MI HB6074

Excludes graduate student research assistants, student-athletes at public universities, and individuals without sufficient employer-employee relationships from the definition of "public employee" entitled to collective bargaining rights under the act.

Requires exclusive bargaining representatives representing public employees to have an independent examiner verify their annual expenditures for collective bargaining, contract administration, and grievance adjustment, with results filed to the Employment Relations Commission and made public by July 1 each year.

Appropriates $100,000 to the Employment Relations Commission for fiscal year 2014-2015 to implement the independent examiner verification requirement.

Prohibits public school employers from requiring employees to pay costs of independent examiner verification as a condition of employment.

Establishes civil fines of up to $500 for violations of restrictions on compelling public employees to join labor organizations or pay dues, with fines deposited into the state general fund.