Bill Text: MI HB4853 | 2009-2010 | 95th Legislature | Introduced


Bill Title: Civil rights; employment discrimination; penalties for wage discrimination based on gender increase under certain circumstances. Amends sec. 556 of 1931 PA 328 (MCL 750.556).

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 37-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2009-04-30 - Printed Bill Filed 04/30/2009 [HB4853 Detail]

Download: Michigan-2009-HB4853-Introduced.html

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

HOUSE BILL No. 4853

 

April 29, 2009, Introduced by Reps. Roberts, Byrnes, Segal, Lipton, Smith, Miller, Liss, Valentine, Ebli, Neumann, Geiss, Hammel, Haugh, Warren, Byrum, Donigan, Young, Bledsoe, Cushingberry, Switalski, Corriveau, Scripps, Lemmons, Coulouris, Dean, Meadows, Stanley, Constan, Lisa Brown, Angerer, Lindberg, Bennett, Espinoza, Spade, Leland, Johnson and Jackson and referred to the Committee on Labor.

 

     A bill to amend 1931 PA 328, entitled

 

"The Michigan penal code,"

 

by amending section 556 (MCL 750.556).

 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 

     Sec. 556. (1) Any An employer of labor in this state,

 

employing both males and females, who shall not discriminate in any

 

way in the payment of wages as between sexes individuals of

 

different genders who are similarly employed. , shall be

 

     (2) A person who violates this section is guilty of a

 

misdemeanor punishable by imprisonment for not more than 90 days or

 

the fine set forth in subsection (3), or both imprisonment and the

 

fine set forth in subsection (3). No female shall be assigned any

 

task disproportionate to her strength, nor shall she be employed in

 

any place detrimental to her morals, her health or her potential

 


capacity for motherhood. Any

 

     (3) The court may order the person convicted of violating this

 

section to pay a fine as follows:

 

     (a) Except as provided in subdivision (b):

 

     (i) If the person has 1 to 15 employees, not more than $500.00.

 

     (ii) If the person has 16 to 50 employees, not more than

 

$1,000.00.

 

     (iii) If the person has more than 50 employees, not more than

 

$2,000.00.

 

     (b) For a third or subsequent violation of this section:

 

     (i) If the person has 1 to 15 employees, not more than

 

$5,000.00.

 

     (ii) If the person has 16 to 50 employees, not more than

 

$10,000.00.

 

     (iii) If the person has more than 50 employees, not more than

 

$15,000.00.

 

     (4) This section does not prohibit the person from being

 

charged with, convicted of, or punished for any other violation of

 

law arising out of the violation of this section.

 

     (5) A difference in wage rates based upon a factor other than

 

sex shall gender does not violate this section.

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