July 2006

Unfair Labor Practice Not Found - Issue of Deferred Compensation Covered by Parties’ Agreements Specifying Participant’s Minimum Contribution and Containing Waiver Clause.  No PERA Violation by Selection of New Fund Administrator.  No Record Support for Assertion that Change in Administrator Imposed Additional Costs on Employees.

Unfair Labor Practice Not Found - Breach of Duty of Fair Representation Not Established; Charge Not Timely; Statute of Limitations Begins to Run When Party Should Have Reasonably Realized That Union Would Not Act; While No Explanation in Record for Union’s Failure to File Grievance Within Reasonable Time After Discipline Was Issued, Charging Party Failed to Establish That Suspension Violated Collective Bargaining Agreement; Union’s Decision to Wait for Further Action From Employer Not “Beyond the Range of Reasonableness.”

Bureau of Employment Relations
Department of Energy, Labor & Economic Growth
Michigan State Government

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