R 423.102 Definitions; D to L.

Rule 102. As used in these rules: (a) “Designee” means a commission member or an employee designated by the commission to perform functions and duties under LMA and PERA. (b) “Fact finder” means a commission member, an employee, or other individual, whether or not a member of the commission’s staff, designated by the commission to perform fact finding functions and duties under section 25 of LMA. (c) “Initiating party” means the party that filed a notice of public school strike and is the public school employer, the superintendent of public instruction, or the parent or legal guardian of a child who is enrolled in the school district at which a strike by 1 or more public school employees is alleged to have occurred in violation of section 2 of PERA. (d) “LMA” means 1939 PA 176, MCL 423.1 to 423.30.