Bill Text: MI SB0322 | 2017-2018 | 99th Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Labor; fair employment practices; employment discrimination notice posting website and telephone line; require. Amends sec. 602 of 1976 PA 453 (MCL 37.2602) & adds sec. 202b.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-04-25 - Referred To Committee On Government Operations [SB0322 Detail]

Download: Michigan-2017-SB0322-Introduced.html

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SENATE BILL No. 322

 

 

April 25, 2017, Introduced by Senators BIEDA, WARREN, KNEZEK, HERTEL, HOOD, ANANICH, HOPGOOD, GREGORY, JOHNSON and YOUNG and referred to the Committee on Government Operations.

 

 

     A bill to amend 1976 PA 453, entitled

 

"Elliott-Larsen civil rights act,"

 

by amending section 602 (MCL 37.2602), as amended by 1992 PA 258,

 

and by adding section 202b.

 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 

     Sec. 202b. (1) An employer employing 50 or more individuals at

 

any time during the calendar year at a single work site in this

 

state shall inform employees of, and keep posted at the work site

 

in a conspicuous place where employees may conveniently read it, a

 

notice with all of the following information:

 

     (a) A statement that it is illegal under federal law to pay

 

employees different wages for the same work based solely on race,

 

color, religion, sex, national origin, age, genetic information, or

 

disability.

     (b) A statement that it is illegal under the law of this state

 

to pay employees different wages for the same work based solely on

 

religion, race, color, national origin, age, sex, height, weight,

 

or marital status.

 

     (c) A statement that an employee who believes his or her

 

employer has violated the law requiring equal pay may contact the

 

Michigan department of civil rights.

 

     (d) The telephone number required under section 602(g) and the

 

internet address of the website required under section 602(h).

 

     (2) The notice under subsection (1) must be in a form approved

 

by the department. The department may include additional

 

information in the notice regarding the rights of employees under

 

the law of this state.

 

     (3) An employer that violates this section is responsible for

 

a state civil infraction and may be ordered to pay a civil fine of

 

not more than $100.00.

 

     Sec. 602. The department shall:

 

     (a) Be responsible to the executive director, who shall be is

 

the principal executive officer of the department and shall be is

 

responsible for executing the policies of the commission.

 

     (b) Appoint necessary employees and agents and fix their

 

compensation in accordance with civil service rules. The attorney

 

general shall appear for and represent the department or the

 

commission in a court having jurisdiction of a matter under this

 

act.

 

     (c) Receive, initiate, investigate, conciliate, adjust,

 

dispose of, issue charges, and hold hearings on complaints alleging

a violation of this act, and approve or disapprove plans to correct

 

past discriminatory practices which have caused or resulted in a

 

denial of equal opportunity with respect to groups or persons

 

protected by this act.

 

     (d) Require answers to interrogatories; , order the submission

 

of books, papers, records, and other materials pertinent to a

 

complaint; , and require the attendance of witnesses; , administer

 

oaths; , take testimony; , and compel, through court authorization,

 

compliance with its orders or an order of the commission.

 

     (e) Cooperate or contract with persons and state, local, and

 

other agencies, both public and private, including agencies of the

 

federal government and of other states.

 

     (f) Monitor the awarding and execution of contracts to ensure

 

compliance by a contractor or a subcontractor with a covenant

 

entered into or to be entered into pursuant to section 209.

 

     (g) Maintain a dedicated telephone line for reporting

 

violations of this act that allows anonymous reporting.

 

     (h) Maintain a public website that includes all of the

 

following:

 

     (i) Information about rights under this act.

 

     (ii) A link to an easy-to-use form for electronic reporting of

 

a violation of this act that allows anonymous reporting.

 

     (iii) Prominent display of the telephone number for reporting

 

a violation of this act.

 

     Enacting section 1. This amendatory act takes effect 90 days

 

after the date it is enacted into law.