SENATE BILL No. 324

 

 

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

 

 

     A bill to amend 1976 PA 453, entitled

 

"Elliott-Larsen civil rights act,"

 

by amending section 202 (MCL 37.2202), as amended by 2009 PA 190.

 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 

     Sec. 202. (1) An employer shall not do any of the following:

 

     (a) Fail or refuse to hire or recruit, discharge, or otherwise

 

discriminate against an individual with respect to employment,

 

compensation, or a term, condition, or privilege of employment,

 

because of religion, race, color, national origin, age, sex,

 

height, weight, or marital status.

 

     (b) Limit, segregate, or classify an employee or applicant for

 

employment in a way that deprives or tends to deprive the employee

 


or applicant of an employment opportunity, or otherwise adversely

 

affects the status of an employee or applicant because of religion,

 

race, color, national origin, age, sex, height, weight, or marital

 

status.

 

     (c) Segregate, classify, or otherwise discriminate against a

 

person on the basis of sex with respect to a term, condition, or

 

privilege of employment, including, but not limited to, a benefit

 

plan or system.

 

     (d) Treat an individual affected by pregnancy, childbirth, or

 

a related medical condition differently for any employment-related

 

purpose from another individual who is not so affected but similar

 

in ability or inability to work, without regard to the source of

 

any condition affecting the other individual's ability or inability

 

to work. For purposes of this subdivision, a medical condition

 

related to pregnancy or childbirth does not include nontherapeutic

 

abortion not intended to save the life of the mother.

 

     (e) Ask a job applicant for information related to the job

 

applicant's past compensation or otherwise seek information related

 

to a job applicant's past compensation.

 

     (2) This section does not prohibit the establishment or

 

implementation of a bona fide retirement policy or system that is

 

not a subterfuge to evade the purposes of this section.

 

     (3) This section does not apply to the employment of an

 

individual by his or her parent, spouse, or child.

 

     Enacting section 1. This amendatory act takes effect 90 days

 

after the date it is enacted into law.