STATE OF MICHIGAN CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION

IN RE DEPARTMENT OF MILITARY AND VETERANS AFFAIRS APPELLANT: MICHIGAN AFSCME COUNCIL 25 INTERESTED PARTIES: DEPARTMENT OF MILITARY AND VETERANS AFFAIRS OFFICE OF THE STATE EMPLOYER STATE PERSONNEL DIRECTOR
A Decision of the Michigan Civil Service Commission Thomas M. Wardrop, Commissioner and Chair James Barrett, Commissioner Robert W. Swanson, Commissioner ISSUED APRIL 1, 2013

CSC 2013-025
ERB 2011-044 ERB 2011-042 SPD 2011-19 Ref. No. 2011-04808

FINAL DECISION
As provided in civil service rule 1-15.5, the civil service commission has reviewed the recommended decision of the employment relations board in ERB 2011-044. The commission approves the recommendation of the employment relations board and adopts ERB 2011-044 as the final decision of the civil service commission in this matter. Commissioner Charles Blockett, Jr. dissents from the decision of the commission. He would grant the application for leave to appeal and remand to the employment relations board to issue a new decision after oral argument and allowing all interested parties the opportunity to present additional evidence for the reasons detailed in his opinion in In re Department of Military and Veterans Affairs, CSC 2013-026.

Notice: This final decision of the civil service commission is subject to review in the Michigan circuit court. A claim of appeal must be filed within 60 calendar days after the date this decision was issued. A claim of appeal must name the Michigan civil service commission as an appellee and must be served on the Michigan civil service commission at its main office, located at 400 South Pine Street, Lansing, Michigan 48913.
(See Michigan Court Rule 7.117 and Michigan Compiled Laws 24.301-24.306.)