Sec. 1. It is the public policy of this state that in public police and fire departments, where the right of employees to strike is by law prohibited, it is requisite to the high morale of such employees and the efficient operation of such departments to afford an alternate, expeditious, effective and binding procedure for the resolution of disputes, and to that end the provisions of this act, providing for compulsory arbitration, shall be liberally construed.
Mich. Comp. Laws § 423.231
Compulsory arbitration in police and fire departments; policy
Applied in 68 court decisions — leading case City of Detroit v. Detroit Police Officers Ass'n (1980)
Most recently applied in 325 Mich. App. 614 - Wayne County v. Afscme Local 3317 (August 2018)
1969, Act 312, Eff
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