Bill Text: MI HB5780 | 2011-2012 | 96th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Labor; arbitration; limitation on wage increases during collective bargaining agreement negotiations; provide for exceptions. Amends sec. 15b of 1947 PA 336 (MCL 423.215b).
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 23-1)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-11-29 - Referred To Second Reading [HB5780 Detail]
Download: Michigan-2011-HB5780-Introduced.html
HOUSE BILL No. 5780
July 18, 2012, Introduced by Reps. Walsh, Lyons, Horn, Farrington, MacMaster, Outman, Lund, Shaughnessy, Crawford, Zorn, Rendon, Hughes, LaFontaine, Goike, Ouimet, Pettalia, Somerville, Cotter, Foster, Daley, LeBlanc, Poleski, Kowall and Kurtz and referred to the Committee on Judiciary.
A bill 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;
to require certain provisions in collective bargaining agreements;
and to prescribe means of enforcement and penalties for the
violation of the provisions of this act,"
by amending section 15b (MCL 423.215b), as added by 2011 PA 54.
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 costs
of
maintaining those benefits that occurs occur after the
expiration
date. The public employer is authorized to may make
payroll deductions necessary to pay the increased costs of
maintaining those benefits.
(2) Except as provided in subsection (3) or (4), 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, June
8, 2011, 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.June 8,
2011.
(4) This section does not apply to a public employee eligible
to participate in compulsory arbitration of labor disputes under
1969 PA 312, MCL 423.231 to 423.247.
(5)
(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" costs"
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 costs
by category of coverage
and not on changes in individual employee marital or dependent
status.
