January 2013

Unit Clarification Petition Dismissed; Supervisory Status Not Found; Supervisory Status Determined by the Employee's Authority in Personnel Matters; Senior Payroll Technician Did Not Have the Authority to Hire, Discharge, Discipline, Transfer, Evaluate, or Reward Any Employee or to Effectively Recommend Any of These Actions; Senior Payroll Technician Position was Appropriately Placed in the Unit of Nonsupervisory Employees.

Bargaining Unit Clarified - Exclusion of Finance Director from Bargaining Unit Based on Executive Status not Warranted Where Finance Director’s Duties are not Policy Making in Nature; Employer Sought to Exclude Finance Director and Administrative Secretary As Confidential Employees; Employer Failed to Show a Need for More Than One Employee to Assist with Confidential Labor Relations Duties; Finance Director Performs Confidential Labor Relation Duties When She Costs out Employer Proposals in Preparation for Collective Bargaining.  Employer may Exclude as Confidential Either the Position of Finance Director or the Position of Administrative Secretary.

Michigan State Government
Department of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs
Bureau of Employment Relations

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