Ingham County

National Labor Relations Board - Unpublished Board Decisions

Apr 6, 2011

07-WH-000221 (N.L.R.B. Apr. 6, 2011)

Lansing, MI
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
BEFORE THE NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD
COUNTY OF INGHAM, A MUNICIPAL BODY
CORPORATE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN,
AND THE INGHAM COUNTY PROSECUTING
ATTORNEY, INGHAM COUNTY CLERK, INGHAM
COUNTY REGISTER OF DEEDS, INGHAM COUNTY
TREASURER, INGHAM COUNTY DRAIN
COMMISSIONER AND INGHAM COUNTY SHERIFF
Employer
and Case 7-WH-221
INGHAM COUNTY EMPLOYEES ASSOCIATION
Petitioner
CERTIFICATION OF REPRESENTATIVE AS BONA FIDE
UNDER SECTION 7(B) OF THE FAIR LABOR STANDARDS ACT OF 1938
On December 16, 2010, Ingham County Employees Association filed with the
Regional Director for Region 7 of the National Labor Relations Board a request for
certification of representative as bona fide under Section 7(b) of the Fair Labor
Standards Act of 1938 (FLSA), 29 U.S.C. Sec. 207(b).
On December 23, 2010, the Regional Director served on the parties an Order to
Show Cause why the Board should not grant the request. No response was filed. As
the Region’s investigation revealed that the Union is the recognized collective-
bargaining representative of the unit employees,1 the Regional Director recommended
to the Board that a certification be issued.
No party having shown cause why a certification should not be issued, the
National Labor Relations Board certifies that Ingham County Employees Association is

1 The record indicates that the Petitioner and the Employer are parties to a
collective-bargaining agreement which, by its terms, is effective from January 1,
2009 through December 31, 2011.
a bona fide representative for purposes of Section 7(b) of the FLSA, of the employees
of Ingham County for the following classifications of employees:2
All employees classified as professional employees, but excluding professional
employees certified by MERC to be represented by another bargaining agent,
and confidential, executive, managerial, and supervisory employees as defined
by MERC and identified as such by the Employer, and covered under the
Personnel Manual.
Dated, Washington, D.C., April 5, 2011.
By direction of the Board:
Lester A. Heltzer
__________________________
Executive Secretary

2 A certificate of bona fide for purposes of the FLSA does not necessarily
establish the right of the organization so certified to be recognized as the
exclusive bargaining representative of employees within a particular bargaining
unit under the provisions of the National Labor Relations Act. See County of
Alameda, 322 NLRB 614 (1996).