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Act 17 of 1980
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COMPULSORY ARBITRATION OF LABOR DISPUTES OF STATE POLICE TROOPERS AND SERGEANTS

Act 17 of 1980

AN ACT to provide for compulsory arbitration of labor disputes of state police troopers and sergeants, pursuant to the 1978 amendment to section 5 of article 11 of the state constitution of 1963; to provide for the selection of members of arbitration panels and for their authority; to prescribe the procedure for hearings; and to provide for the enforcement and review of orders of arbitration panels.


History: 1980, Act 17, Imd. Eff. Feb. 24, 1980




The People of the State of Michigan enact:

DocumentTypeDescription
Section 423.271SectionPublic policy; liberal construction.
Section 423.272SectionDefinitions.
Section 423.273SectionInitiation of binding arbitration proceedings; conditions; request.
Section 423.274SectionSelection of delegates to arbitration panel; advising department, employees, and mediation board of selections.
Section 423.275SectionSelection of nominees for impartial arbitrator or chairperson of arbitration panel; peremptorily striking names; designation of impartial arbitrator.
Section 423.276SectionImpartial arbitrator as chairperson of arbitration panel; hearing; notice; duties of chairperson; intervention; receipt of evidence; informal proceedings; technical rules of evidence inapplicable; record of proceedings; transcripts; adjournment; conclusion of hearing; expense of proceedings; payment of public officers or employees; actions and rulings.
Section 423.277SectionOaths; witnesses; production of books and documents; subpoenas; invoking aid of circuit court; order of circuit court; contempt.
Section 423.278SectionRemanding dispute for further collective bargaining; extension of time; notice of remand.
Section 423.279SectionIdentification of economic issues in dispute; submission of last offer of settlement; determination conclusive; findings of fact; promulgation of opinion and order; copies of findings, opinion, and order; adoption of last offer of settlement; basis of findings, opinion, and order.
Section 423.280SectionFactors upon which findings, opinion, and order based; conditions.
Section 423.281SectionMajority decision of arbitration panel as final and binding; enforcement; effect of new state fiscal year awards retroactive; amending or modifying order of arbitration.
Section 423.282SectionWilfully disobeying or resisting lawful order of enforcement; contempt; fine.
Section 423.283SectionJudicial review; order not stayed by pendency of review proceeding.
Section 423.284SectionChanging terms and conditions of employment during pendency of arbitration proceedings.
Section 423.285SectionAct supplementary to MCL 423.201 et seq.; applicability of fact-finding procedures.
Section 423.286SectionViolation; imprisonment prohibited.
Section 423.287SectionEffective date.
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