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 sections 1, 7, 11, 13, 13a, 14, 15, 18, and 19 (MCL 408.471, 408.477, 408.481, 408.483, 408.483a, 408.484, 408.485, 408.488, and 408.489), section 1 as amended by 2016 PA 18, section 7 as amended by 2023 PA 243, and section 13a as added by 1982 PA 524, and by adding sections 13c and 13d.
Senate Bills 6 & 7 amends existing wage and fringe benefit laws to redefine what an independent contractor is. This also creates new penalties on business owners for violating these new definitions.
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