments to sections 5(3), 10, 17(c), 20, and 26 shall be effective January 2, 1983.
(3) The amendments to sections 19 and 44 and section 19a shall be effective for calendar years after 1982.
(4) The amendments to section 27(b) shall be effective for benefit years beginning on or after January 2, 1983. The repeal of section 68 shall be effective on January 2, 1983. Benefit rates established under section 68 shall not be recomputed or changed as a result of the amendment of section 27(b)(1).
(5) The amendment to section 28(1)(a)(2) shall be effective for weeks of unemployment beginning on or after January 2, 1983.
(6) The amendments to section 29(1)(a), (1)(b), (3), and (4) shall be effective for separations occurring on or after January 2, 1983. The amendment to section 29(9) shall be effective January 2, 1983. The repeal of section 69 shall be effective January 2, 1983.
(7) The amendments to sections 46 and 50 shall be effective for benefit years established on or after January 2, 1983. Section 46a shall be effective for benefit years established on or after January 2, 1983.
History:
Add. 1982, Act 535, Eff. Jan. 2, 1983
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 421 - Employment Security › Act 1 of 1936 (Ex. Sess.) - Michigan Employment Security Act (421.1 - 421.75) › Section 421.72 - Effective Date of Act 164 of 1983.

421.72 Effective date of Act 164 of 1983.
Sec. 72.
(1) Except as otherwise provided in this section and the 1983 amendatory act which added this section, the 1983 amendatory act which added this section shall take effect upon its date of enactment.
(2) The amendments made to section 43(g) by the 1983 amendatory act which added this section shall take effect January 1, 1983.
(3) The amendments made to sections 14, 15, 18, 21, 22a, 24, 32a, 33, 34, and 49 by the 1983 amendatory act which added this section which amendments provide for the extension of certain appeal periods from 20 to 30 days shall take effect October 1, 1983.
History:
Add. 1983, Act 164, Imd. Eff. July 24, 1983
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 421 - Employment Security › Act 1 of 1936 (Ex. Sess.) - Michigan Employment Security Act (421.1 - 421.75) › Section 421.73 - Rounding Benefits to Next Lower Full Dollar.

421.73 Rounding benefits to next lower full dollar.
Sec. 73.
Notwithstanding any other provision of this act to the contrary, any amount of unemployment benefits payable to an individual for any week if not an even dollar amount shall be rounded to the next lower full dollar.
History:
Add. 1984, Act 172, Imd. Eff. June 29, 1984
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 421 - Employment Security › Act 1 of 1936 (Ex. Sess.) - Michigan Employment Security Act (421.1 - 421.75) › Section 421.75 - Conversion Date to Wage Record System; Effective Date; Report.

421.75 Conversion date to wage record system; effective date; report.
Sec. 75.
The conversion date to a wage record system prescribed by 1994 PA 162 is October 1, 2000. The unemployment agency shall provide the standing committees of the senate and the house of representatives that address labor issues a report on the wage record system conversion process once every 6 months after August 1, 1997 until the conversion is fully completed.
History:
Add. 1994, Act 162, Imd. Eff. June 17, 1994 ;-- Am. 1995, Act 25, Eff. Mar. 28, 1996 ;-- Am. 1997, Act 90, Imd. Eff. Aug. 1, 1997 ;-- Am. 2000, Act 186, Imd. Eff. June 20, 2000
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 421 - Employment Security › Repealed - E.R.O. No. 1991-21 - Executive Reorganization Order (421.91 - 421.91)

EXECUTIVE REORGANIZATION ORDER
E.R.O. No. 1991-21
421.91 Rescinded. 1994, E.R.O. No. 1994-2, Eff. Mar. 29, 1994.
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 421 - Employment Security › Repealed - Act 594 of 1978 - Fitzgerald-Elliott Displaced Homemakers Act (421.101 - 421.112)

FITZGERALD-ELLIOTT DISPLACED HOMEMAKERS ACT
Act 594 of 1978
421.101-421.112 Repealed. 1985, Act 3, Imd. Eff. Mar. 27, 1985.—Expired, 1985, Act 3, Eff. Oct. 1, 1991.
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 421 - Employment Security › Act 173 of 1983 - Community-Based Organizations; Job Training Services (421.151 - 421.154) › Section 421.152 - Job Training Plans; Contents.

421.152 Job training plans; contents.
Sec. 2.
Job training plans prepared pursuant to the job training partnership act and submitted to the governor for approval shall provide, pursuant to the job training partnership act, for comprehensive job training and related services and job opportunity programs for economically disadvantaged, unemployed, and underemployed individuals, and persons who have encountered 1 or more barriers to employment. Such plans shall include but not be limited to the following:
(a) Provisions that require each private industry council, chief elected official or administrative entity within a state designated service delivery area to provide, upon request from a community-based organization within that service delivery area, notice to that community-based organization on a regular basis of all meetings of the private industry council, requests for program or project proposals and such other information necessary to promote awareness and full and equal participation by individuals served by community-based organizations.
(b) Development of performance standard criteria which takes into consideration the entry level of participants so that service providers are not discouraged or penalized for recruiting and providing services to individuals with barriers to employment, unemployed, underemployed or economically disadvantaged individuals.
History:
1983, Act 173, Imd. Eff. Oct. 13, 1983
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 421 - Employment Security › Act 173 of 1983 - Community-Based Organizations; Job Training Services (421.151 - 421.154) › Section 421.153 - Selection of Service Providers; Criteria; Use of Funds to Duplicate Available Facilities or Services; Determination.

421.153 Selection of service providers; criteria; use of funds to duplicate available facilities or services; determination.
Sec. 3.
(1) Selection of service providers under the job training partnership act shall be based upon the following criteria:
(a) Demonstrated historical performance.
(b) Likelihood of meeting performance goals.
(c) Cost effectiveness.
(d) Quality of training.
(e) Characteristics of participants.
(f) Whether the entity has adequate internal administrative controls, accounting procedures, personnel standards, evaluation procedures, availability of in-service training and technical assistance programs, and other policies that are or may be necessary to promote the effective use of funds that may be received under the job training partnership act.
(2) In selecting service providers under the job training partnership act, funds shall not be used to duplicate facilities or services available in an area unless it is determined that alternative services or facilities would be more effective or more likely to achieve identified performance goals.
History:
1983, Act 173, Imd. Eff. Oct. 13, 1983
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 421 - Employment Security › Act 173 of 1983 - Community-Based Organizations; Job Training Services (421.151 - 421.154) › Section 421.154 - Community-Based Organization Meeting Selection Criteria; Consideration for Selection as Service Provider; Conditions.

421.154 Community-based organization meeting selection criteria; consideration for selection as service provider; conditions.
Sec. 4.
A community-based organization that meets the criteria established pursuant to section 3 shall be given proper consideration for selection as a service provider subject to such conditions as will ensure use consistent with the distribution and utilization of funds under the job training partnership act.
History:
1983, Act 173, Imd. Eff. Oct. 13, 1983
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 421 - Employment Security › Act 48 of 1982 - Michigan Business and Industrial Training Act (421.221 - 421.229) › Section 421.221 - Short Title.

421.221 Short title.
Sec. 1.
This act shall be known and may be cited as the "Michigan business and industrial training act".
History:
1982, Act 48, Imd. Eff. Mar. 21, 1982
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 421 - Employment Security › Act 48 of 1982 - Michigan Business and Industrial Training Act (421.221 - 421.229) › Section 421.222 - Definitions.

421.222 Definitions.
Sec. 2.
As used in this act:
(a) "Department" means the department of labor.
(b) "Employer" means an individual, partnership, corporation, or other legal entity that employs or plans to employ skilled workers.
(c) "Job upgrading" means the specialized training that is given to an identified level of employees to enable them to advance to a higher level of employment.
(d) "Program" means the Michigan business and industrial training program established pursuant to section 3.
(e) "Training" means custom-designed training given to prospective employees of new businesses and industries within this state; to employees, prospective employees, or both, of expanding businesses and industries within this state; and to employees, prospective employees, or both, of businesses and industries within this state that possibly would relocate without this training.
History:
1982, Act 48, Imd. Eff. Mar. 21, 1982
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 421 - Employment Security › Act 48 of 1982 - Michigan Business and Industrial Training Act (421.221 - 421.229) › Section 421.223 - Michigan Business and Industrial Training Program; Development; Emphasis.

421.223 Michigan business and industrial training program; development; emphasis.
Sec. 3.
The department, in cooperation with the departments of commerce and education, shall develop a Michigan business and industrial training program. The program shall emphasize employee training specifically designed to accommodate the needs of individual employers. The program shall encourage the expansion of existing businesses and industries within this state, promote retention of existing jobs within this state, prevent out of state business and industrial migration, and assist in the in-migration of out of state businesses and industries.
History:
1982, Act 48, Imd. Eff. Mar. 21, 1982
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 421 - Employment Security › Act 48 of 1982 - Michigan Business and Industrial Training Act (421.221 - 421.229) › Section 421.224 - Job Training; Criteria.

421.224 Job training; criteria.
Sec. 4.
The program shall train persons for jobs that are characterized by the following criteria: skill demand, wage for the area commensurate with the skill required for the job, feasibility and desirability for location within this state.
History:
1982, Act 48, Imd. Eff. Mar. 21, 1982
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 421 - Employment Security › Act 48 of 1982 - Michigan Business and Industrial Training Act (421.221 - 421.229) › Section 421.225 - Powers of Program.

421.225 Powers of program.
Sec. 5.
The program may do all of the following:
(a) Perform a job skills analysis and design a training curriculum for a requesting employer.
(b) Recruit and refer trainee applicants to an employer.
(c) Provide off site preemployment training, or on site preemployment training if off site preemployment training is not practical, to prospective employees of a new or expanding business or industry.
(d) Enter into an on the job training agreement with an employer.
(e) Retrain employees in response to a technological change.
(f) Provide job upgrading training if the training will increase the employer's total work force.
(g) Contract with persons, public or private educational institutions, agencies, or other bodies for training or consultative services for an employer.
(h) Provide materials and supplies used in the training process, instructors with specialized skills, instructional training aids and equipment, consultative services relative to highly specific or technical data, and other services.
(i) Assist a foreign employer locating or expanding in this state by familiarizing the employer's foreign personnel with the work attitudes, work methods, expectations, customs, and life style of employees who work within this state.
(j) Reimburse a foreign employer for travel and per diem expenses incurred in the training of key personnel from this state at a home facility of the employer, and for instructional time of foreign personnel within this state.
(k) Take other action that is considered to be necessary or desirable for the furtherance of this act.
History:
1982, Act 48, Imd. Eff. Mar. 21, 1982
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 421 - Employment Security › Act 48 of 1982 - Michigan Business and Industrial Training Act (421.221 - 421.229) › Section 421.226 - Training Services; Primary Concern; Community College or Area Vocational Educational Center to Be Given Initial Consideration as Provider.

421.226 Training services; primary concern; community college or area vocational educational center to be given initial consideration as provider.
Sec. 6.
(1) The primary concern in the provision of training services shall be the needs and type of services identified by the employer.
(2) A community college or area vocational education center shall be given initial consideration to provide any training, job upgrading, or job upgrading training.
History:
1982, Act 48, Imd. Eff. Mar. 21, 1982
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 421 - Employment Security › Act 48 of 1982 - Michigan Business and Industrial Training Act (421.221 - 421.229) › Section 421.227 - Marketing and Promotion of Program.

421.227 Marketing and promotion of program.
Sec. 7.
The department of commerce shall market and promote the program.
History:
1982, Act 48, Imd. Eff. Mar. 21, 1982
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 421 - Employment Security › Act 48 of 1982 - Michigan Business and Industrial Training Act (421.221 - 421.229) › Section 421.228 - Utilization of Federal Money.

421.228 Utilization of federal money.
Sec. 8.
The program shall utilize federal money, when possible, to implement this act.
History:
1982, Act 48, Imd. Eff. Mar. 21, 1982
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 421 - Employment Security › Act 48 of 1982 - Michigan Business and Industrial Training Act (421.221 - 421.229) › Section 421.229 - Report; Contents.

421.229 Report; contents.
Sec. 9.
The department shall file a report with the legislature not later than 1 year after the effective date of this act and every year thereafter. The report shall include the number of persons training and their demographics, the number of persons placed in employment, the number of employers for which persons have been trained and placed, the names of the employers for which persons have been trained and placed, and the number of persons trained and placed for each employer, the types of work for which persons have been trained, the source of training, and the overall effectiveness of this act in contributing to economic stabilization and business and industrial growth within this state.
History:
1982, Act 48, Imd. Eff. Mar. 21, 1982
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 421 - Employment Security › Repealed - Act 170 of 1958 - City or County Unemployment Compensation System (421.501 - 421.501)

CITY OR COUNTY UNEMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION SYSTEM
Act 170 of 1958
421.501 Repealed. 1977, Act 277, Eff. Jan. 1, 1978.
Compiler's Notes:
Section 3 of Act 277 of 1977 provides:“Section 13j of Act No. 1 of the Public Acts of the Extra Session of 1936, as amended, being section 421.13j of the Compiled Laws of 1970, and Act No. 170 of the Public Acts of 1958, being section 421.501 of the Compiled Laws of 1970, are repealed. However, if a political subdivision had a local unemployment compensation system in effect at any time during the calendar week ending December 31, 1977, wages earned with such political subdivision prior to January 1, 1978 shall continue to be used in determining entitlement to benefits under such local unemployment compensation system for weeks of unemployment occurring before July 2, 1978, and for which the individual claiming benefits is not entitled to unemployment benefits under the Michigan employment security act.”
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 423 - Labor Disputes and Employment Relations › Act 176 of 1939 - Employment Relations Commission (423.1 - 423.30) › Section 423.1 - Declaration of Public Policy.

423.1 Declaration of public policy.
Sec. 1.
It is hereby declared as the public policy of this state that the best interests of the people of the state are served by preventing or promptly settling labor disputes; that strikes and lockouts and other forms of industrial strife, regardless of where the merits of the controversy lie, are forces productive ultimately of economic waste; that the interests and rights of the consumers and the people of the state, while not direct parties thereto, should always be considered, respected and protected; and that the voluntary mediation of such disputes under the guidance and supervision of a governmental agency will tend to promote permanent industrial peace and the health, welfare, comfort and safety of the people of the state.
History:
1939, Act 176, Imd. Eff. June 8, 1939 ;-- CL 1948, 423.1 ;-- Am. 2012, Act 348, Eff. Mar. 28, 2013 ;-- Am. 2023, Act 8, Eff. Feb. 13, 2024
Constitutionality:
Michigan's labor mediation law was held invalid where it conflicted with provisions of the national labor relations act. International Union of United Automobile, Aircraft and Agricultural Implement Workers of America, CIO v O'Brien, Prosecuting Attorney, 339 US 454; 70 S Ct 781; 94 L Ed 978 (1949).
Compiler's Notes:
For transfer of powers and duties relating to promulgation of rules by the employment relations commission from the department of labor to the director of the department of consumer and industry services, see E.R.O. No. 1996-2, compiled at MCL 445.2001 of the Michigan Compiled Laws.Enacting section 1 of Act 348 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."
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 423 - Labor Disputes and Employment Relations › Act 176 of 1939 - Employment Relations Commission (423.1 - 423.30) › Section 423.3 - Employment Relations Commission; Creation; Appointment, Qualifications, and Terms of Commissioners.

423.3 Employment relations commission; creation; appointment, qualifications, and terms of commissioners.
Sec. 3.
The employment relations commission is created within the department of labor. The commission consists of 3 commissioners appointed by the governor, with the advice and consent of the senate. A commissioner shall be a citizen of the United States and a resident of the state, and shall have been a qualified elector in the state for a period of at least 5 years next preceding appointment. Members of the commission shall be selected so as to insure that not more than 2 members represent any one political party. Each commissioner shall be appointed for a term of 3 years.
History:
1939, Act 176, Imd. Eff. June 8, 1939 ;-- CL 1948, 423.3 ;-- Am. 1969, Act 202, Eff. Mar. 20, 1970 ;-- Am. 1976, Act 17, Imd. Eff. Feb. 20, 1976
Compiler's Notes:
For the transfer of the employment relations commission from the department of licensing and regulatory affairs to the department of labor and economic opportunity, see E.R.O. No. 2019-3, compiled at MCL 125.1998.
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 423 - Labor Disputes and Employment Relations › Act 176 of 1939 - Employment Relations Commission (423.1 - 423.30) › Section 423.4 - Employment Relations Commission; Oath of Commissioners; Vacancies; Chairman; Removal; Quorum; Seal.

423.4 Employment relations commission; oath of commissioners; vacancies; chairman; removal; quorum; seal.
Sec. 4.
Commissioners shall qualify by taking and subscribing to the constitutional oath of office, and shall hold office until the appointment and qualification of their successors. Vacancies shall be filled in the same manner as is provided for appointment in the first instance for the remainder of the unexpired term. The governor shall designate 1 commissioner to serve as chairman of the commission. A commissioner may be removed by the governor for misfeasance, malfeasance, or nonfeasance in office, after hearing. A vacancy in the board shall not impair the right of the remaining commissioners to exercise all the powers of the commission. Two commissioners shall at all times constitute a quorum; but official orders shall require concurrence of a majority of the commission. The commission shall have an official seal of which courts shall take judicial notice.
History:
1939, Act 176, Imd. Eff. June 8, 1939 ;-- CL 1948, 423.4 ;-- Am. 1976, Act 17, Imd. Eff. Feb. 20, 1976
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 423 - Labor Disputes and Employment Relations › Act 176 of 1939 - Employment Relations Commission (423.1 - 423.30) › Section 423.5 - Employment Relations Commission; Compensation and Expenses of Commissioners and Employees.

423.5 Employment relations commission; compensation and expenses of commissioners and employees.
Sec. 5.
A commissioner shall receive such compensation as is appropriated by the legislature. Commissioners and employees of the commission shall be entitled to actual and necessary traveling and other expenses incurred in the performance of duties under this act. The compensation and expenses of commissioners and employees of the commission shall be paid in accordance with the accounting laws of the state.
History:
1939, Act 176, Imd. Eff. June 8, 1939 ;-- CL 1948, 423.5 ;-- Am. 1957, Act 253, Imd. Eff. June 6, 1957 ;-- Am. 1969, Act 174, Imd. Eff. Aug. 5, 1969 ;-- Am. 1976, Act 17, Imd. Eff. Feb. 20, 1976
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 423 - Labor Disputes and Employment Relations › Act 176 of 1939 - Employment Relations Commission (423.1 - 423.30) › Section 423.6 - Repealed. 1978, Act 250, Imd. Eff. June 20, 1978.

423.6 Repealed. 1978, Act 250, Imd. Eff. June 20, 1978.
Compiler's Notes:
The repealed section pertained to compensation of secretary, assistants, and employees of employment relations commission, and to powers and duties of secretary.
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 423 - Labor Disputes and Employment Relations › Act 176 of 1939 - Employment Relations Commission (423.1 - 423.30) › Section 423.7 - Employment Relations Commission; Principal Office; Office Space; Rules.

423.7 Employment relations commission; principal office; office space; rules.
Sec. 7.
The principal office of the commission shall be in the city of Lansing. The department of management and budget shall provide suitable office space for the use of the commission. The commission shall promulgate rules as may be necessary to carry out this act. The rules shall be promulgated pursuant to Act No. 306 of the Public Acts of 1969, as amended, being sections 24.201 to 24.315 of the Michigan Compiled Laws.
History:
1939, Act 176, Imd. Eff. June 8, 1939 ;-- CL 1948, 423.7 ;-- Am. 1976, Act 17, Imd. Eff. Feb. 20, 1976
Admin Rule:
R 423.101 et seq. of the Michigan Administrative Code.
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 423 - Labor Disputes and Employment Relations › Act 176 of 1939 - Employment Relations Commission (423.1 - 423.30) › Section 423.7a - Employment Relations Commission; Conducting Business at Public Meeting; Notice of Meeting; Availability of Certain Writings to Public.

423.7a Employment relations commission; conducting business at public meeting; notice of meeting; availability of certain writings to public.
Sec. 7a.
(1) The business which the commission may perform shall be conducted at a public meeting of the commission held in compliance with Act No. 267 of the Public Acts of 1976, being sections 15.261 to 15.275 of the Michigan Compiled Laws. Public notice of the time, date, and place of the meeting shall be given in the manner required by Act No. 267 of the Public Acts of 1976.
(2) A writing prepared, owned, used, in the possession of, or retained by the commission in the performance of an official function shall be made available to the public in compliance with Act No. 442 of the Public Acts of 1976, being sections 15.231 to 15.246 of the Michigan Compiled Laws.
History:
Add. 1977, Act 203, Imd. Eff. Nov. 17, 1977
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 423 - Labor Disputes and Employment Relations › Act 176 of 1939 - Employment Relations Commission (423.1 - 423.30) › Section 423.8 - Employees; Rights.

423.8 Employees; rights.
Sec. 8.
Employees may do any of the following:
(a) Organize together or form, join, or assist in labor organization; 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 employers through representatives of their own free choice.
(b) Refrain from any or all of the activities identified in subdivision (a).
History:
1939, Act 176, Imd. Eff. June 8, 1939 ;-- CL 1948, 423.8 ;-- Am. 2012, Act 348, Eff. Mar. 28, 2013
Compiler's Notes:
Enacting section 1 of Act 348 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."
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 423 - Labor Disputes and Employment Relations › Act 176 of 1939 - Employment Relations Commission (423.1 - 423.30) › Section 423.9 - Prerequisites for Strike or Lockout; Notice of Dispute and Statement of Issues; Mediation.

423.9 Prerequisites for strike or lockout; notice of dispute and statement of issues; mediation.
Sec. 9.
A strike or lockout shall not take place or be put into effect until and unless each of the steps are taken and the requirements complied with as follows:
(a) If the parties thereto are unable to settle any labor dispute, the employees or their representatives, in the case of impending strike, or the employer or his agent, in the case of an impending lockout, shall serve notice of the dispute together with a statement of the issues involved upon the commission and the other party to the dispute. The notice may be served personally on any member of the commission and a copy thereof personally served upon the other party, or sent by registered mail to the commission at a regularly established office thereof and to the employer or the representative of his employees at his regular address not less than 10 days before the strike or lockout is to become effective.
(b) Upon receipt of the notice the commission shall exercise the powers granted in this act to effect a settlement of the dispute by mediation between the parties. Each of the parties to the dispute shall actively and in good faith participate in the mediation thereof.
History:
1939, Act 176, Imd. Eff. June 8, 1939 ;-- Am. 1947, Act 318, Eff. Oct. 11, 1947 ;-- CL 1948, 423.9 ;-- Am. 1949, Act 230, Imd. Eff. May 31, 1949 ;-- Am. 1976, Act 17, Imd. Eff. Feb. 20, 1976 ;-- Am. 1978, Act 250, Imd. Eff. June 20, 1978
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 423 - Labor Disputes and Employment Relations › Act 176 of 1939 - Employment Relations Commission (423.1 - 423.30) › Section 423.9a - Election in Case of Impending Strike; Conduct and Supervision; Time; Persons Entitled to Vote; Secret Ballot; Place; Rules; Absentee Voting; Hearing on Eligibility to Vote; Determination.

423.9a Election in case of impending strike; conduct and supervision; time; persons entitled to vote; secret ballot; place; rules; absentee voting; hearing on eligibility to vote; determination.
Sec. 9a.
If it becomes apparent to the commission that there is no reasonable probability of settlement of a labor dispute by mediation and that further efforts to that end would be without avail, there shall be held in the case of an impending strike, an election upon such issue which election shall be conducted and supervised by the commission, or by its duly authorized representative. If either party to the dispute notifies the commission in writing, a copy of which shall at the same time be served on the other party, that, in the opinion of such party, further efforts to settle the dispute by mediation would be without avail, the commission may cause an election to be held within 10 days after the receipt of the notice unless it is not practicable to hold the election within that period, in which event the election shall be held within 20 days after receipt of the notice. Every employee in the bargaining unit, which is involved in the dispute, as that bargaining unit is determined under section 9e or as recognized by the employer or as identified by contract or past practice, shall be entitled to vote in the election. The election shall be by secret ballot, and shall be held on the premises where those voting are employed unless the commission shall determine that the election cannot be fairly held there, in which case it shall be held at such place as the commission shall determine. The commission may promulgate rules as necessary to effectively conduct any election, including provisions for absentee voting. The provisions shall facilitate voting by all employees, and shall insure secrecy of the ballot. The commission may determine after proper hearing any disputed issue concerning the eligibility of a person or persons to vote in the election. The hearing may be held either before or after an election and may be conducted by an authorized representative of the commission. A determination with respect to eligibility shall be applicable in the administration of this section, but shall not have force and effect for any other purpose under this act.
History:
1939, Act 176, Imd. Eff. June 8, 1939 ;-- Am. 1947, Act 318, Eff. Oct. 11, 1947 ;-- CL 1948, 423.9a ;-- Am. 1949, Act 230, Imd. Eff. May 31, 1949 ;-- Am. 1976, Act 17, Imd. Eff. Feb. 20, 1976 ;-- Am. 1978, Act 250, Imd. Eff. June 20, 1978
Admin Rule:
R 423.101 et seq. of the Michigan Administrative Code.
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 423 - Labor Disputes and Employment Relations › Act 176 of 1939 - Employment Relations Commission (423.1 - 423.30) › Section 423.9b, 423.9c - Repealed. 1978, Act 250, Imd. Eff. June 20, 1978.

423.9b, 423.9c Repealed. 1978, Act 250, Imd. Eff. June 20, 1978.
Compiler's Notes:
The repealed sections prohibited cessation of employment or operation of business during mediation or until strike authorized, and contained provisions regarding jurisdictional disputes.
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 423 - Labor Disputes and Employment Relations › Act 176 of 1939 - Employment Relations Commission (423.1 - 423.30) › Section 423.9e - Bargaining Unit.

423.9e Bargaining unit.
Sec. 9e.
The commission, after consultation with the parties, shall determine such a bargaining unit as will best secure to the employees their right of collective bargaining. The unit shall be either the employees of 1 employer employed in 1 plant or business enterprise within this state, not holding executive or supervisory positions, or a craft unit, or a plant unit, or a subdivision of any of the foregoing units. If the group of employees involved in the dispute was recognized by the employer or identified by certification, contract, or past practice, as a unit for collective bargaining, the commission may adopt that unit.
History:
Add. 1947, Act 318, Eff. Oct. 11, 1947 ;-- CL 1948, 423.9e ;-- Am. 1965, Act 282, Imd. Eff. July 22, 1965 ;-- Am. 1976, Act 17, Imd. Eff. Feb. 20, 1976
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 423 - Labor Disputes and Employment Relations › Act 176 of 1939 - Employment Relations Commission (423.1 - 423.30) › Section 423.9f - Mass Picketing; Threats or Force, Picketing Private Residence, Misdemeanor.

423.9f Mass picketing; threats or force, picketing private residence, misdemeanor.
Sec. 9f.
It shall be unlawful (1) for any person or persons to hinder or prevent by masspicketing, unlawful threats or force the pursuit of any lawful work or employment, (2) to obstruct or interfere with entrance to or egress from any place of employment, (3) to obstruct or interfere with free and uninterrupted use of public roads, streets, highways, railways, airports, or other ways of travel or conveyance, or (4) to engage in picketing a private residence by any means or methods whatever: Provided, That picketing, to the extent that the same is authorized under constitutional provisions, shall in no manner be prohibited. Violation of this section shall be a misdemeanor and punishable as such.
History:
Add. 1947, Act 318, Eff. Oct. 11, 1947 ;-- CL 1948, 423.9f ;-- Am. 1949, Act 230, Imd. Eff. May 31, 1949
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 423 - Labor Disputes and Employment Relations › Act 176 of 1939 - Employment Relations Commission (423.1 - 423.30) › Section 423.9g - Copy or Statement of Most Recent Offer Submitted by Employer to Bargaining Unit.

423.9g Copy or statement of most recent offer submitted by employer to bargaining unit.
Sec. 9g.
When a vote is held pursuant to this act on the question of calling a strike, the commission, if so requested by the employer or by the collective bargaining unit to be affected by the strike, shall cause to be either printed on the ballot or affixed thereto a copy or statement of the most recent offer submitted by the employer to the bargaining unit representing the employees in the course of collective bargaining negotiations between the employer and the unit.
History:
Add. 1947, Act 318, Eff. Oct. 11, 1947 ;-- CL 1948, 423.9g ;-- Am. 1976, Act 17, Imd. Eff. Feb. 20, 1976
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 423 - Labor Disputes and Employment Relations › Act 176 of 1939 - Employment Relations Commission (423.1 - 423.30) › Section 423.10 - Steps by Commission to Effect Settlement.

423.10 Steps by commission to effect settlement.
Sec. 10.
(1) After the commission receives the above notice, or upon its own motion, in an existing, imminent or threatened labor dispute, the commission may end, upon the direction of the governor, the commission shall take such steps as it may deem expedient to effect a voluntary, amicable, and expeditious adjustment and settlement of the differences and issues between employer and employees which have precipitated or culminated in or threatened to precipitate or culminate in the labor dispute. To this end, the commission shall:
(a) Arrange for, hold, adjourn, or reconvene a conference or conferences between the disputants, any of their representatives, or both.
(b) Invite the disputants, their representatives, or both, to attend the conference and submit, either orally or in writing, the grievances of, and differences between, the disputants.
(c) Discuss the grievances and differences with the disputants or their representatives.
(d) Assist in negotiating and drafting agreements for the adjustment or settlement of the grievances and differences and for the termination or avoidance of the existing or threatened labor dispute.
(2) In carrying out any of its work under this act, the commission may designate a commissioner to act in its behalf and may delegate to a designee any of its duties under this act including, by way of illustration and not limitation, the mediation of specialized categories of disputes or grievances and, for such purpose, the designee shall have all of the powers hereby conferred upon the commission in connection with the discharge of the duties so delegated.
History:
1939, Act 176, Imd. Eff. June 8, 1939 ;-- CL 1948, 423.10 ;-- Am. 1965, Act 282, Imd. Eff. July 22, 1965 ;-- Am. 1976, Act 17, Imd. Eff. Feb. 20, 1976
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 423 - Labor Disputes and Employment Relations › Act 176 of 1939 - Employment Relations Commission (423.1 - 423.30) › Section 423.11 - Hearings; Witnesses; Oaths; Evidence; Subpoena; Order Requiring Appearance; Contempt; Service of Process or Papers; Proof of Service.

423.11 Hearings; witnesses; oaths; evidence; subpoena; order requiring appearance; contempt; service of process or papers; proof of service.
Sec. 11.
(1) Subject to Act No. 267 of the Public Acts of 1976, the commission and each commissioner and each person designated by the commission may hold public or private hearings within the state, subpoena witnesses and compel their attendance, administer oaths, take testimony, and receive evidence. A subpoena may be issued only after the mediation of a dispute shall have been actually undertaken.
(2) If a person is contumacious or refuses to obey a subpoena issued to the person, the circuit court of a county within the jurisdiction of which the inquiry is carried on, upon application by the commission, may issue to the person an order requiring the person to appear before the commission, to produce evidence or to give testimony touching the matter in question. Failure to obey an order may be punished by the court as contempt.
(3) Process and papers of the commission may be served either personally or by registered mail or by telegraph or by leaving a copy at the principal office or place of business of the person to be served. Return by the individual serving the same setting forth the manner of the service, return post office receipt or telegraph receipt for the service, shall be proof of service of the same.
History:
1939, Act 176, Imd. Eff. June 8, 1939 ;-- CL 1948, 423.11 ;-- Am. 1976, Act 17, Imd. Eff. Feb. 20, 1976 ;-- Am. 1977, Act 203, Imd. Eff. Nov. 17, 1977
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 423 - Labor Disputes and Employment Relations › Act 176 of 1939 - Employment Relations Commission (423.1 - 423.30) › Section 423.12 - Disqualification of Commissioner.

423.12 Disqualification of commissioner.
Sec. 12.
A commissioner having any financial interest in or having membership in or affiliation with any labor organization in a trade, business, or occupation in which a labor dispute exists or is threatened and of which the commission has taken cognizance, shall not be qualified to participate in any way in the acts or efforts of the commission in connection with the settlement or avoidance thereof.
History:
1939, Act 176, Imd. Eff. June 8, 1939 ;-- CL 1948, 423.12 ;-- Am. 1976, Act 17, Imd. Eff. Feb. 20, 1976
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 423 - Labor Disputes and Employment Relations › Act 176 of 1939 - Employment Relations Commission (423.1 - 423.30) › Section 423.13-423.13g - Repealed. 1978, Act 250, Imd. Eff. June 20, 1978.

423.13-423.13g Repealed. 1978, Act 250, Imd. Eff. June 20, 1978.
Compiler's Notes:
The repealed sections pertained to labor disputes involving hospital or public utility employees.
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 423 - Labor Disputes and Employment Relations › Act 176 of 1939 - Employment Relations Commission (423.1 - 423.30) › Section 423.14 - Collective Bargaining Agreement Between Employer and Labor Organization; Sharing of Financial Support of Labor Organization; Payment of Dues; Condition of Employment; Appropriation.

423.14 Collective bargaining agreement between employer and labor organization; sharing of financial support of labor organization; payment of dues; condition of employment; appropriation.
Sec. 14.
(1) An employer and a labor organization may enter into a collective bargaining agreement that requires all employees in the bargaining unit to share fairly in the financial support of the labor organization. This act does not, and a law or policy of a local government must not, prohibit or limit an agreement that requires all bargaining unit employees, as a condition of continued employment, to pay to the labor organization membership dues or service fees.
(2) For fiscal year 2022-2023, $1,000,000.00 is appropriated to the department of labor and economic opportunity to be expended to do all of the following regarding the 2023 amendatory act that added this sentence:
(a) Respond to public inquiries regarding the amendatory act.
(b) Provide the commission with sufficient staff and other resources to implement the amendatory act.
(c) Inform employers, employees, and labor organizations about changes to their rights and responsibilities under the amendatory act.
(d) Any other purposes that the director of the department of labor and economic opportunity determines in the director's sole discretion are necessary to implement the amendatory act.
History:
1939, Act 176, Imd. Eff. June 8, 1939 ;-- CL 1948, 423.14 ;-- Am. 2012, Act 348, Eff. Mar. 28, 2013 ;-- Am. 2023, Act 8, Eff. Feb. 13, 2024
Compiler's Notes:
Enacting section 1 of Act 348 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."For the transfer of powers and duties of the director of the department of licensing and regulatory affairs to the director of the department of labor and economic opportunity, see E.R.O. No. 2019-3, compiled at MCL 125.1998.
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 423 - Labor Disputes and Employment Relations › Act 176 of 1939 - Employment Relations Commission (423.1 - 423.30) › Section 423.15 - Unlawful Possession of Property; Penalty.

423.15 Unlawful possession of property; penalty.
Sec. 15.
It shall be unlawful for any person to enter or take part in entering upon, or take possession or control of, any property, or to withhold possession of property, against the will of the owner thereof, or other person in the rightful possession or use thereof, or to interfere with the free use thereof, whether the same be accomplished by force or unlawful threats. Violation of this provision shall be a misdemeanor and punishable as such.
History:
1939, Act 176, Imd. Eff. June 8, 1939 ;-- CL 1948, 423.15 ;-- Am. 1949, Act 230, Imd. Eff. May 31, 1949
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 423 - Labor Disputes and Employment Relations › Act 176 of 1939 - Employment Relations Commission (423.1 - 423.30) › Section 423.16 - Company Unions; Interference With Unions and Discrimination Prohibited.

423.16 Company unions; interference with unions and discrimination prohibited.
Sec. 16.
It shall be unlawful for an employer or any officer or agent of an employer (1) to interfere with, restrain or coerce employees in the exercise of their rights guaranteed in section 8; (2) to initiate, create, dominate, contribute to, or interfere with the formation or administration of, any labor organization: Provided, That an employer shall not be prohibited from permitting employees to confer with him during working hours without loss of time or pay; (3) to discriminate in regard to hire, terms or other conditions of employment in order to encourage or discourage membership in any labor organization; (4) to encourage membership in, or initiate, create, dominate, or contribute to a company union; (5) to discriminate against any employee because he has given testimony or instituted a proceeding under this act; or (6) to refuse to bargain collectively with the representative of his employees, subject to the provisions of section 26.
History:
1939, Act 176, Imd. Eff. June 8, 1939 ;-- CL 1948, 423.16 ;-- Am. 1949, Act 230, Imd. Eff. May 31, 1949 ;-- Am. 1965, Act 282, Imd. Eff. July 22, 1965
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 423 - Labor Disputes and Employment Relations › Act 176 of 1939 - Employment Relations Commission (423.1 - 423.30) › Section 423.17 - Prohibited Conduct; Violation; Civil Fine.

423.17 Prohibited conduct; violation; civil fine.
Sec. 17.
A person shall not by force, intimidation, or unlawful threats compel or attempt to compel any person to do any of the following:
(a) Become or remain a member of a labor organization or otherwise affiliate with or financially support a labor organization.
(b) Refrain from joining a labor organization or otherwise affiliating with or financially supporting a labor organization.
History:
1939, Act 176, Imd. Eff. June 8, 1939 ;-- CL 1948, 423.17 ;-- Am. 1949, Act 230, Imd. Eff. May 31, 1949 ;-- Am. 2012, Act 348, Eff. Mar. 28, 2013 ;-- Am. 2023, Act 8, Eff. Feb. 13, 2024
Compiler's Notes:
Enacting section 1 of Act 348 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."