POLITICAL ACTIVITIES BY PUBLIC EMPLOYEES
Act 169 of 1976
15.402 Employee of state classified civil service; permissible political activities; leave of absence.
Sec. 2.
An employee of the state classified civil service may:
(a) Become a member of a political party committee formed or authorized under the election laws of this state.
(b) Be a delegate to a state convention, or a district or county convention held by a political party in this state.
(c) Become a candidate for nomination and election to any district, county, city, village, township, school district, or other local elective office without first obtaining a leave of absence from his employment. If the person becomes a candidate for elective office in the executive or legislative branches of the state or for the supreme court or court of appeals, the person shall request and shall be granted a leave of absence without pay when he complies with the candidacy filing requirements, or 60 days before any election relating to that position, whichever date is closer to the election.
(d) Engage in other political activities on behalf of a candidate or issue in connection with partisan or nonpartisan elections.
History: 1976, Act 169, Imd. Eff. June 25, 1976
Notes of Decisions
Michigan State v. Civil Serv. Comm'n, 478 N.W.2d 722 (Mich. Ct. App. 1991).
· cites it 2× “1702(4), which provides in part: The activities permitted by sections 2 and 3 [MCL 15.402, 15.403; MSA 4.1702(4), 4.1702(3)] shall not be actively engaged in by a public employee during those hours when that person is being compensated for the performance of that person’s duties…”
Council No. 11, Afscme v. Civil Serv. Comm., 274 N.W.2d 804 (Mich. Ct. App. 1978).
· cites it 2× “Several of the more important statutory sections provide: MCL 15.402; MSA 4.1702(2): "An employee of the state classified civil service may: "(a) Become a member of a political party committee formed or authorized under the election laws of this state.”
Michigan State AFL-CIO v. Civil Serv. Comm'n, 528 N.W.2d 811 (Mich. Ct. App. 1995).
“MCL 15.402, 15.403; MSA 4.1702(2), 4.1702(3) enumerate a classified employee’s protected political activities, which the Civil Service Commission essentially adopted in Civil Service Rules 1-5.”
Beth Bauer v. Cnty. of Saginaw (Mich. Ct. App. 2020).
“MCL 15.402, 15.403. However, even the permitted activities may not be actively engaged in during those hours that the person is being compensated for the performance of his or her duties as a public employee.”
Afl-Cio v. Civ Ser, 528 N.W.2d 811 (Mich. Ct. App. 1995).
“[5] MCL 15.402, 15.403; MSA 4.1702(2), 4.1702(3) enumerate a classified employee's protected political activities, which the Civil Service Commission essentially adopted in Civil Service Rules 1-5.”
— Mich. Comp. Laws § 15.402(c) — 1 case
Council No. 11, Afscme v. Civil Serv. Comm., 274 N.W.2d 804 (Mich. Ct. App. 1978).
“Several of the more important statutory sections provide: MCL 15.402; MSA 4.1702(2): "An employee of the state classified civil service may: "(a) Become a member of a political party committee formed or authorized under the election laws of this state.”
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