Michigan Compiled Laws

Mich. Comp. Laws § 423.26 (2026)

Collective bargaining representatives; duties; grievances by individual employee; adjustment.

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EMPLOYMENT RELATIONS COMMISSION

Act 176 of 1939

423.26 Collective bargaining representatives; duties; grievances by individual employee; adjustment.

Sec. 26.

Representatives designated or selected for the purposes of collective bargaining by the majority of the employees in a unit appropriate for such purposes, shall be the exclusive representatives of all the employees in such unit for the purposes of collective bargaining in respect to rates of pay, wages, hours of employment or other conditions of employment, and shall be so recognized by the employer: Provided, That any individual employee at any time may present grievances to his employer and have the grievances adjusted, without intervention of the bargaining representative, if the adjustment is not inconsistent with the terms of a collective bargaining contract or agreement then in effect, if the bargaining representative has been given opportunity to be present at such adjustment.

History: Add. 1965, Act 282, Imd. Eff. July 22, 1965

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 2 cases, 1973–1987 · leading case: Hosp. Employees' Div. of Local 79 v. Flint Osteopathic Hosp., 212 N.W.2d 897 (Mich. 1973).

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Hosp. Employees' Div. of Local 79 v. Flint Osteopathic Hosp., 212 N.W.2d 897 (Mich. 1973). “Five sections of the Michigan employment relations act need to be considered: MCLA 423.26, 423.27, 423.28, 423.29, and 423.”

Local Union 1106 v. Goodwill Indus. of Muskegon Cnty., Inc., 413 N.W.2d 67 (Mich. Ct. App. 1987). “, allows employees to organize, join or assist in organizing in order to collectively negotiate or bargain. MCL 423.8; MSA 17.”

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