Posts tagged House Bill 4497
Michigan House bill would allow college athletes to unionize, at an unknown cost
June 22, 2023 // This bill aims to remove three specific exclusions under the Public Employment Relations Act, or PERA: Graduate student research assistants, Independent contractors who are classified as such according to an IRS test that involves 20 factors, and Student-athletes at Michigan's public universities. House Bill 4497 would remove those three exclusions, allowing all three groups to be recognized as public employees. They would be able to seek union representation and collective bargaining rights.