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Practical Aspects of P.A. 312

When economic times are difficult, as they presently are, the need for a stabilizing law, like the Compulsory Arbitration Act, is paramount. The Compulsory Arbitration Act safeguards the public by avo...


Retroactivity of Grievances

By Ed Jacques, LEJ Editor On February 14, 2007, Ottawa County Circuit Judge Edward R. Post issued an opinion and order affirming a previous Act 312 arbitration panel award. Act 312 provides for compul...

Printable Garrity Form

  WHAT ARE GARRITY RIGHTS? Garrity Rights originate from a 1967 U.S. Supreme Court decision in Garrity v. New Jersey. These rights protect public employees from being compelled to incriminate the...