Bill Text: MI SB0703 | 2019-2020 | 100th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Labor: fair employment practices; whistleblower protections; expand. Amends sec. 2 of 1980 PA 469 (MCL 15.362).
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 8-2)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-01-08 - Referred To Committee On Government Operations [SB0703 Detail]
Download: Michigan-2019-SB0703-Introduced.html
SENATE BILL NO. 703
January 08, 2020, Introduced by Senators IRWIN,
BARRETT, WOJNO, MCCANN, BAYER, BULLOCK, MCMORROW, MCBROOM, ANANICH and
HOLLIER and referred to the Committee on Government Operations.
A bill to amend 1980 PA 469, entitled
"The whistleblowers' protection act,"
by amending section 2 (MCL 15.362).
the people of the state of michigan enact:
Sec. 2. An employer shall not discharge, threaten, or otherwise discriminate against an employee regarding the employee's compensation, terms, conditions, location, or privileges of employment because the employee, or a person acting on behalf of the employee, reports or is about to report, verbally or in writing, a violation, or a suspected violation, planned violation, or request to participate in or cover up a violation or planned violation of a law or regulation or rule promulgated pursuant to law of this state, a political subdivision of this state, or the United States to a public body, unless the employee knows that the report is false, or because an employee is requested by a public body to participate in an investigation, hearing, or inquiry held by that public body, or a court action.
Enacting section 1. This amendatory act takes effect 90 days after the date it is enacted into law.
