{"id":1203,"date":"2012-11-07T11:19:00","date_gmt":"2012-11-07T11:19:00","guid":{"rendered":"\/advocacy\/inside208\/post\/CONTACT-YOUR-LEGISLATORS!-PA-54-exemption-to-be-heard-again.aspx"},"modified":"2012-11-07T11:19:00","modified_gmt":"2012-11-07T11:19:00","slug":"contact-your-legislators-pa-54-exemption-to-be-heard-again","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mml.org\/inside208\/2012\/11\/07\/contact-your-legislators-pa-54-exemption-to-be-heard-again\/","title":{"rendered":"CONTACT YOUR LEGISLATORS! PA 54 exemption to be heard again"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Thursday morning the House Local Government committee is holding a second a hearing on a  new  bill introduced this summer would amend PA 54 of 2012, the law    prohibiting retroactive wage increases, to exempt police officers and    firefighters.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/legislature.mi.gov\/documents\/2011-2012\/billintroduced\/House\/pdf\/2012-HIB-5780.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">HB 5780<\/a> seeks to undo one of last year&#8217;s important reforms by exempting those    employees who are subject to PA 312. Our members have hailed PA 54 as a    success because it has allowed for the settlement of contracts more    quickly and has resulted in cost savings and fewer PA 312 arbitrations.    Exempting police and fire from PA 54 would increase local costs as  well   as increase the number of communities going to PA 312  arbitration.<\/p>\n<p>The League testified in opposition in the last hearing as did the counties and townships.  It&#8217;s important to  please contact your legislators and ask  them vote  no if it comes up on   the House floor. The legislature made significant  reforms that were   beneficial to communities last year, and this seeks  to undo that   progress.<\/p>\n<p><em>Samantha Harkins is the Director of State Affairs for the League   and       handles municipal finance and labor issues.&nbsp; She can be   reached at       517-908-0306 or email  at <a href=\"mailto:sharkins@mml.org\">sharkins@mml.org<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Thursday morning the House Local Government committee is holding a second a hearing on a new bill introduced this summer would amend PA 54 of 2012, the law prohibiting retroactive wage increases, to exempt police officers and firefighters. 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