November 2014

Muskegon Public Schools -and- Muskegon Education Association -and- Norma T. Koehler

Unfair Labor Practice Not Found: Charges Dismissed as Moot; Respondent Employer Rescinded Charging Party's Layoff Notice; No PERA Violation by Alleged Refusal to Permit Charging Party to Take Skills Test.

Duty to Bargain; Summary Disposition; Moot

Utica Education Association -and- Liza Parkinson -and- Lawanda Parker

Unfair Labor Practice Not Found: Failure to State Claim Upon Which Relief Can Be Granted; Failure to Present Disputed Facts Demonstrating Need For Evidentiary Hearing; No Authority under PERA to Permit Action Against an Individual Union Officer; Internal Union Matters Fall Outside Scope of PERA.

Schoolcraft County and the Schoolcraft County Sheriff -and- Schoolcraft County Deputy Sheriff's Association

Unfair Labor Practice Found: Respondent Violated Duty to Bargain by Unilaterally Deducting the Full Increase in the Cost of Pension Benefits from Charging Party's Members Paychecks After Contract Expiration; 2011 PA 54 Requires Public Employers to Pass on to Employees Increases in Insurance Costs that Occur After Contract Expiration, Not Increases in the Costs of Maintaining Other Benefits.

West Iron County Public Schools -and- West Iron County Educational Support Personnel Association,

Unfair Labor Practice Not Found: Respondent Did Not Violate Duty to Bargain by Increasing Health Care Premiums and Implementing the Hard Cap Option Under § 3 of Act 152; Respondent's Choice of Cost Sharing Options Under Act 152 is a Permissive Subject of Bargaining, and therefore, Respondent is Not Required to Bargain with Charging Party Over its Choice of Health Care Options; The Parties' Participation in Fact Finding Does Not Require Respondent to Delay Timely Compliance with Act 152.

Port Huron Area School District -and-Port Huron Education Association

Unfair Labor Practice Not Found: Employer Did Not Violate § 10(1)(e) When It Used St. Clair County Regional Services Association (RESA) to Perform Bargaining Unit Work Formerly Performed by School Psychologists; Employer Did Not Violate Duty to Bargain by Refusing to Provide Charging Party Accurate and Timely Information About Alleged Subcontracting of Unity Work, or Violate PERA by Conspiring with the RESA to Privatize Instructional Bargaining Unit Work.

City of Southfield -and- Southfield Police Officers Association, et al.

Unfair Labor Practice Not Found: Employer Did Not Violate § 10(1)(e) By Unilaterally Implementing Increased Health Insurance Premium Rates on January 1, 2012 in Compliance with 2011 PA 152; Public Employer's Choice Between Hard Caps and 80% Employer Share Under PA 152 is a Policy Decision to be Made by Public Employer, and Not a Mandatory Subject of Bargaining; Employer Had Reasonable Basis for Believing That January 1, 2012 Was the Beginning of Benefit Plan Coverage Year, and Therefore Did Not Breach its Duty to Bargain by Implementing Cost Sharing on That Date.

Duty to Bargain; 2011 PA 152; Mandatory Subjects of Bargaining; Permissive Subjects of Bargaining.

36th District Court -and- AFSCME Council 25 and its Affiliated Local 3308

Unfair Labor Practice Not Found: Respondent Did Not Violate Duty to Bargain in Good Faith by Failing to Provide Charging Party Names, Job Titles or Individual Salaries of Appointees; Respondent Only Required to Disclose Information on Non-Unit Members if Relevant to Union in Carrying Out Statutory Duties; Information Charging Party Requested Would Not Have Assisted in Evaluating Respondent's True Economic Condition.

Detroit Federation of Teachers -and- Dennis Cotton

No Unfair Labor Practice Found: Respondent Lacked Legal Authority to File Grievance Over Teacher Placement or Performance Evaluations Pursuant to §15(3) of PERA; Failure to State Claim Upon Which Relief Can Be Granted Under PERA; Failure to Timely File Unfair Labor Practice Charge

Duty of Fair Representation; §15(3) of PERA; Failure to State Claim; Statue of Limitations

AFSCME Council 24, Local 2394 -and- Neil Sweat

Denied Motion for Reconsideration: Charging Party Failed to Set Forth Grounds for Reconsideration

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

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