2005 Senate Bill 865

Exempt Employment Relations Commission from Open Meetings Act

Introduced in the Senate

Nov. 8, 2005

Introduced by Sen. Mark Schauer (D-19)

To exempt meetings of the Michigan Employment Relations Commission from the Open Meetings Act, which requires all meetings of a public body to be open to the public. The MERC is empowered to issue authoritative rulings and orders that deem the actions of one side or the other in a labor dispute to be unfair labor practices prohibited by the state’s labor law.

Referred to the Committee on Commerce and Labor