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MI HB4451

Bill

Status

Introduced

5/6/2025

Primary Sponsor

Brenda Carter

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Origin

House of Representatives

103rd Legislature

AI Summary

  • Prohibits employers from offering or granting permanent replacement employee status to individuals who perform bargaining unit work during a labor dispute (such as a strike)

  • Bars employers from giving employment preferences to workers hired during a labor dispute over original employees who participated in protected union activities

  • Protected employees must have been employed at the start of the dispute, exercised collective bargaining rights through the involved labor organization, and currently work for or have unconditionally offered to return to the employer

  • Amends Michigan's Employment Relations Commission Act to add this restriction to the existing list of unfair labor practices employers cannot commit

  • Modernizes statutory language throughout the section, including gender-neutral terminology updates

Legislative Description

Labor: collective bargaining; status as permanent replacement employee; prohibit employees from offering or granting to certain individuals who work for the employer during a labor dispute. Amends sec. 16 of 1939 PA 176 (MCL 423.16).

Labor: collective bargaining

Last Action

Bill Electronically Reproduced 05/06/2025

5/7/2025

Committee Referrals

Economic Competitiveness5/6/2025

Full Bill Text

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