April 19, 2007, Introduced by Reps. Byrnes, Bennett, Gonzales, Spade, Meisner, Simpson, Angerer, Bauer, Miller, Alma Smith, Hood, Virgil Smith, Kathleen Law, Donigan, Vagnozzi, Polidori, Brown, Gillard, Warren, Cushingberry, Hammel, Clack, Hammon, Melton, Constan, Meadows, Griffin, LeBlanc, Coulouris, Robert Jones, Lahti, Lindberg, McDowell, Bieda, Young, Leland, Espinoza, Corriveau, Jackson, Mayes, Lemmons, Hopgood, Tobocman, Accavitti, Nofs, Scott, Johnson and Cheeks and referred to the Committee on Labor.
A bill to amend 1931 PA 328, entitled
"The Michigan penal code,"
by amending section 556 (MCL 750.556).
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:
Sec.
556. (1) Any An
employer of labor in this state,
employing
both males and females, who shall not discriminate
in any
way
in the payment of wages as between
sexes who are similarly
employed. ,
shall be
(2) A person who violates this section is guilty of a
misdemeanor punishable by imprisonment for not more than 90 days or
a
fine of not more than $500.00, or both.
No female shall be
assigned
any task disproportionate to her strength, nor shall she
be
employed in any place detrimental to her morals, her health or
her
potential capacity for motherhood. Any
(3) A difference in wage rates based upon a factor other than
sex
shall does not violate this section.