Michigan Compiled Laws

Mich. Comp. Laws § 15.404 (2026)

Active engagement in permissible activities; certain hours prohibited.

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POLITICAL ACTIVITIES BY PUBLIC EMPLOYEES

Act 169 of 1976

15.404 Active engagement in permissible activities; certain hours prohibited.

Sec. 4.

The activities permitted by sections 2 and 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 as a public employee.

History: 1976, Act 169, Imd. Eff. June 25, 1976

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 8 cases, 1978–2020 · leading case: Int'l Union, United Auto., Aerospace & Agric. Implement Workers v. Cent. Michigan Univ. Trs., 295 Mich. App. 486 (Mich. Ct. App. 2012).

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Int'l Union, United Auto., Aerospace & Agric. Implement Workers v. Cent. Michigan Univ. Trs., 295 Mich. App. 486 (Mich. Ct. App. 2012). · cites it 2× “MCL 15.404. Mich State AFL-CIO v Civil Serv Comm, 455 Mich 720, 734 ; 566 NW2d 258 (1997).”

Michigan State AFL-CIO v. Civil Serv. Comm'n, 566 N.W.2d 258 (Mich. 1997). · cites it 4× “§ 15.404; M.S.A. § 4.1702(4) (emphasis added).”

Forster v. Delton Sch. Dist., 440 N.W.2d 421 (Mich. Ct. App. 1989). · cites it 2× “In Count iv of her complaint, plaintiff alleges that defendant’s employees violated §4 of the political activities of public employees act, MCL 15.404; MSA 4.1702(4). The political activities of public employees act grants employees of the state classified civil service and…”

Council No. 11, Afscme v. Civil Serv. Comm., 274 N.W.2d 804 (Mich. Ct. App. 1978). · cites it 2× “” MCL 15.404; MSA 4.1702(4): "The activities permitted by sections 2 and 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 as a public employee.”

Michigan State v. Civil Serv. Comm'n, 478 N.W.2d 722 (Mich. Ct. App. 1991). “5-7, exceeded their authority to restrict political activities under the Michigan Constitution and under § 4 of 1976 PA 169 , the Political Activities of Public Employees Act, MCL 15.404; MSA 4.1702(4), which provides in part: The activities permitted by sections 2 and 3 [MCL 15.”

Michigan State AFL-CIO v. Civil Serv. Comm'n, 528 N.W.2d 811 (Mich. Ct. App. 1995). · cites it 3× “This Court, in the original appeal, AFL-CIO v Michigan Civil Service Comm, 191 Mich App 535 ; 478 NW2d 722 (1991) (hereinafter AFL-CIO I), ruled that the modification of the rule was within the Civil Service Commission’s authority and did not conflict with §4 of the political…”

Beth Bauer v. Cnty. of Saginaw (Mich. Ct. App. 2020). “MCL 15.404. Public employers may not regulate the off-duty political activity of their employees in a way that preemptively conflicts with the Act, although the employer may regulate the off-duty political activities of public employees when those activities interfere with job…”

Afl-Cio v. Civ Ser, 528 N.W.2d 811 (Mich. Ct. App. 1995). · cites it 3× “7, and remanded for a determination of the remaining constitutional issues in counts I and III of plaintiffs' August 1988 complaint.”

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