Bill Text: MI SB0296 | 2013-2014 | 97th Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Labor; fair employment practices; disclosure of certain wage information upon request; require of employer. Amends sec. 13a of 1978 PA 390 (MCL 408.483a).

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 5-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2013-04-10 - Referred To Committee On Government Operations [SB0296 Detail]

Download: Michigan-2013-SB0296-Introduced.html

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SENATE BILL No. 296

 

 

Introduced by Senators WARREN, ANDERSON, BIEDA, SMITH and HOPGOOD.

 

 

     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 13a (MCL 408.483a), as added by 1982 PA 524.

 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 

     Sec. 13a. (1) An employer shall not do any of the following:

 

     (a) Require as a condition of employment nondisclosure by an

 

employee of his or her wages.

 

     (b) Require an employee to sign a waiver or other document

 

which that purports to deny an employee the right to disclose his

 

or her wages.

 

     (c) Discharge, formally discipline, or otherwise discriminate

 

against for job advancement an employee who discloses his or her

 

wages.

 

     (d) Within 30 days after an employee's request, fail to

 

provide the employee with wage information on similarly situated

 

employees covering a period of up to 3 years prior to the date of

 

the request. The employer may redact the names of similarly

 

situated employees, but shall provide information about the sex and

 

seniority of similarly situated employees for whom wage information

 

is provided. As used in this subdivision:

 

     (i) "Similarly situated employees" means employees who are

 

within the same job classification as the employee requesting the

 

information or whose duties are comparable in skill, effort,

 

responsibility, working conditions, and training to those of the

 

requesting employee.

 

     (ii) "Wage information" includes salary and hourly wage

 

information as well as information about bonus pay, overtime pay,

 

and other forms of compensation provided by the employer.