MI HB5183

Requires airport authorities to assume and honor existing collective bargaining agreements with transferred employees for the remainder of the agreement term.

Allows local government airport employees to voluntarily transfer to airport authority employment by a date set by the authority, with those not transferring reassigned within local government and protected from layoffs or pay/benefit reductions for up to 1 year.

Protects transferred employees from experiencing worse employment conditions for 1 year post-transfer regarding wages, workers' compensation, pensions, seniority, sick leave, vacation, and health insurance.

Allows transferred employees to remain members in their local government retirement system and have post-transfer service with the authority counted toward pension eligibility and benefit calculations.

Requires the airport authority to contribute specified amounts to the local government retirement system for employees who elect to remain members, including unfunded liability payments, current benefit funding, actuarial costs, and employer contributions equivalent to what the local government would have paid.