July 2025

Name	Subject Matter	Date Issued	Case Number(s)	Topic(s)
*Command Officers Association of Michigan -and- Gregory Simmons*	Unfair Labor Practice Not Found: Incidents Leading to Charging Party’s Suspension Occurred More Than Six Months Prior to the Filing of the Charge; Commission Has a Strict Six-Month Statute of Limitations Period; No Basis to Support Charging Party’s Assertion that a Conflict of Interest Existed Since Members of the Union’s Board Were Also Employed as Supervisors by the Macomb County Sheriff’s Office.	July 25, 2025 (no exceptions)	25-D-0636-CU	Statute of Limitations; Conflict of Interest
*Detroit Police Lieutenants & Sergeants Association -and- Sherell Stanley*	Unfair Labor Practice Not Found: Charging Party’s Request to Respondent to Resurrect a Prior Grievance Occurred in 2023, Outside of MERC’s Strict Six-Month Statute of Limitations Period; Charging Party Failed to Make Any Allegation That Respondent’s Inactivity to Process a Grievance Resulted in Actual Harm to Her Rights Under the Contractual Grievance Procedure; MERC Has Held That a Lack of Communication Regarding the Status of a Grievance Not Sufficient to Establish a Breach of the Duty of Fair Representation.	July 29, 2025 (no exceptions)	23-L-1888-CU	Statute of Limitations; Grievance Filings; Duty of Fair Representation

July 2025