To require the state civil service commission to establish the qualifications and training necessary for a person to be an arbitrator under the law that mandates binding arbitration in labor disputes between municipalities and police or firefighter unions (“PA 312” of 1969). The bill would also impose time deadlines on the process.   Official Text and Analysis.

With the recommendation that the substitute (S-3) be adopted and that the bill then pass.

To replace the previous version of the bill with one that also expands mandated binding arbitration to cover consolidated multi-government emergency services authorities.

To require the arbitrator to consider the financial ability of the community to pay and other general financial considerations when making their determinations.

To expand the law that mandates binding arbitration in labor disputes between municipalities and police or firefighter unions (“PA 312” of 1969) to cover consolidated multi-government emergency services authorities, 9-1-1 dispatch centers and similar entities. The bill would establish time limits on arbitration proceedngs, but contains no enforcement mechanism for this; it would also authorize qualifications and training for arbitrators.

Without amendment and with the recommendation that the bill pass.

To exclude 9-1-1 call centers from the expanded binding arbitration mandate added by the Senate.

To strip out the expansion of the "PA 312" public safety binding arbitration mandate added to the original bill by the Senate.

To reconsider the vote by which the amendment stripping out the bill's expansion of the "PA 312" binding arbitration mandate to 9-1-1 call centers was defeated.

To strip out a proposed expansion to 9-1-1 call centers of the "PA 312" binding arbitration mandate that was added by the Senate. The mandate forces local governments to submit union labor disagreements to a binding arbitration panel, which has been shown to raise their costs.