Section 423.2 - Definitions. - Michigan Statutes

EMPLOYMENT RELATIONS COMMISSION (EXCERPT)
Act 176 of 1939

423.2 Definitions.

Sec. 2.

As used in this act:

(a) “Company union” includes any employee association, committee, agency, or representation plan, formed or existing for the purpose, in whole or in part, of dealing with employers concerning grievances or terms and conditions of employment, which in any manner or to any extent, and by any form of participation, interference, or assistance, financial or otherwise, either in its organization, operation, or administration, is dominated or controlled, sponsored or supervised, maintained, directed, or financed by the employer.

(b) “Dispute” and “labor dispute” shall include but are not restricted to any controversy concerning terms, tenure, or conditions of employment, or concerning the association or representation of employees in negotiating, fixing, maintaining, or changing terms or conditions of employment, regardless of whether the disputants stand in the proximate relation of employer and employee.

(c) “Commission” means the employment relations commission created by section 3.

(d) “Person” includes an individual, partnership, association, corporation, business trust, or labor organization.

(e) “Employee” includes any employee, and shall not be limited to the employees of a particular employer, unless the act explicitly provides otherwise, and shall include any individual whose work has ceased as a consequence of, or in connection with, any current labor dispute or because of any act which is illegal hereunder, and who has not obtained any other regular and substantially equivalent employment, but shall not include any individual employed as an agricultural laborer, or in the domestic service of any family or any person at his home, or any individual employed by his parent or spouse, or any individual employed as an executive or supervisor, or any individual employed by an employer subject to the railway labor act, as amended, or by any other person who is not an employer as defined in this act.

(f) “Employer” means a person and includes any person acting as an agent of an employer, but shall not include the United States or any corporation wholly owned by the United States, or any federal reserve bank, or any employer subject to the railway labor act, as amended, or the state or any political subdivision thereof or any labor organization, or anyone acting in the capacity of officer or agent of such labor organization, other than when acting as an employer.

(g) “Labor organization” means any organization of any kind, or any agency or employee representation committee or plan, in which employees participate and which exists for the purpose, in whole or in part, of dealing with employers concerning grievances, labor disputes, wages, rates of pay, hours of employment, or conditions of work.

History: 1939, Act 176, Imd. Eff. June 8, 1939 ;-- CL 1948, 423.2 ;-- Am. 1949, Act 230, Imd. Eff. May 31, 1949 ;-- Am. 1969, Act 181, Imd. Eff. Aug. 5, 1969 ;-- Am. 1976, Act 17, Imd. Eff. Feb. 20, 1976 ;-- Am. 1978, Act 250, Imd. Eff. June 20, 1978