R 423.132 Petitions; initiation by commission of fact finding.

Rule 132. (1) Pursuant to section 25 of LMA, MCL 423.25, a petition for fact finding may be filed by a public employer, a collective bargaining representative of public employees, or, if no representative has been designated or selected, by a majority of any given group of public employees. The petition shall be signed by an authorized agent of the petitioner. The petitioner shall file an original and 3 copies with the commission and shall serve a copy of the petition on the other party or its representative. Petitions for fact finding shall be filed pursuant to R 423.181 and service shall be pursuant to R 423.182. (2) The applicant may withdraw the petition with the consent of the commission or bureau director. (3) The commission, on its own motion, may institute fact finding if it is apparent to the commission that matters in disagreement between the parties may be more readily settled if the facts involved in the disagreement are determined and publicly known. If the commission institutes fact finding, the commission may suspend the fact finder selection process in these rules and may appoint a fact finder on its own motion.