Bill Text: MI SB0375 | 2021-2022 | 101st Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Law enforcement: training; law enforcement agencies that fund police training for recruits; allow agreements requiring reimbursement in certain situations. Amends sec. 8 of 1978 PA 390 (MCL 408.478).
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-10-05 - Placed On Order Of Third Reading [SB0375 Detail]
Download: Michigan-2021-SB0375-Introduced.html
SENATE BILL NO. 375
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 8 (MCL 408.478).
the people of the state of michigan enact:
Sec. 8. (1) An Except as otherwise provided in this subsection, an employer, agent or representative of an employer, or other person having authority from the employer to hire, employ, or direct the services of other persons in the employment of the employer shall not demand or receive, directly or indirectly from an employee, a fee, gift, tip, gratuity, or other remuneration or consideration, as a condition of employment or continuation of employment. This subsection does not apply to fees either of the following:
(a) Fees collected by an employment agency licensed under the laws of this state.
(b) Subject to subsection (3), the following remuneration or consideration collected by a law enforcement agency under a signed agreement entered into on or after the effective date of the amendatory act that added this subdivision:
(i) If the employee voluntarily leaves employment with the law enforcement agency not more than 1 year after the date the employee's law enforcement training academy ended, 100% of the cost of the law enforcement training academy up to and not exceeding the employee's salary for the first year of employment with the law enforcement agency.
(ii) If the employee voluntarily leaves employment with the law enforcement agency more than 1 year but less than 2 years after the date the employee's law enforcement training academy ended, 66% of the cost of the law enforcement training academy up to and not exceeding the employee's salary for the first year of employment with the law enforcement agency.
(iii) If the employee voluntarily leaves employment with the law enforcement agency 2 years or more but less than 3 years after the date the employee's law enforcement training academy ended, 33% of the cost of the law enforcement training academy up to and not exceeding the employee's salary for the first year of employment with the law enforcement agency.
(2) Except for a contribution required or expressly permitted by law or by a collective bargaining agreement, an employer shall not require an employee or a person seeking employment to contribute directly or indirectly to a charitable, social, or beneficial purpose as a condition of employment or continuation of employment.
(3) An agreement under subsection (1)(b) must contain the following terms:
(a) That the employer will pay the cost of a law enforcement training academy required for that employee to obtain a license under the Michigan commission on law enforcement standards act, 1965 PA 203, MCL 28.601 to 28.615.
(b) The conditions under which the payment under subdivision (a) will be provided and under which repayment to the employer by the employee or another person may be required.
(c) That remuneration or consideration from the employee will be waived by the employer if the employee is not required to be licensed as a law enforcement officer under the Michigan commission on law enforcement standards act, 1965 PA 203, MCL 28.601 to 28.615, within any of the following:
(i) 1 year after leaving employment with the employer. This subparagraph applies if the employee voluntarily leaves employment with the law enforcement agency not more than 1 year after the date the employee's law enforcement training academy ended.
(ii) 2 years after leaving employment with the employer. This subparagraph applies if the employee voluntarily leaves employment with the law enforcement agency not less than 1 year and not more than 3 years after the date the employee's law enforcement training academy ended.
(4) As used in this section:
(a) "Law enforcement agency" means that term as defined in section 2 of the Michigan commission on law enforcement standards act, 1965 PA 203, MCL 28.602.
(b) "Law enforcement training academy" means that term as defined in section 2 of the Michigan commission on law enforcement standards act, 1965 PA 203, MCL 28.602.
Enacting section 1. This amendatory act takes effect 90 days after the date it is enacted into law.
