Bill Text: MI SB0477 | 2019-2020 | 100th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Labor: fair employment practices; penalty for wage and fringe benefit payment violations with the intent to defraud; increase. Amends sec. 15 of 1978 PA 390 (MCL 408.485).
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 10-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-09-04 - Referred To Committee On Government Operations [SB0477 Detail]
Download: Michigan-2019-SB0477-Introduced.html
SENATE BILL NO. 477
September 04, 2019, Introduced by Senators
MCCANN, HERTEL, ANANICH, WOJNO, BRINKS, ALEXANDER, BAYER, BULLOCK, GEISS
and HOLLIER 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 15 (MCL 408.485).
the people of the state of michigan enact:
Sec. 15. An employer who, with the intent to defraud, fails to make payment of pay the wages and fringe benefits due an employee as provided in this act , is guilty of a misdemeanor, crime punishable as follows:
(a) For a first violation, a misdemeanor punishable by imprisonment for not more than 1 year or a fine of not more than $1,000.00, or imprisonment for not more than 1 year, or both.
(b) For a second or subsequent violation, a felony punishable by imprisonment for not more than 2 years or a fine of not more than $10,000.00, or both.
Enacting section 1. This amendatory act takes effect 90 days after the date it is enacted into law.
