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January 2022
Name | Subject Matter | Date Issued | Case Number(s) | Topic(s) |
City of Detroit -and- Detroit Fire Fighters Association, Local 344 | Unfair Labor Practice Found: Commission Affirmed the ALJ’s Determination That Respondent Violated Section 10(1)(e) by Failing to Bargain In Good Faith With the Union Regarding the Proposed Switch From Weekly Pay to Bi-Weekly; ALJ Erred When He Recommended that the Employer “Return the Bargaining Unit to a Weekly Pay Schedule” and “[M]ake Whole the Employees in the Bargaining Unit for Any Monetary Losses They Have Suffered by Reason of the City’s Implementation of a Bi-Weekly Pay Schedule” Because No Implementation Had Occurred as of the Close of the ALJ Record; No Basis For Motion to Reopen the Record Because Facts Asserted All Involve Events that Occurred Subsequent to the Close of the Hearing. | 1/14/2022 |
(no exceptions) |
Duty to Bargain; 10(1)(e); Demand to Bargain; Covered by Contract; Ripeness; Motion to Reopen Record |
Allen Park Public Schools -and- Allen Park Education Ass'n, MEA/NEA |
Unfair Labor Practice Not Found: Charge Time Barred; Commission Rejected Union's Contention That Statute of Limitations Under PERA Had Been Extended By One of the Governor's COVID-19 Executive Orders That Extended Filing Deadlines and/or Statutes of Limitations For Civil and Probate Court Matters; There Was Sufficient Notice to the Union of the Change More Than Six Months Prior to the Filing of the Charge Based on Meetings and Other Communications Between Local Union Representatives and District Managers. |
1/14/2022 | 20-I-1406-CE |
Statute of Limitations; COVID Based Filing Extension |
Berrien Springs Public Schools -and- Sarah Elizabeth Parker |
Unfair Labor Practice Not Found: Charging Party Failed to Establish That Respondent’s Refusal to Hire Her for a Position as Dean of Students Was Due to Protected Activities She Engaged in During Her Prior Employment With the District; Respondent Also Provided a Compelling Explanation for not Hiring Charging Party. |
1/11/2022 |
(no exceptions) |
10(1)(c); Anti-Union Animus, Discrimination |