HOUSE BILL No. 4626

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.