Macomb County v. AFSCME Council 25

MARKEY, EJ.

(dissenting). I respectfully dissent. I conclude that respondents did not commit an unfair labor practice (ULP) when the Macomb County Retirement Commission adopted new mortality tables to ensure that optional retirement benefits that include payment to a surviving beneficiary are the actuarial equivalent of the negotiated defined-benefit straight-life pension. I would hold that the retirement commission is vested with the authority to determine mortality tables and actuarial assumptions necessary to ensure “actuarial equivalence” of optional retirement benefits, and that the…