HB 5858 Summary

• Amends the definition of "strike" in Michigan's Public Employment Relations Act to remove language requiring that a work stoppage be undertaken "for the purpose of inducing, influencing, or coercing a change in employment conditions, compensation, or the rights, privileges, or obligations of employment."

• Eliminates the provision that allowed public school employees' work stoppages to be considered strikes only when taken "for the purpose of protesting or responding to an act alleged or determined to be an unfair labor practice committed by the public school employer."

• Simplifies the strike definition to focus solely on the conduct itself (failure to report for duty, willful absence, stoppage of work, or partial abstention from job duties) without requiring proof of the employee's intent or motivation.

• Removes language from the disciplinary provisions that had tied strike status to the purpose of the employee's actions, particularly for public school employer employees.

• Takes effect 90 days after enactment.