{"id":1222,"date":"2012-09-27T13:41:00","date_gmt":"2012-09-27T18:41:00","guid":{"rendered":"\/advocacy\/inside208\/post\/House-holds-hearing-on-PA-54-exemption.aspx"},"modified":"2012-09-27T13:41:00","modified_gmt":"2012-09-27T18:41:00","slug":"house-holds-hearing-on-pa-54-exemption","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mml.org\/inside208\/2012\/09\/27\/house-holds-hearing-on-pa-54-exemption\/","title":{"rendered":"House holds hearing on PA 54 exemption"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This morning the House Local Government committee held a hearing on a new  bill introduced last month 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 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>This morning the House Local Government committee held a hearing on a new bill introduced last month would amend PA 54 of 2012, the law prohibiting retroactive wage increases, to exempt police officers and firefighters. 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