City of Huntington Woods v. Wines

This is an appeal from a decision of the Michigan Employment Relations Commission (MERC). That body upheld a hearing referee’s dismissal of the appellant’s charge.

Robert Wines, the appellant, charged that he was denied a promotion by the City of Huntington Woods, the appellee, because of his union activities. When the case first went before a hearing referee in 1980, the referee ruled that the six-month period of limitation had run. MCL 423.216(a); MSA 17.455(16)(a). That decision was appealed to this Court. In Wines v City of Huntington Woods, 97 Mich App 86; 293 NW2d 730 (1980), we held…