February 7, 2007, Introduced by Reps. Agema, Meekhof, Opsommer, Acciavatti, Shaffer, Hoogendyk, Emmons, Marleau, Brandenburg, Pastor, Pearce, Knollenberg, Stahl, Garfield, Steil, Pavlov, Hansen and Huizenga and referred to the Committee on Labor.
A bill 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 8 (MCL 423.238).
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:
Sec. 8. 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, within such time limit as the panel shall prescribe, to the
arbitration panel and to each other its last offer of settlement on
each economic issue. The determination of the arbitration panel as
to the issues in dispute and as to which of these issues are
economic shall be conclusive. The arbitration panel, within 30 days
after the conclusion of the hearing, or such further additional
periods to which the parties may agree, shall make written findings
of fact and promulgate a written opinion and order upon the issues
presented to it and upon the record made before it, and shall mail
or otherwise deliver a true copy thereof to the parties and their
representatives and to the employment relations commission. As to
each
economic issue, the arbitration panel shall may adopt
the last
offer
of settlement which of 1
party or a position within the range
established by the parties' last offers on the economic issue, if,
in the opinion of the arbitration panel, a compromise position more
nearly complies with the applicable factors prescribed in section
9. The findings, opinions and order as to all other issues shall be
based
upon the applicable factors prescribed in section 9. This
section
as amended shall be applicable only to arbitration
proceedings
initiated under section 3 on or after January 1, 1973.
The arbitration panel's power to adopt a compromise position on
economic issues applies to arbitration proceedings instituted after
March 1, 2008.