Bill Text: MI SB0479 | 2019-2020 | 100th Legislature | Introduced
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).
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 10-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-09-04 - Referred To Committee On Government Operations [SB0479 Detail]
Download: Michigan-2019-SB0479-Introduced.html
SENATE BILL NO. 479
September 04, 2019, Introduced by Senators
BRINKS, HERTEL, ANANICH, WOJNO, ALEXANDER, BAYER, BULLOCK, GEISS, MCCANN
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 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 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 13a 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.
