Bill Text: MI HB5576 | 2013-2014 | 97th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Labor; arbitration; basis for certain local government arbitration awards; include financial information submitted under the Michigan financial review commission act. Amends sec. 9 of 1969 PA 312 (MCL 423.239).
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2014-07-16 - Assigned Pa 189'14 With Immediate Effect [HB5576 Detail]
Download: Michigan-2013-HB5576-Enrolled.html
STATE OF MICHIGAN
97TH LEGISLATURE
REGULAR SESSION OF 2014
Introduced by Rep. Haveman
ENROLLED HOUSE BILL No. 5576
AN ACT to amend 1969 PA 312, entitled “An act to provide for compulsory arbitration of labor disputes in municipal police and fire departments; to define such public departments; to provide for the selection of members of arbitration panels; to prescribe the procedures and authority thereof; and to provide for the enforcement and review of awards thereof,” by amending section 9 (MCL 423.239), as amended by 2011 PA 116.
The People of the State of Michigan enact:
Sec. 9. (1) If the parties have no collective bargaining agreement or the parties have an agreement and have begun negotiations or discussions looking to a new agreement or amendment of the existing agreement and wage rates or other conditions of employment under the proposed new or amended agreement are in dispute, the arbitration panel shall base its findings, opinions, and order upon the following factors:
(a) The financial ability of the unit of government to pay. All of the following shall apply to the arbitration panel’s determination of the ability of the unit of government to pay:
(i) The financial impact on the community of any award made by the arbitration panel.
(ii) The interests and welfare of the public.
(iii) All liabilities, whether or not they appear on the balance sheet of the unit of government.
(iv) Any law of this state or any directive issued under the local financial stability and choice act, 2012 PA 436, MCL 141.1541 to 141.1575, that places limitations on a unit of government’s expenditures or revenue collection.
(b) The lawful authority of the employer.
(c) Stipulations of the parties.
(d) Comparison of the wages, hours, and conditions of employment of the employees involved in the arbitration proceeding with the wages, hours, and conditions of employment of other employees performing similar services and with other employees generally in both of the following:
(i) Public employment in comparable communities.
(ii) Private employment in comparable communities.
(e) Comparison of the wages, hours, and conditions of employment of other employees of the unit of government outside of the bargaining unit in question.
(f) The average consumer prices for goods and services, commonly known as the cost of living.
(g) The overall compensation presently received by the employees, including direct wage compensation, vacations, holidays, and other excused time, insurance and pensions, medical and hospitalization benefits, the continuity and stability of employment, and all other benefits received.
(h) Changes in any of the foregoing circumstances while the arbitration proceedings are pending.
(i) Other factors that are normally or traditionally taken into consideration in the determination of wages, hours, and conditions of employment through voluntary collective bargaining, mediation, fact-finding, arbitration, or otherwise between the parties, in the public service, or in private employment.
(j) If applicable, a written document with supplementary information relating to the financial position of the local unit of government that is filed with the arbitration panel by a financial review commission as authorized under the Michigan financial review commission act.
(2) The arbitration panel shall give the financial ability of the unit of government to pay the most significance, if the determination is supported by competent, material, and substantial evidence.
This act is ordered to take immediate effect.
Clerk of the House of Representatives
Secretary of the Senate
Approved
Governor
