Bill Text: MI SB0720 | 2017-2018 | 99th Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Labor; fair employment practices; employer requiring nondisclosure of wages by employee; increase penalties. Amends sec. 14 of 1978 PA 390 (MCL 408.484).

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-12-12 - Referred To Committee On Government Operations [SB0720 Detail]

Download: Michigan-2017-SB0720-Introduced.html

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SENATE BILL No. 720

 

 

December 12, 2017, Introduced by Senators BIEDA, HOPGOOD and WARREN and referred to the Committee on Government Operations.

 

 

     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 14 (MCL 408.484).

 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 

     Sec. 14. (1) An Except as provided in subsection (2), an

 

employer who that violates this act , including that failure to pay

 

the wages and fringe benefits due an employee as provided in this

 

act, is guilty of a misdemeanor.

 

     (2) An employer that violates section 13 for a second or

 

subsequent time is guilty of a felony punishable by imprisonment

 

for not more than 2 years or a fine of not more than $10,000.00 for

 

each violation, or both.

 

     Enacting section 1. This amendatory act takes effect 90 days

 

after the date it is enacted into law.