MI SB0850

Freezes wages and benefits at expiration-date levels after a collective bargaining agreement expires until a successor agreement is ratified, prohibiting wage step increases and requiring employees to bear any increased insurance costs.

Prohibits parties from agreeing to or arbitration panels from ordering retroactive wage or benefit increases above the levels in effect on the expiration date, except as provided in subsections (3) and (4).

Applies retroactively to collective bargaining agreements that expired before June 8, 2011, limiting wages and benefits to levels in effect on that date.

Exempts public employees eligible for compulsory arbitration under 1969 PA 312 (police, firefighters, and other safety personnel) from these wage and benefit restrictions.

Defines "expiration date" as the date set in the agreement without regard to any parties' extension agreements, and defines "increased costs" for insurance benefits as premium differences between years, calculated by coverage category rather than individual employee circumstances.