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,” (MCL 408.471 to 408.490) by adding section 13b; and to repeal acts and parts of acts.
The bill mandates wage equality for equal work regardless of protected characteristics, with exceptions for seniority, merit, and production-based systems, and repeals a section of the 2018 wage act.
Co-sponsored by Reps.
Referred to the Committee on Labor
Reported without amendment
