Michigan · statute · 17 of 1980, Mich. Comp. Laws · 17 active provisions
It is the public policy of this state that it is requisite for the high morale of state police troopers and sergeants, whose right to strike is prohibited by law, and for the efficient operation of the department, to afford an alternate, expeditious, effective, and binding procedure for the resolution of disputes, and…
(1) "Department" means the department of state police. (2) "Employees" means state police troopers, state police sergeants, or both, as applicable.
In the course of mediation of a labor agreement dispute of employees, except a grievance dispute concerning the interpretation or application of an existing labor agreement, if the dispute has not been resolved to the agreement of both parties within 30 days after the submission of the dispute to mediation, or within f…
Within 10 days after a party has requested arbitration of a dispute, the department shall choose a delegate and the designated or selected exclusive collective bargaining representative of the employees, or if none, their previously designated representative in the prior mediation and fact-finding procedures, shall cho…
Within 7 days after receipt of a request from 1 or both parties for arbitration of a dispute, the employment relations commission shall select from its panel of arbitrators, as provided in section 5 of Act No. 312 of the Public Acts of 1969, as amended, being section 423.235 of the Michigan Compiled Laws, 3 persons as…
(1) The impartial arbitrator designated pursuant to section 5 shall act as chairperson of the arbitration panel. Within 15 days after his or her appointment, the chairperson shall call a hearing and shall give reasonable notice of the time and place of the hearing. The chairperson shall preside over the hearing and sha…
The arbitration panel may administer oaths and require the attendance of witnesses and the production of books, papers, contracts, agreements, and documents that it considers to be material to a just determination of the issues in dispute. For this purpose, the arbitration panel may issue subpoenas. If a person refuses…
At any time before the rendering of an order, the chairperson of the arbitration panel, if he or she believes that it would be useful or beneficial to do so, may remand the dispute to the parties for further collective bargaining for a period not to exceed 3 weeks. If the dispute is remanded for further collective barg…
(1) At or before the conclusion of the hearing held pursuant to section 6, the arbitration panel shall identify the economic issues in dispute and direct each of the parties to submit to the arbitration panel and to each other, within a time limit that the arbitration panel prescribes, its last offer of settlement on e…
If there is not a collective bargaining agreement between the parties, or if there is an agreement but the parties have begun negotiations or discussions looking to a new agreement or to an amendment of the existing agreement, and wage rates or other terms and conditions of employment under the proposed new or amended…
A majority decision of the arbitration panel, if supported by competent, material, and substantial evidence on the whole record, shall be final and binding upon the parties, and may be enforced, at the instance of either party or of the arbitration panel, in the circuit court for the county in which the dispute arose o…
If an employee organization recognized, pursuant to Act No. 336 of the Public Acts of 1947, as amended, being sections 423.201 to 423.216 of the Michigan Compiled Laws, as the bargaining representative of employees subject to this act, wilfully disobeys a lawful order of enforcement by the circuit court pursuant to sec…
The circuit court for the county in which a dispute arose or in which a majority of the affected employees reside may review an order of an arbitration panel, but only for reasons that the arbitration panel was without or exceeded its jurisdiction; the order is not supported by competent, material, and substantial evid…
During the pendency of arbitration proceedings, either party shall not change, without the consent of the other party, existing wages, hours, and other terms and conditions of employment. However, a party may consent to a change without prejudice to his or her rights or position under this act.
This act shall be considered to be supplementary to Act No. 336 of the Public Acts of 1947, as amended, and does not amend or repeal any of its provisions. However, any provisions of Act No. 336 of the Public Acts of 1947, as amended, that require fact-finding procedures shall not be applicable to a dispute subject to…
A person shall not be sentenced to a term of imprisonment for a violation of this act or an order of an arbitration panel.
This act shall be considered effective as of December 23, 1978.