Bill Text: MI HB4868 | 2019-2020 | 100th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Labor: fair employment practices; penalty for wage and fringe benefit payment violations with the intent to defraud; increase. Amends sec. 15 of 1978 PA 390 (MCL 408.485).
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 35-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-09-03 - Bill Electronically Reproduced 09/03/2019 [HB4868 Detail]
Download: Michigan-2019-HB4868-Introduced.html
HOUSE BILL NO. 4868
August 29, 2019, Introduced by Reps. Sabo,
Yancey, Kennedy, Ellison, Lasinski, Brixie, Sowerby, Coleman, Witwer,
Cherry, Stone, Haadsma, Shannon, Liberati, Clemente, Kuppa, Rabhi, Cynthia
Johnson, Pagan, Wittenberg, Greig, Tyrone Carter, Hood, Manoogian, Hoadley,
Elder, Chirkun, Anthony, Tate, Hammoud, Camilleri, Warren, Cambensy, Hertel
and Whitsett and referred to the Committee on Commerce and Tourism.
A bill to amend 1978 PA 390, entitled
"An act to regulate the time and manner of payment of wages and fringe benefits to employees; to prescribe rights and responsibilities of employers and employees, and the powers and duties of the department of labor; to require keeping of records; to provide for settlement of disputes regarding wages and fringe benefits; to prohibit certain practices by employers; to prescribe penalties and remedies; and to repeal certain acts and parts of acts,"
by amending section 15 (MCL 408.485).
the people of the state of michigan enact:
Sec. 15. An employer who, with the intent to defraud, fails to make payment of pay the wages and fringe benefits due an employee as provided in this act , is guilty of a misdemeanor, crime punishable as follows:
(a) For a first violation, a misdemeanor punishable by imprisonment for not more than 1 year or a fine of not more than $1,000.00, or imprisonment for not more than 1 year, or both.
(b) For a second or subsequent violation, a felony punishable by imprisonment for not more than 2 years or a fine of not more than $10,000.00, or both.
Enacting section 1. This amendatory act takes effect 90 days after the date it is enacted into law.
