Technical review decisions about classification, appointments, or disbursements for personal services;
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Labor relations decisions;
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Benefit decisions of the Office of the State Employer or CSC Employee Benefits Division; and
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Appeals of other administrative decisions when authorized by the rules or regulations.
The ERB also serves as an impasse panel to resolve collective bargaining disputes and as the coordinated compensation panel for NERE pay proposals. It derives its authority from Rule 1-15, Employment Relations Board.
Members
ERB Members are appointed by and serve at the pleasure of the Commission. Current ERB members are Susan Zurvalec, Chair; William Braman; and Richard Warner.
SUSAN H. ZURVALEC, CHAIR
Susan H. Zurvalec is the Superintendent of Farmington Public Schools, where she has worked since 1989. From 1984 to 1989 she was the Assistant in Employee Relations for the Lansing School District. From 1982 to 1984 she was a Labor Relations Consultant for the Michigan Association of School Boards, assisting school districts in labor negotiations. She was a classroom teacher and reading consultant for the Lansing Schools early in her career. Ms. Zurvalec is a labor arbitrator and past president of the Michigan Negotiators Association and the Michigan Public Employer Labor Relations Association. In October 2001, she assumed the national presidency of the American Association of School Personnel Administrators. She received her BA from the University of Michigan and her MA in Labor and Industrial Relations from Michigan State University. Ms. Zurvalec was first appointed to the ERB in January 1998. She serves as Chair by designation of the Civil Service Commission.
WILLIAM J. BRAMAN, MEMBER
William J. Braman was the Assistant Regional Director of the Paper, Allied, and Chemical Employees Union, AFL-CIO, Region Nine before his retirement in August 2000. He began his career as a member of Allied Industrial Workers (AIW), Local 182 in 1965, while an employee of Motor Wheel Corporation, Lansing, Michigan. He served as Deputy Steward, Chief Steward, and President of Local 182. He has served as President of the Greater Lansing Labor Council, on the Executive Board of the Michigan State AFL-CIO, and as a delegate to several national conventions of the AFL-CIO and international conventions of the AIW. Mr. Braman served as a member of the Blue Care Network-Health Central Board of Directors from 1979 through 1998 and has been a member of the Board of the Capital Area United Way, serving as Labor Co-chair during many campaign drives. He is a 1958 graduate of Lowell High School and has completed numerous labor relations courses from the University of Wisconsin and Michigan State University. He has been a member of the ERB since 1987.
RICHARD I. WARNER, MEMBER
Richard I. Warner was a human resources consultant for the Michigan Public Health Institute immediately before his appointment to the ERB in September 1999. He was the Personnel Director for the Michigan Department of Community Health from 1985 until his retirement in June 1998, having been the Assistant Personnel Director in the same department since 1978. Immediately after his graduation from Michigan State University in 1964, he worked for Chevrolet-Flint Manufacturing as a human resources specialist until 1969, at which time he joined the staff of the Michigan Department of Civil Service.
Meetings
The Board usually meets monthly to consider claims of appeal as of right, applications for leave to appeal, and motions. Collective bargaining impasse hearings and coordinated compensation proceedings may be separately scheduled. Meetings are usually held in the hearing rooms adjacent to the Board offices in Lansing, but may also be held by teleconference. Oral arguments, impasse hearings, and coordinated compensation proceedings are open to the public; all other meetings are held in closed session with Board members and Board staff only.
Staff
Nicholas Kechkaylo
Board Appeals Officer
Telephone: (517) 373-9557
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Susan H. Zurvalec is the Superintendent of Farmington Public Schools, where she has worked since 1989. From 1984 to 1989 she was the Assistant in Employee Relations for the Lansing School District. From 1982 to 1984 she was a Labor Relations Consultant for the Michigan Association of School Boards, assisting school districts in labor negotiations. She was a classroom teacher and reading consultant for the Lansing Schools early in her career. Ms. Zurvalec is a labor arbitrator and past president of the Michigan Negotiators Association and the Michigan Public Employer Labor Relations Association. In October 2001, she assumed the national presidency of the American Association of School Personnel Administrators. She received her BA from the University of Michigan and her MA in Labor and Industrial Relations from Michigan State University. Ms. Zurvalec was first appointed to the ERB in January 1998. She serves as Chair by designation of the Civil Service Commission. 
William J. Braman was the Assistant Regional Director of the Paper, Allied, and Chemical Employees Union, AFL-CIO, Region Nine before his retirement in August 2000. He began his career as a member of Allied Industrial Workers (AIW), Local 182 in 1965, while an employee of Motor Wheel Corporation, Lansing, Michigan. He served as Deputy Steward, Chief Steward, and President of Local 182. He has served as President of the Greater Lansing Labor Council, on the Executive Board of the Michigan State AFL-CIO, and as a delegate to several national conventions of the AFL-CIO and international conventions of the AIW. Mr. Braman served as a member of the Blue Care Network-Health Central Board of Directors from 1979 through 1998 and has been a member of the Board of the Capital Area United Way, serving as Labor Co-chair during many campaign drives. He is a 1958 graduate of Lowell High School and has completed numerous labor relations courses from the University of Wisconsin and Michigan State University. He has been a member of the ERB since 1987. 