Bill Text: MI HB4489 | 2015-2016 | 98th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Labor; fair employment practices; posting in workplace of state and federal pay equity laws; require. Creates new act.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 32-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-04-22 - Printed Bill Filed 04/22/2015 [HB4489 Detail]
Download: Michigan-2015-HB4489-Introduced.html
HOUSE BILL No. 4489
April 21, 2015, Introduced by Reps. Pagan, Sarah Roberts, Derek Miller, Liberati, Darany, Faris, Chang, Plawecki, Smiley, Greig, Chirkun, Hovey-Wright, Durhal, Gay-Dagnogo, Banks, Love, Geiss, Moss, Townsend, Cochran, Zemke, Hoadley, Brunner, Brinks, Dillon, Garrett, Irwin, LaVoy, Wittenberg, Guerra, Driskell and Singh and referred to the Committee on Commerce and Trade.
A bill to require employers to post information concerning
equal pay requirements; and to provide sanctions.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:
Sec. 1. (1) This act shall be known and may be cited as the
"workplace equality laws posting act".
(2) An employer employing 50 or more individuals at any time
during the calendar year at a single work site in this state shall
inform employees of, and keep posted at the work site in a
conspicuous place where employees may conveniently read it, a
notice with all of the following information:
(a) A statement that it is illegal under federal law and the
law of this state to pay employees different wages for the same
work based solely on sex.
(b) A statement that an employee who believes his or her
employer has violated the law requiring equal pay may contact the
Michigan department of civil rights at 110 W Michigan Avenue, Suite
800, Lansing, MI, or by telephone at (800) 482-3604, or by
electronic mail at MDCRServiceCenter@michigan.gov.
(c) An Internet address for section 202 of the Elliott-Larsen
civil rights act, 1976 PA 453, MCL 37.2202.
(3) An employer that violates this act is responsible for a
state civil infraction and may be ordered to pay a civil fine of
not more than $100.00.
Enacting section 1. This act takes effect 90 days after the
date it is enacted into law.
