2013 Senate Bill 299

Mandate “comparable worth” pay

Introduced in the Senate

April 10, 2013

Introduced by Sen. Gretchen Whitmer (D-23)

To establish a government “commission on pay equity” to “develop definitions, models, and guidelines for employers and employees on pay equity.” Senate Bill 298 would prohibit employing a person for a wage or salary that is less than the commission’s rulings would require. The commission would include the directors of the Department of Civil Rights and the MEDC, and representatives from the Michigan Women's Commission, the National Organization of Women, and the Michigan Women's Studies Association, the AFL-CIO, the UAW, the Farm Bureau, the Michigan Chamber of Commerce, and the Small Business Association (but not the larger Federation of Independent Businesses).

Referred to the Committee on Government Operations