Bill Text: MI HB4152 | 2011-2012 | 96th Legislature | Chaptered

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Bill Title: Labor; collective bargaining; wages and benefits for certain public employees; freeze during contract negotiations. Amends 1947 PA 336 (MCL 423.201 - 423.217) by adding sec. 15b.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 23-0)

Status: (Passed) 2011-06-08 - Assigned Pa 54'11 With Immediate Effect [HB4152 Detail]

Download: Michigan-2011-HB4152-Chaptered.html

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Act No. 54

Public Acts of 2011

Approved by the Governor

June 7, 2011

Filed with the Secretary of State

June 8, 2011

EFFECTIVE DATE: June 8, 2011

STATE OF MICHIGAN

96TH LEGISLATURE

REGULAR SESSION OF 2011

Introduced by Reps. Knollenberg, Bumstead, McMillin, Scott, Yonker, Hughes, Hooker, Franz, O’Brien, Haveman, Price, Agema, Cotter, Daley, Gilbert, Kowall, Lyons, MacGregor, Opsommer, Rendon, Shaughnessy, Stamas and Zorn

ENROLLED HOUSE BILL No. 4152

AN ACT to amend 1947 PA 336, entitled “An act to prohibit strikes by certain public employees; to provide review from disciplinary action with respect thereto; to provide for the mediation of grievances and the holding of elections; to declare and protect the rights and privileges of public employees; and to prescribe means of enforcement and penalties for the violation of the provisions of this act,” (MCL 423.201 to 423.217) by adding section 15b.

The People of the State of Michigan enact:

Sec. 15b. (1) Except as otherwise provided in this section, after the expiration date of a collective bargaining agreement and until a successor collective bargaining agreement is in place, a public employer shall pay and provide wages and benefits at levels and amounts that are no greater than those in effect on the expiration date of the collective bargaining agreement. The prohibition in this subsection includes increases that would result from wage step increases. Employees who receive health, dental, vision, prescription, or other insurance benefits under a collective bargaining agreement shall bear any increased cost of maintaining those benefits that occurs after the expiration date. The public employer is authorized to make payroll deductions necessary to pay the increased costs of maintaining those benefits.

(2) Except as provided in subsection (3), the parties to a collective bargaining agreement shall not agree to, and an arbitration panel shall not order, any retroactive wage or benefit levels or amounts that are greater than those in effect on the expiration date of the collective bargaining agreement.

(3) For a collective bargaining agreement that expired before the effective date of this section, the requirements of this section apply to limit wages and benefits to the levels and amounts in effect on the effective date of this section.

(4) As used in this section:

(a) “Expiration date” means the expiration date set forth in a collective bargaining agreement without regard to any agreement of the parties to extend or honor the collective bargaining agreement during pending negotiations for a successor collective bargaining agreement.

(b) “Increased cost” in regard to insurance benefits means the difference in premiums or illustrated rates between the prior year and the current coverage year. The difference shall be calculated based on changes in cost by category of coverage and not on changes in individual employee marital or dependent status.

This act is ordered to take immediate effect.

Clerk of the House of Representatives

Secretary of the Senate

Approved

Governor