Bill Text: MI HB6099 | 2021-2022 | 101st Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Labor: hours and wages; certain employers pay prevailing wage to employees who work on renewable energy projects; require. Creates new act.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 31-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2022-05-12 - Bill Electronically Reproduced 05/11/2022 [HB6099 Detail]
Download: Michigan-2021-HB6099-Introduced.html
HOUSE BILL NO. 6099
A bill to require certain employers to pay a prevailing wage to employees who work on a renewable energy project; to prohibit retaliation; and to provide remedies.
the people of the state of michigan enact:
(a) "Employee" means an individual who receives compensation for performing services for an employer under an express or implied contract of hire.
(b) "Employer" means a person that permits 1 or more individuals to work, that accepts applications for employment, or is an agent of an employer.
(c) "Locality" means the county, city, village, or township in which the physical work on a renewable energy project is to be performed.
(d) "Person" means an individual or a partnership, corporation, limited liability company, association, governmental entity, or other legal entity.
(e) "Prevailing wage" means the minimum rate of wages paid to similarly employed employees who work on renewable energy projects of a similar character in the locality.
(f) "Renewable energy" means electricity or steam generated using a renewable energy system.
(g) "Renewable energy project" means any work or undertaking in the development or retrofit of a facility that has the principal purpose to install a renewable energy system or increase energy efficiency at the facility.
(h) "Renewable energy resource" means a resource that naturally replenishes over a human, not a geological, time frame and that is ultimately derived from solar power, water power, or wind power. Renewable energy resource does not include petroleum, nuclear fuel, natural gas, or coal. A renewable energy resource comes from the sun or from thermal inertia of the earth and minimizes the output of toxic material in the conversion of the energy and includes, but is not limited to, all of the following:
(i) Biomass.
(ii) Solar and solar thermal energy.
(iii) Wind energy.
(iv) Geothermal energy.
(v) Methane gas captured from a landfill.
(i) "Renewable energy system" means a fixture, product, device, or interacting group of fixtures, products, or devices that use 1 or more renewable energy resources to generate renewable energy.
Sec. 3. An employer shall pay an employee a prevailing wage if the employee works on a renewable energy project.
Sec. 5. An employer shall not require an employee to waive any right under this act. An agreement by an employee to waive any right under this act is invalid and unenforceable.
Sec. 7. An employer shall not retaliate or discriminate against a person because the person has done or was about to do either of the following:
(a) Testify, assist, or participate in an investigation, proceeding, or action concerning a violation of this act.
(b) Oppose a violation of this act.
Sec. 9. A person who is aggrieved by a violation of this act may bring a civil action to obtain damages or injunctive relief, or both.
Sec. 11. This act applies to a collective bargaining agreement or employment agreement entered into, renewed, or extended on or after the effective date of this act.
