Bill Text: MI HB5072 | 2015-2016 | 98th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Labor; hours and wages; franchisor responsibility for minimum wage violations; clarify. Amends sec. 2 of 2014 PA 138 (MCL 408.412).
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2016-02-24 - Assigned Pa 19'16 With Immediate Effect [HB5072 Detail]
Download: Michigan-2015-HB5072-Introduced.html
HOUSE BILL No. 5072
November 10, 2015, Introduced by Rep. Jenkins and referred to the Committee on Commerce and Trade.
A bill to amend 2014 PA 138, entitled
"Workforce opportunity wage act,"
by amending section 2 (MCL 408.412).
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:
Sec. 2. As used in this act:
(a) "Commissioner" means the director of the department of
licensing and regulatory affairs.
(b) "Employ" means to engage, suffer, or permit to work.
(c) "Employee" means an individual not less than 16 years of
age employed by an employer on the premises of the employer or at a
fixed site designated by the employer, and includes a minor
employed subject to section 15(1) of the youth employment standards
act, 1978 PA 90, MCL 409.115.
(d) "Employer" means a person, firm, or corporation, including
the
this state and its political subdivisions, agencies, and
instrumentalities, and a person acting in the interest of the
employer, who employs 2 or more employees at any 1 time within a
calendar year. An employer is subject to this act during the
remainder of that calendar year. Except as specifically provided in
the franchise agreement, as between a franchisee and franchisor,
the franchisee is considered the sole employer of workers for whom
the franchisee provides a benefit plan or pays wages.
Enacting section 1. This amendatory act takes effect 90 days
after the date it is enacted into law.
