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Hearings, Employee Relations, & Mediation (HERM) provides neutral dispute resolution services for many different aspects of labor and management relations. Services include adjudicating employee grievances and unfair labor practice charges, conducting representation elections to determine exclusive representation rights, and providing mediation to assist in resolving collective bargaining disputes, employee grievances, and unfair labor practice disputes.
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- Michael Cain,
HERM Manager and Mediator
Provides mediation
service in collective bargaining negotiations and Civil Service grievance
appeals serves as the chief election officer in the conducting of representation
elections; supervises the HERM administrative support staff; and oversees
the work of ad hoc hearing officers.
Ph: (517) 241-9091
E-mail address:
CainM@michigan.gov
Secretary to Manager
- Colleen Organek
Ph: (517) 241-9092
E-mail address:
OrganekC@michigan.gov
William Hutchens,
Staff Hearing Officer
Administrative Law
Examiner, Civil Service Commission 1977 to present. Education: Bachelor
of Arts, Michigan State University, 1973; Master of Labor and Industrial
Relations, Michigan State University, 1975; Juris Doctor, Thomas M.
Cooley Law School, 1983. Member of State Bar of Michigan since 1983.
Member of the American Arbitration Association Labor Panel.
Ph: (517) 241-9094
E-mail address:
HutchensW@michigan.gov
- A panel of 6
professional arbitrators utilized as contractual hearing officers on
an "as needed" basis.
- A support staff
to assist you with the following services:
- Inquiries regarding
the procedures for filing grievances and unfair labor practice charges,
the mediation process, deferral to arbitration, and the pre-hearing
and hearing process: Carol Troia, Ph: (517) 241-9095, E-mail TroiaC@michigan.gov
- Form requests;
scheduling and rescheduling of hearings; requests for special accommodations
for hearings; requests for Orders of Appearance and Subpoenas: reserving
meeting rooms: Mary Gobbo or Shannon Thelen, Ph: (517) 241-9096,
E-mail MDCS-Hearings@michigan.gov
- Questions regarding
the release of hearing officer decisions; availability of Decision
Status and Research System (D*Stars): Susan Simmer, Ph: (517) 241-9093,
E-mail SimmerS@michigan.gov
For more information on our services click here.
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Revised
November 29, 2000
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