Bill Text: MI HB5740 | 2009-2010 | 95th Legislature | Introduced

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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. 7b.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 7-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-01-14 - Printed Bill Filed 01/14/2010 [HB5740 Detail]

Download: Michigan-2009-HB5740-Introduced.html

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HOUSE BILL No. 5740

 

January 13, 2010, Introduced by Reps. Knollenberg, Lund, McMillin, Haveman, Agema, Amash and Genetski and referred to the Committee on Labor.

 

     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;

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 7b.

 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 

     Sec. 7b. Except as otherwise indicated in this act, a public

 

employer shall continue wages and benefits at the same level in

 

effect at the end of the expired contract during active negotiation

 

or mediation of a new contract and shall not provide step increases

 

during that time. Any increase in the cost of maintaining health

 

benefits at the level in a former contract shall be borne by the

 

employee. The wages and benefits under a new contract may be made

 

retroactive to the expiration date of the former contract. This

 

section does not limit the ability of the commission to require an

 

increase in wages or benefits if it finds that the public employer

 

has refused to meet at reasonable times or confer in good faith

 

with respect to wages, hours, and other terms and conditions of

 

employment.