MCL - Act 312 of 1969


COMPULSORY ARBITRATION OF LABOR DISPUTES IN POLICE AND FIRE DEPARTMENTS

Act 312 of 1969

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.


History: 1969, Act 312, Eff. Oct. 1, 1969
Constitutionality: This act is clearly constitutional. Local 1277, Metropolitan Council No 23, American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, AFL-CIO v City of Center Line, 414 Mich 642; 327 NW2d 822 (1982).
Popular Name: Act 312




The People of the State of Michigan enact:
Document Type Description
Section 423.231 Section Compulsory arbitration in police and fire departments; policy.
Section 423.232 Section Definitions; provisions inapplicable to certain persons employed by a private emergency medical service company.
Section 423.233 Section Initiation of binding arbitration proceedings; request.
Section 423.234 Section Delegates; selection; notice.
Section 423.235 Section Selection and designation of impartial arbitrator or chair of arbitration panel; Michigan employment relations commission panel of arbitrators; appointment, terms, qualifications, and removal of members; qualifications and training for service as chair of arbitration panel.
Section 423.236 Section Arbitrator; duties; hearing; intervenors; evidence; record; expenses; actions and rulings.
Section 423.237 Section Oaths; subpoenas; failure to obey, contempt of court.
Section 423.237a Section Remanding dispute for further collective bargaining.
Section 423.238 Section Identification of economic issues in dispute; submission and adoption of settlement offers; findings, opinion, and order.
Section 423.239 Section Findings, opinions, and orders; factors considered; financial ability of governmental unit to pay.
Section 423.240 Section Majority decision of arbitration panel final and binding; enforcement; effect of new municipal fiscal year; awarding increased rates or benefits retroactively; amending or modifying award of arbitration.
Section 423.241 Section Violation of lawful enforcement order; penalty.
Section 423.242 Section Judicial review; scope; stay.
Section 423.243 Section Existing conditions; continuance, change.
Section 423.244 Section Act supplementary.
Section 423.245 Section Repealed. 1975, Act 3, Imd. Eff. Mar. 25, 1975.
Section 423.246 Section Violations of act; imprisonment prohibited.
Section 423.247 Section Effective date.